LOL...yeah CP is cold. I've been there 5 times working in the winter months, and it sure blows down there. I love the waters, lots of marine life moving in those waters. I never seem to be warm enough! You were there in their summer months, but those waters run cold, and its really similar to the Norcal zone.
The place I worked at was called Dungeons outside of Hout Bay, but plied both sides of the Cape...Dungeons was what I always called Mavericks sister...they were like twins with opposite behaviors, weather, water, waves, they all mirrored one another. I'm heading back there in late August again. The more I have traveled, the more I realize the world is similar in so many ways, just like people...
The middle east must be nice and cozy warm waters coming up? I was just in Italy 2 weeks ago, Fregene, outside of Rome. The Tiber river just dumps some filth into the waters, very sad.
As a kid growing up in Pacific Grove and Carmel, what I have noticed now as an adult is the near shore zones are not teeming with the marine life when I was young...in my lifetime I've seen so much change, it's really sad....