As we were walking back, we saw a fisherman casting over a big dark cloud in the water. It looked like a round reef in the milky water, but he said it was a school of sardines. I had a hard time believing it until the dark spot suddenly scattered open right down the middle. He must've gotten a bit of an allergic reaction, because he started feeling some tingling on his chest and his arm got welted pretty badly. Fortunately, he came through fine.
High expectations can be a real bummer.
Don't get me wrong, I love today's technology of having the ability to forecast surf conditions in advance. It's just that once the mainstream media find out about oncoming swells, they tend to overhype it and get everyone all fired up. Then it's always such a let-down when the swell is not as great as predicted. I guess sometimes, it's better not knowing. P.S. Found out later from Ben Aipa that the swell had a strong east component to it.