Watch: Mavs // April 22nd

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Been a quiet old season for mainland America's biggest wave. Few XL swells early in the year, most ruined by north wind, then long periods of nothing.

On April 22nd a northwest swell hit under less-than-ideal conditions: the wind was never true offshore, however it was enough to slake the thirst of Cali's unsated big wave surfers.

First video is by Tucker Wooding, filming from a boat, and opens with a decent cleanup set, while the second is from Powerlines and is mostly filmed from shore. Many waves are caught from both angles.

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Jono Tuesday, 26 Apr 2022 at 10:21am

Fark 5:08 on the second vid - casually hanging inside catching a few mellow ones, then the rogue set from hell appears

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mr mick Tuesday, 26 Apr 2022 at 7:32pm

Gotta give it ‘em, takes big balls to be out there. Watched it once,....but for viewing give me Deadman’s any day, watched that one quite a few times.

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raddude Tuesday, 26 Apr 2022 at 8:22pm

Is that a shark at 3:43 ??

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raddude Tuesday, 26 Apr 2022 at 8:22pm

On the second vid

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mattlock Tuesday, 26 Apr 2022 at 9:06pm

I reckon it was a seal raddude.

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Island Bay Wednesday, 27 Apr 2022 at 6:22am

Carnage.
Never a pretty place, but that looked particularly nasty.

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udo Friday, 29 Apr 2022 at 8:00am
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groundswell Friday, 29 Apr 2022 at 7:36pm

Not a wave i will ever save up for to visit that's for sure. But i do wonder how many secret spots there are around there for smaller swells.