I just got back from an attempt to fish Drake's Beach . After suiting up and taking a few steps out into the surf, I decided not to go any further. The wind was howling and the surf was the highest I have ever seen it there. I could have gotten out of the wind if I headed west along the base of the cliffs you can see in the photos. The problem was that the tide was still an hour and a half from its high and the surf was already up to the base of the cliff in spots .



The idea of being trapped at the base of the cliff, which is notoriously unstable, with nowhere to go did not appeal to me at all. Sometime you just have to realize that there will be another day.