The wave itself is decent, but sort of soft most of the time. Weekends when there is a decent swell running it sort of reminds me of this riot I saw at the circus one time…total colorful chaos. You have the full spectrum of surfers in the water, from little kids, old dudes on vintage deathlogs, Juinor College guys that are trying to be 70’s throwbacks, weekend warriors, and the eternal dawn patrollers…all of them in the water…at the same time. It is generally a longboard wave, but not necessarily a beginner break, even though you find a lot of beginners in the water there. It is hard to define Blackies from the “surf spot” perspective, or at least if you only looked at the quality of the surf you would miss out a lot of what the break has to offer. If you manage to pull the rock-star parking along the front you can sit in your heated car, sipping coffee, while you watch the sets slip through. There is a public (but metered) parking lot that butts right up to a small sea-wall along the beach. It has a style and presence that is unique to the Newport surf scene and can only be found in a few other areas in Orange County (Doheney’s Boneyard, Old Mans in San Onofre, and sometimes Bolsa Chica all have a similar feel but don’t quite have the same mix).īlackies is part longboard spot, part surf/social club, part beach-scene. Blackies is a stretch of beach located between the 28th street jetty and the Newport Pier.
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