<p>Humboldt State University, in the far north of California, is another commonly overlooked surf school, but you better have a high tolerance for sharks. You may or may not find [url=<a href="http://www.surfline.com/travel/index.cfm?id=2139%5DSurfline's%5B/url">http://www.surfline.com/travel/index.cfm?id=2139]Surfline's[/url</a>] evaluation to be reassuring:
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Arcata's Humboldt State University is instrumental in sucking many surfers to these waters, much like the UC Santa Cruz phenomenon. Typically, crowds only congeal on weekends, sunny days and epic, rainy days. Every spot is sharky, so that's not really a factor in crowd control... Surf with someone else, if you can. There have been two attacks here since 1997 (both non-fatal) and several during the past 25 years. If you dwell on the fact that this place is indeed a shark pit, you won't enjoy yourself. If it happens, it happens.
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