\t\t\t\t\t\t 6 a.m. | Catch a Wave<\/p>\n
I like to start my mornings where you\u2019d expect to find a Triton: in the water. So I make my way to\u00a0Scripps Institution of Oceanography<\/a>, head down to my favorite surf spot at Scripps Pier and check the swell. If conditions look good, it\u2019s time to paddle out.<\/p>\n Of course, I\u2019m hardly the only Triton who likes to catch a wave. UC San Diego was recently named the No. 1 college in the country for surfing<\/a>, thanks to a combination of world-class surf spots right in our backyard and plenty of ways to get out on the water.<\/p>\n I sharpened my skills with UC San Diego Recreation<\/a>\u2019s eight-week\u00a0Surfing Fundamentals<\/a> course, but there are options for Tritons ready to give surfing a try. Both Surfing Fundamentals and the four-week\u00a0Intro to Surfing<\/a> are designed for beginners, with Fundamentals offering more time to build skills and confidence on the water. Surfboards are even provided at the pier.<\/p>\n Still working on your sea legs? Swimming is a prerequisite for surf classes, and Recreation offers swim classes throughout the summer. There are plenty of ways to stay active on dry land, too, from group fitness and yoga classes<\/a> to facilities that are open seven days a week<\/a> all summer long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"6 a.m. | Catch a Wave I like to start my mornings where you\u2019d expect to find a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-438528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}