Strong NW winds

This is from Saturday.  Strong NW winds have been pounding the coast all week, starting on Saturday.  The swell was small, about 1.1@14 from the south but that is enough for Doheny to break at knee high.  The tide was insanely high at 10 AM so I had to wait a while to get out there, but had to go at 12:30 since thats when the kids went down.  Doheny was probably the only place working with the wind, and it wasn't working when I first got out there.  But the tide was freefalling and within 20 minutes, some nice knee high waves were pumping through.  This other guy paddled out on a 9' Naish and was ripping, had complete control of that thing.  I should get one eventually, have to save some dough though.  All and all, a fun day but surf has been small and weather has been bad for 2 weeks.  Can't wait to get some waves with my friends.