It has been quite some time since a typhoon passed close enough to make some waves in the Shizuoka area. Here’s what the wave forecast looked like for east Japan this morning:
Even without knowing exactly where we live, you can see that most of eastern Japan was expecting some larger than average waves.
When we arrived at 5:30 am, the parking lot was already half full. Although Yoshida is a “secret” point – an awful lot of people know about it!
Here is what we saw when we arrived:
A closeup of the middle part of the beach:
Yep, lots of surfers jockeying for optimal positions.
This was Kazumi’s first time to go to Yoshida and wanted to do some bodyboarding but she forgot her board leash so she became the official sports photography for today’s session. (Don’t worry – she had other things to do as well. We always keep our beach chairs in the van, so she was able to enjoy some suntanning as well).
In this picture, my friend and I are checking out the surf:
If you look closely, the left bottom part of my deckpad is missing. Somehow it torn off when I was surfing at Tatadohama on Friday. (Don’t really need it – but it looks kinda stupid!)
Here are a couple shots of yours truly in action:
We continued to surf until the crowds picked up and the wind came or is it the other way around? Anyways, it was a refreshing change to surf in big waves. Looking forward to the next typhoon swell. 😉
P.S. this is my 100th post to this blog
