Santa Ana River

I`ve surfed the river mouth as long as I`ve been surfing, it`s my home break. It can be really good sometimes and there is always something to ride there.
The river starts high in the San Bernardino Mountains ,cold clear water charging down through rocky gorges, but then slowly winds its way through the heavily populated inland empire and Orange Co. By the time time it gets to Coast Hwy. it`s carrying a lot of questionable material, but it also carries the sand that forms such nice sandbars for swells to sweep over. I do get sick surfing there sometimes but when the swell is right I`m not too worried about my health. Every good thing has its price!