Shawn Davis Photography - Blog

There was a huge storm today that brought lots of rain, but also winds over 30mph and big surf. I took a trip down to Half Moon Bay to check out the scene. Nobody was surfing at Ocean Beach. Nobody was surfing in Pacifica. And nobody was surfing in Half Moon Bay. It wasn’t until the way home that I found someone out on the water - a lone standup paddle surfer was out at the point in Pacifica.

Back at Ocean Beach, three kitesurfers had made their way out into the shore break. I was hoping to catch some surfers at Fort Point, but the park police had closed the road and not allowed anyone in the water. The waves were breaking big between the fort and south tower of the bridge.

The wind was light at Crissy Field today and only a couple of windsurfers were out so I headed up to Fort Point to see if anyone was surfing. There was a pretty good sized swell with the best rides coming on waves breaking outside the Gate like the one shown below.

One of the images I shot of Tyler Smith during the Mavericks Surfing Contest is going to be featured as Surfline’s Photos of the Month. Stay tuned for more.

I got a call this morning from Whit Poor who was headed down to 3rd. Avenue with his brother Tyson and needed some photos. The wind was up and the sun was peeking out from behind the rain clouds so I headed down to meet up with them. Good choice - they put on quite a show. More photos to come.