Clear Days in H.B.

[sbpx666]

I remember when I was a grom you'd get days at hb or sunset and the water would be clear like this.. You'd see baby leopard sharks and such swimming around shit was fucking dope especially duck diving with you're eyes open

[BABYLON45FILMS]

In all my years of going to HB I've never seen it that clear. you sure its not photoshoped? lol

[VnDcTvEHD]

Looks drinkable =S

[TheElectricSalad]

haha it looks like a wave pool

[DALLMYD]

I live at 22nd street in HB and I've been surfing for about seven years on a daily basis and I can stat that this was the clearist day at HB since I lived here. I remember actually surfing that day.. I believe I did more swimming underwater than surfing lol, but I was taking advantage of this day. What a rare video.. thanks for uploading.

[BadIdeas101]

The water's always that clear in the gulf coast, but good waves are a rarity

[JACKATTACKER20]

@SeanfromHawaii82 i bet u the waves are bigger though

[EJL2004]

Woah!! That's surreal! I'm still pretty new to surfing myself, so those waves combined with the crystal look pretty nice to me! Ah one day I'm sure I'll be stoked to see double overs! thanks for sharing this video! :)

[ARSWebDesign]

@SeanfromHawaii82 - and lucky you if you're there to enjoy it. as you might gather from many of the other comments, that definitely isn't the case here - as much as we might want it to be.

[yamofaka]

@Th3M4g1cM4n

Yep. Lotta murky water along that coast.

[BBKSCHULTZ]

that's a dream..

[pivotstyle1]

Thumbs up if you first didnt notice he was doing a hand stand on 0:27 !!

[dullath]

hi there! look at me.... so pretty.. so clear.. stunning coasts.... lovely sand... come on in!!!!!! stick big toe in- instant hypothermia. yeah- i got your gig ms. pacific. eek.

[myeyeswontdry2]

@nowhinerbabies It's HB kOOk... SoCal has days where the water is 'that' clear..

[MrNightOwl88]

I'm born and raised in Hawai'i and i gotta say this is some beautiful surf right here.

[thekickinitnewschool]

thats wierd how clear it is

[robbylynchable]

ill take good waves in murky water. thats not even 2-3 thats like 0-1

[ARSWebDesign]

@robbylynchable - no argument there really. my intent was to capture the phenomenon which is very uncommon for huntington beach. i was tempted to go get my board and go out just for the experience, but if i want a ride, i'm going to wait for way better waves than that.

[ironmonnkey15]

@ARSWebDesign It gets that clear down in San Diego as well on flat days. Guess its good if u want to fish, but its to mushy to do anything.

[delgadosebs]

That looks unreal!!! the water in here has been brown for months..

[cwegers2]

Looks like the water on the Gold Coast, Aus.

[surfrpnk]

@nowhinerbabies hey geniuses that think this wasn't shot in huntington, take a look at the power plant in the background at around 45 seconds into the video.

[nowhinerbabies]

@surfrpnk umm yeah, I already acknowledged it my friend but I guess you missed that post genius.  Maybe I was dissapointed because I wasn't in the water that day... Anyway, it's all good man, no reason to be mad bro...that was really nice footage.

[surfrpnk]

@nowhinerbabies Touche

[hamajangz]

Very nice i love when the ocean is glassy like that. It's so beautiful surfing/bodyboarding in those conditions. Aloha nui

[BelieveWhatEyeBleave]

You can see the Plants smoke stacks in the background at one point guys. This IS HB :48

[gunsnammochannel]

One time I was out at hb pier about 100 feet south and it was this clear.. i believe it was summer 2008

[FLATblacktical]

Clear water over sand = heavenly.  Clear water over reef = me paddling shallow and stressing on the drop in!!

[SwEdmanT]

Yea its definitely Huntington

[lilbohemian101]

GOODAYS at the beach

[spakuloid]

This is Huntington Beach. Freeze frame :48 and you can see the smokestacks of the electrical plant down PCH. My house is just up the street from there. It rarely gets this clear - but this IS H.B.

[bryansfromcali]

I have seen this before in san diego at ocean beach! you have to be out there when the sun is overhead and the tide is low!

[maha77]

great video! i have seen the water that clear in santa monica occasionally, i think its due to tropical storms off of mexico and the affect they have on the current. when it was clear in santa monica i saw a lot of animals in the water that i normally dont see

[iuiman1]

You never see any clear waves barrek

[dougart11]

I have lived and surfed Huntington all my life 58 years. One time in the late seventies it was small Santa Ana conditions and water was just like this. We walked out on the pier and you could see the fish swimming around all the way out to the end of the pier. Never seen it again until this vid.

[MultiDoubledog]

Yep, it is Huntington. Check out the skyline in the distance,... a dead giveaway.

The clear water is unusual, but it happens, sometimes.

[MisterDanLorth]

@nowhinerbabies i live in ventura, the water gets this clear up here all the time.

[nowhinerbabies]

@MisterDanLorth I grew up in Orange County...about 10 years in Huntington Beach. I recall some very nice clear days but not to this extent...I guess I missed out. I go to Hawaii a couple of times a year and this is very typical for the islands but that's probably more because of the reefs and proximity to the equator. I'm probably moving down towards Carlsbad in the next few years...I have to be close to the ocean to exist.

[yamofaka]

didn't think it was possible for the water to be that clear.

[ARSWebDesign]

@yamofaka not around huntington beach, anyway

[Th3M4g1cM4n]

@yamofaka in Hawai'i almost all beaches are just as clear -____-

[yamofaka]

@Th3M4g1cM4n

True that, but for Cali this is beyond ridiculous.

[cleitoncmr]

MUITO BOM =D

[ARSWebDesign]

@nowhinerbabies - there are not shots of the pier because that's where i was standing to take the stills and video.

[nowhinerbabies]

@ARSWebDesign that's one for the books for sure! I sure I would have known about that...I would have dropped everything and headed on down. Absolutely amazing!!

[SixStringSolid]

wow...this actually makes me WANT to go in the water at the beach

[PSCreativeGaming]

Santa cruz is the real surf city...... but nice water. This will nvr happen up north

[ironmonnkey15]

wow, it looks like pool water.

[ARSWebDesign]

@joey62978 what's the point of making it up? like i said before, you can believe it or not, but all the video and stills were shot right off the huntington beach pier.

[DirtyWhiteBoy829]

No one said it was . . Hb is so terrible the waters usually green terrible but amazing in this vid

[sandiegojoe]

Just because it looks clean doesn't mean it is

[WorldofOzz]

OMG, that is crazy. i have NEVER seen it anywhere near that clear there. if only it would look like that year round.

[pittsburgh123412]

thats incredible

[cosmicsands]

im jelly....

[eldavido761]

this is NOT huntington beach. i live there and the water here hasn't been clear for a couple decades...

[ARSWebDesign]

@eldavido761 - you can believe it or not, but that's where i shot it. that's rocky mckinnon on the paddleboard - you can verify with him if you'd like.

[kbz1231]

@ARSWebDesign wat year was this? couple years back at oceanside/ encinitas it was almost this clear



[hbhighlander]

@eldavido761 Sorry, but it is. You can see the power plant in the background, plus the angle of the shot. I was one of the first body-boarders from HB (myself [Terry McCord],) my brother-in-law Ot Boonchaeron, Chris Cunningham, and a few others remember we've had a couple like this. Mind you it was late 80's to mid 90's, but it has happened several times. Hell I even remember a day we got hit with a swarm of jellyfish. You may not be old enough to remember. + we charged after the pier broke.

[APSRx]

the waves are invisible!

[mxrider499]

Why do so many people worry about sharks so much? I know they are scary but very very few people die from them. You are more likely to die in a car accident driving down to the beach than a shark attack.

[wonderboyracing]

if only the water was always that clear like that everyday

[volcanoburrito99]

nicest water ever



[starshell84]

why do they surf so close to the pier, and are there ever any sharks near there?

[ARSWebDesign]

@starshell84 - on a day like that, there's not much danger of slamming into the pier - as long as you know what you're doing. yes, there are sharks, but very rarely - in the 27 years they've been tracking shark attacks along the california coast, there has not been a single incident at huntington beach.

[RPM4YEARS]

@starshell84 also the best sandbars are right by the pier because of the rip currents that are made when its bigger surf.

[starshell84]

@RPM4YEARS AWESOME

[DAISYANDAPPLEBOB]

oh i wish i was there when it was that clear!!!!

[ztmercado]

I wish it was clear all the time.

[hewitt78]

wow



[jbkimble28]

try florida bro :)



[multisports1474]

Huntington beach is the best went to the exact spot

[HDYDthat]

imagine DK on those waves lovlety man!

[surferman271]

this is nuts i live in hb and surf almost every weekend and i have never seen it like this its insane wish it was like this all the time

[kumaburnface]

dude the waves look like forcefields!! ahahaha

[felipeguy12345]

thats scary.

[felipeguy12345]

@felipeguy12345 scary clear. but its beautiful

[Bladerunner55217]

I've only seen it that clear 1 or 2 times . This is amazing ..

[TomFrankSurfs]

I would take 2-3ft glassy surf, CLEAR water over 10-12ft. glassy cold and murky water any day.

[Bmosh1133]

@TomFrankSurfs couldnt agree more with you there man specially in Cali. Exept not 2-3... 3-5 maybe 6 in standouts.

[zenaku680]

@TomFrankSurfs i live in south florida and i feel the exact opposite way of what you just said

[TomFrankSurfs]

@zenaku680 I live in north florida and it sucks here. We never have clear, glass or decent sized surf. But, to each his own!

[imalegendyo]

@TomFrankSurfs thats 1-2 ft bro...

[BomaBoi]

@TomFrankSurfs Huntington beach IS cold... ><

[cutiehmn]

omg, thats crazy. ! its never that clear anymore

[Raymond09871]

Maybe the reason for the clear water is the small surf? thus turning up less sand & sediment?

[h0mocuh]

@didgerirob oooooh yeah

[mattbpatterson]

beAUTY

[ESNCsurfers]

atleast youll be able to spot out the sharks...

[xTropicalKissx]

holy cowz!! thats gorgeous!! wish i waz there that day!!

[TheBungieDude]

this was on my birthday!!!

[splitman]

omg thats sooo beautiful

[lkeibkele]

wow I have never ever seen the water that clear and I've lived in OC for twenty years

[coolpuppyluver45]

That day me and my friend took our boogey boards out, sat out there and just talked it was ssoo relaxing! we saw little fish and everything!

[HBfisherman]

WOW! I haven't seen the water that clean in a long time.

[GamingwithFuzz]

Thats a trip.

[wesk8baker717]

oh my god...i have never seen huntington that clear...i want to surf in that

[seanseanbeats]

i've never seen HB that clear!!!! holy crap!!!! i wanna surf right now

[socalrats]

reminds me of the day i surfed oside ns pier and i couldnt believe i could see my shdadow in the water it was crazy but its a whole different feeling, nice upload

[london3]

wtf! when ever i'm there the water never looks clear and beautiful like this. it's always brown -_-

[yolovema]

Surfer dans une eau translucide ça change tout !! dommage que les vagues ne soit pas un peu plus grosse mais c'est joli tout de même !!! ça me rappel la bretagne !!!

[underthemangotreee]

Seriously beautiful. shallow, clear, fun

[McShredGood]

wish hb still looked like that...somedays it does but its rare..

[landoo123]

is there a reef there?

[ARSWebDesign]

@landoo123 - nope, no reef at huntington.

[larryjohnny]

nope, nothing but sand.. .not even a single rock here and there, just plain sand, which is sometimes a good thing.. nice sand bars, or bad, when the storms suck it all out to see and everything becomes like 10-12 ft, walls !

[uptownboyz100]

@landoo123 no its all sand for like a mile out to the ocean

[lpickard64]

That was awesome, I miss days like that when everything is so clear and the water is like glass! Thank you for posting!

[bigguydave]

That's what everywere was like my uncle said until LA and it's polution ruined everythng

[FITBMX1208]

That is sick. I wish i was there that day body boarding those waves.

[randyortonfan96]

that place is amazing

[me3be3]

just like it used to be

[audreyayoub]

waaaaaaaaw