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It's further out than it looks - the telephoto lens is compressing it a bit - but not too far.

Probably about 4 or 5 feet deep.

There are rights and lefts on both sides of the pier. Changes a bit on different swells : )

Ah right, so I wasnt imagining it. Bells shorebreak.gets a bit like that. Deep drop just off the sand.

I just watched the Bells contest! I've been following that since i was a kid