Some of the professionals avoided the tiring and dangerous paddle out, using jet skis to reach the swells. "There were some solid waves," surfer Travis Eayn said. From the cliff at Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay, photographer tried to predict which waves surfers would dare to ride. There was one injury reported Thursday when a surfer suffered a dislocated shoulder. The high surf advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. Friday.