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Waves were forecast to reach as high as 30 to 40-feet (9 to 12
meters) at Mavericks, according to the website Surfline.
Spectators climbed a beachside cliff to peer through drizzle and
heavy fog and watch the surfers catch the gnarly swells.
"Super stoked to be out here. It's just awesome to have everyone
else out here appreciating like what the California coast has to
offer," said Lilly Baker, a 23-year-old student at the U.S.
Military Academy from the California city of Oakland.
Jet skis navigated choppy waters to propel surfers onto the
steep waves.
"This perspective is kind of weird because you can't really see
how big the waves are from the cliffs over here, but we saw a
jet ski kind of flip over so that was wild. Some of those sets
were huge," said Andre Assadi, 22, a software engineer from
Oakland."
A high surf warning was in effect until early Friday for
shoreline counties along the Central and Northern California
coastline breaking waves of 28 to 33 feet, according to the
National Weather Service, warning "these conditions are deadly!"
"Being born in Berkeley, California, it's always been a bucket
list item of mine to really go and see Mavericks firsthand and
just see the beauty that the wave has to offer, it's always been
a dream," said Eli Eccles, a 23-year-old student. "So it's
awesome to be here today."
(Reporting by Nathan Frandino; Editing by Mary Milliken and
David Gregorio)
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