North County surf spot wakes to an unpleasant surprise.
A surfer’s body was found next to a broken surfboard this early morning at North County San Diego’s Swamis. Nothing much is known yet. Police responded to a 911 call that said a man was laying, in wetsuit, face down next to his broken board. When paramedics arrived he was pronounced dead at the scene and not taken to the hospital.
We have been having a run of very fun surf and it has been a touch bigger than normal but not, like, crazy big. Odd to think, for some reason, that surfing can lead to death. Of course there are sharks and those who conquer massive waves have a different set of dangers but for the every day man, or at least to me, it feels odd. One minute motoring down the line, the next getting smashed and drowning.
The news report is here…
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Good point, always surf with a buddy or somewhere that’s frequented by other surfers…. like Swami’s.
The WSL would like you to take that video down. You don’t have permission to use any image of the ocean unless they say it’s ok.
Maybe it’s Ace Cool?
Heavy
Damn. Walter sounded white as hell.