The Wedge Biggest Day in Years May 18th 2023 RAW
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Жыл бұрынThe Wedge got SLAMMED by this swell. Got up at 4AM got to the beach and waited for enough light to start filming. Some Giant waves rolled through. About 9AM the wind got on it but it was INSANE waves while it lasted.
The Wedge is located in Newport Beach California. This wave is easily my favorite wave as it doubles in size on these south swells. This video was taken on May 17 2023. Will this cause some flooding?
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@NaturesTrueZen Жыл бұрын
Sweet video! How can I find out when the next big waves are coming in at The Wedge?
@ag2424 Жыл бұрын
Looks vicious!!!!
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Was so fun to watch
@terrimiller8325 6 ай бұрын
Sweet 👍
@AquaTech_imagingsolutions Жыл бұрын
Pumping!
@pringlized Жыл бұрын
I went to College in Santa Barbara. We were out at Sands almost every morning for 2 years. I couldn't do a short board. I had an 8 foot Yater. But The Wedge scared the crap out of me. I was down there every other weekend boogie boarding with friends. Crazy how it breaks so close to the beach. 8-10 feet max but it breaks so hard and fast. And the under town was insane. Like someone grabbing your ankles and pulling you back under. I didn't argue with all the tans and skimpy bikinis. Orange Julius was awesome too.
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Yeah scares me as well but it’s so fun.
@emisurfchannel2280 Жыл бұрын
Epic wies! Monters waves
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Such a fun day
@bonsummers2657 Жыл бұрын
Bigga da Betta!
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Can’t agree more
@DaHooligan919 Жыл бұрын
that water tastes like victory
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@Bryan-jd7os Жыл бұрын
👍👍👍
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
🤙🏼
@MrSmithDockett Жыл бұрын
Me and only 1 other went out on a day like this. The waves were 30 ft. My two friends that came with me didn't paddle out no crowd no life guards. You could've fit a school bus in the barrel!
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Yeah those are the scary days
@kristinjohnson3655 Жыл бұрын
I’m sure that number keeps growing. 30 feet my ass!
@barrelbum1016 Жыл бұрын
If it was 30 ft more there would have been plenty of people in the line up and news vans and stuff. How long ago was this? Feasible back in the day.
@unrealuknow864 Жыл бұрын
Just got home and get to see how the day was you lucky dog. Thank you.
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
It was super fun until the wind got on it. Then straight to work haha
@unrealuknow864 Жыл бұрын
@@BrentWeldon it got nice and big but looks like the swell wasn't quite right or the bottom has changed. Didn't see many of the traditional wedge shaped waves. Nobody catching the wave from the backwash jetty side. Not as many huge barrels either but looked fun as hell. I'm jelly
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
@@unrealuknow864 yeah big peak drops and some wind. The sand is like already all gone it is crazy.
@unrealuknow864 Жыл бұрын
@@BrentWeldon it will come back. The backwash is what makes it the most fun!
@onlinehelpfulstuff8726 Жыл бұрын
In a geezervoice (okay I'm in my 50s) Interesting to see everybody in full suits. Back in my day we had to wait until mid July until the Big Souths started running. I only used to wear a short-sleeve springsuit. I considered it like riding Leathers for a motorcycle rider to protect my skin from abrasion.
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Hahaha that’s funny
@bsw5127 Жыл бұрын
Its BIG!!!
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
It was!!!
@Xiojah Жыл бұрын
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻✅
@MrSmithDockett Жыл бұрын
I'm 21 years older now and wouldn't dare risk my life like I did that day!😊
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Smart
@rubberducky9925 Жыл бұрын
Risk my life 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣what a joke. it's Not even a reef break.
@pringlized Жыл бұрын
Haha.. Thats a crazy day.. I would never go out there with those breaks. It should be 4-8 feet on a regular day only because of how shallow the ground is when wave comes in. The undertow is what scares me when it dumps you on the beach. Notice how everyone bails out back into the surf. Trust me. I got plenty of experience. It's an awesome day but you gotta pick your weather. Super fun and be smart and safe. The wedge is no joke. Ohh. And keep in mind. The ocean actually splits when i comes in. I think it comes in to the right ( from the ocean) but becuase of the jetty, it then breaks and comes back in from the right against itself. So there is a central area where the waves smash against each other. You don't want to be there until you've dropped into the tube 😅
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
@@pringlized hah exactly! This place is such a crazy wave. Nothing else like it around here
@Dobertathon Жыл бұрын
@@rubberducky9925 Its an extremely fast breaking wave that breaks in 2-3 feet of water, sometimes less, with other dangers like backwash and the face of the wave completely mutilating and turning you into a projectile. Multiple people have broken bones and died.
@jamespardue3055 Жыл бұрын
But how was Newport Point doing on this day????? Grew up there in the 60's thru 80's, the Wedge was never surfed back then, some knee boarders, I used a red kick board and duck feet there. But when it was really on, 19th Street was THE wave.
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
The sand I heard was really bad over there so it was not working unfortunately
@chrisculley3756 Жыл бұрын
That's a pretty freaking big day but it's a nice slow roller. RLTW 3/75
@goodbarbenie5477 Жыл бұрын
Ain't it amazing, that Nature is always willing to perform...Hah. Nature by and Large is always on time...Hahaa. No matter how small a wave is... It's always there... Hahaa. Hanging 10 fellows...Hangin there. Hah.
@dylanjones2988 Жыл бұрын
why does nobody have a leash?
@andrew9654 Жыл бұрын
How do the guys recover their boards with no straps when they wipeout?
@onlinehelpfulstuff8726 Жыл бұрын
Try to time it so you don't get too pounded on the next wave. You'll notice even on the biggest ones they're not that far from shore.
@Sjefke3000 Жыл бұрын
The surf washes the boards to shore.
@jarredtremain4644 Жыл бұрын
Just saw on another sites where they say surfers don't wear leashes at wedge because it makes you get dragged over falls when wiping out. That's ridiculous as wedge is almost always going to smash you. More dangerous to have board hit others than you getting dragged over, plus you come up without board and get smashed heaps more getting to beach to get board. If you can't handle the beating you shouldn't be out there.
@enthusiasticshark4904 Жыл бұрын
From what I heard, people don't use leashes as you'll just break it straight away plus the shorebreak will wash the board up for you anyway. I get what you mean though. Bodyboards should be fine but surfboards are a different story
@maattttt07 Жыл бұрын
You have no idea what you're talking about rookie. Pipe down
@jahkgdm Жыл бұрын
Photogs taking a beating at the end.
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
That’s usually me haha
@MrSmithDockett Жыл бұрын
The waves were peaking half way out on the jetti
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
So fun
@patrickbyrne9282 Жыл бұрын
Was the Sheriff there to arrest anyone caught snaking a wave? Wave rage patrol, maybe?
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Just patrolling Ming sure everyone was safe I think
@bido8176 Жыл бұрын
Looks like every other big day at the Wedge, which happens every year
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Seemed bigger than anything last year😅
@joelcorral2475 Жыл бұрын
@@BrentWeldon you forgot about Hurricane Frank?
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
@@joelcorral2475 this was bigger
@deez3063 Жыл бұрын
27:21 looks like a 5 footer to me...these waves are for pipsqueaks, id dropknee it on my stand up paddle board like nothing
@timpidd9446 Жыл бұрын
Didn’t see you out there today or any stand up paddler for that matter 💀
@michaelmcconnell7302 Жыл бұрын
YEARS tho?
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Bigger than anything last year
@michaelmcconnell7302 Жыл бұрын
@Brent Weldon man I guess you're right.... wtf happened since 2020 😅
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
@@michaelmcconnell7302 hahah
@CHodgy Жыл бұрын
The Sherriffs out there eating popcorn...?
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Enjoying himself haha
@snakeplisken5953 Жыл бұрын
inssssane....
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Crazy!!! Loved it!
@RocketDog73 Жыл бұрын
Lovely footage of great conditions. Could be Beefed up with a bit more commentary 😂 Subbed as looking forward to more. Cheers 🤙
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Haha sometimes I talk more. Was just watching and enjoying this swell.
@docwill184 Жыл бұрын
@@BrentWeldon It's perfect as it is. Excessive chatter beyond, "Nice!" is annoying...
@tysoncoffman7562 Жыл бұрын
Mmm A frames...
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
I agree 💪🏼
@burger698 Жыл бұрын
sneaker swell
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Is we sooo fun
@minxlabrada Жыл бұрын
The place is a clinic on how to perfect your bottom turn. And the punishment for getting it wrong is instant!
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Haha that’s a very good point
@notchism Жыл бұрын
Remember my dad going out at the wedge when it was black flag pretty sick to see him body surf a 20 footer
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
That is awesome. I’m sure it was really cool to see
@papapita4713 Жыл бұрын
Let me surf
@melbsurf Жыл бұрын
Soft top guy got worked! Deserved it for ditching his board on that guy earlier.
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Haha karma
@petermcinnes7126 Жыл бұрын
Many going unridden????? Why, big crowds, pickers!¡!!!
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Hard to be in the right spot. Each set was breaking in a different spot plus really big cleanup sets
@11BlackLamb Жыл бұрын
That guy in the beginning that ditched his board in the lip of the wave should not be out there
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
There were a lot of people that should not be out there unfortuantely
@MrSmithDockett Жыл бұрын
The year of our lord was 1995
@theyoungupstarts1243 Жыл бұрын
What’s with the Sheriff boat? Masks still required?
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Haha not this time. Just checking things out I think
@BeachJazzMusic Жыл бұрын
Surfline says it's 10-15 ft.
@BlueRusso Жыл бұрын
Did the lifeguard stand actually put up the red flag?
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
@@BlueRussothey always do at 10AM unfortunately
@BlueRusso Жыл бұрын
@@BrentWeldon As a Floridian who's accustomed to yellow lifeguard flag if there's any waves at all, the plain yellow flags at the Wedge on vigorous days have come across as belonging to a different world, Then again, the shorebreak at Wabasso, Fla. was adequate training for Brad Domke. Video-watching (I tried to be at the Wedge with camera this week) is no substitute for the real thing, but I think a survey of Surfline before and after blackball would show bodyboarders catching lots more waves and doing more stuff than bodysurfers. Not to diss the incredible bodysurfers, some of the best anywhere.
@BeachJazzMusic Жыл бұрын
@@BlueRusso Don't know. Doesn't look like it considering how many people are in the water but there was a sheriff boat out there so maybe.
@roberttudor455 Жыл бұрын
0:14 no one rode that wave ????
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
No one in the spot somehow
@roberttudor455 Жыл бұрын
@@BrentWeldon 🤔
@Brett.1984 2 ай бұрын
Look at all that pollution foam in the water.
@jonathanh.robbins7779 Жыл бұрын
biggest day in years? idk about that
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Bigger than anything last year
@joelcorral2475 Жыл бұрын
not biggest day in years but one of the biggest in years and auto exposure sucks...
@mattjones4581 Жыл бұрын
Looked like a ton of posers
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@juanjohntramos7196 Жыл бұрын
This not the biggest day in years . Do some investigating of the past and you find few years again it was bigger then this .
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Bigger than anything last year…
@daviddemaio64 Жыл бұрын
Why would you make us sit through all the paddling and not catching waves and all the straight off BS . Come one just make a 5 minute reel of the best stuff and don't beg for subscribers. Lets do away with mediocrity....
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
This was the raw. I do edits also but a lot of people want to see everything
@gustavocarrano2301 Жыл бұрын
Would love to see Gabriel, Italo and Yago obliterating this wave. It bags for high risk maneuvers! We would see this wave being surfed like never before!
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
I completely agree!!!
@deez3063 Жыл бұрын
looks boring. easy pickins...reminds me of the wave pool at wild rivers🥱🥱
@BrentWeldon Жыл бұрын
Hahaha
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