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Its all about the surf!
- Location
- Oceanside, CA
Here in the Oceanside, over the course of the year, sand builds up against the outer jetty in the Harbor mouth entrance, creating some nice little waves, which are especially good on the summer south swells. The sand buildup doesn't block the harbor entrance but the powers that be still view it as a maritime obstacle and a nuisance, so unfortunately, every spring a dredge shows up and removes all the sand, killing the waves. One year, due to budget cuts, city overspending or whatever, they decided to take the cheap route and instead of having the full size dredge show up they brought in a barge with an excavator on it which just removed the sand from the boat channel. That entire next year the sand remained on the outer jetty so we had almost a two year run with great harbor mouth waves. The spot has never been our main riding area but it was a good backup option. The following year the full size dredge showed up again and ruined the whole set up. Hopefully they just stick to the boat channel and won't trash your riding spot with all the dredging. It usually takes several years to recover the sand bars that are lost due to dredging. The core of Engineers needs an engineer who is also a surfer on their planning committee so they don't overdo it.
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