From the coaches
Things we say every week
Written down so we can stop repeating them on the beach, and so you can read them before you arrive.
Reading a forecast without overthinking it
Four numbers matter. The rest of the forecast page is noise until you are much further along.
What wetsuit you actually need here
Northern California is colder than visitors expect. One suit covers the whole year if you pick correctly.
Lineup etiquette, explained plainly
Nobody hands you the rules and everybody assumes you know them. Here they are.
Your first board should be bigger than you want
Everyone buys too small too early. Volume is the number that matters, and it is not the one on the marketing.
Bolinas through the seasons
When to come, what the water does, and why the fog in July is not the problem you think it is.
Rather be shown than read about it?
Most of this makes far more sense with a coach next to you in the water.