Lowers in December

December is awesome in Orange County.  The weather is great, the mountain bike trails are wetter and in better conditions, and the crowds out surfing are cut by 3/4.  The only thing that sucks is the chronic high tides in the morning, which is the only time I can surf during the work week.  Today's buoy was 1.6@14 from the S, which is awesome for all of trestles.   But with a 6.5 ft high tide, the only place breaking is lowers.  I took a gamble and got in the water at about 6.  There were about 6-8 of us out the whole time and the waves were decent, breaking close to shore but still pretty fun, maybe waist to chest high at best.  Although even with 8 people the spot is an a frame and everyone is crammed into a small take off zone, I enjoy my SUP surfs more even if the wave isn't as good.  But I surfed the beard and caught about 10 fun waves, a couple really good ones, and got out after an hour.  Still worth it.