Heaviest, hollowest, spot on east coast?

[backside-killa]

just wanted to see what some people thought, or sessions they had? Just bored...

[aka pumpmaster]

had a few at dumps in Del. Very heavy place and breaks boards easy. poverty too.

[Boss]

Theres a spot/slab between NJ and OBX where when it gets big, everyone is scared to paddle out. It breaks in about 2-18 inches of water depending on the size of the wave. The lip can be a couple feet wide. I have once seen a chest high wave there have a 1 foot wide barrel. If your lucky there can be an outer section which is a perfect drop in to "claimer" setup. Even if you knew where it was...you wouldnt drop into the sets.

[billabongmoney]

Hatteras for sure

[StuckinVA]

Yeah, OBX for sure. One spot/area in particular gets extremely hollow. The lip isn't to heavy, but the wave is very steep and very hollow. Far paddle out too. yep, one of my favorite places to go when its a decent swell with the right wind.

[brycebishard]

Anywhere between duck and hatteras

[backside-killa]

i mean i live in vb, the lesser in my opinion of north and south of it. Vb shines when its small, or like under head most the time just cause its normally better some where else..haha. but ive caught obx several times death pits man, nuts.. i was there when they had the battle of the banks that day was super gnarly... And Ocean city Maryland Fires So Hard in the winter. Boxiest Waves i have seen were in Maryland,Over head and just pitching. no outside. Delaware reelss never caught it firing just normally stayed in oc for the day and ****.. East coast can get fairly epic...

[DKMBPIT]

the people on this message board will never know the heaviest hollowest spot on the east coast. nobody is gonna talk about it and that's the way it should stay until surfline "discovers" it. sure we get some heavy hollow waves from NJ-OBX, but the east coast is waaaaay bigger than that. just my two cents...

[matt720]

if the tide and wind is right i have got some heavy waves at jenks...... and I know what Boss means(not the exact spot),, sometimes by me its dumping onto the bar and the water is around a foot deep... it sure is scary just got to hold on and pray u dont fall and break your neck haha

[MDSurfer]

I'd have to say OCM can get pretty hollow.
http://www.swellinfo.com/gallery/files/4/1/1/_DSC2007b.jpg
here's the complete sequence.
http://www.swellinfo.com/gallery/files/4/1/1/_DSC2008a_372547.jpg
http://www.swellinfo.com/gallery/files/4/1/1/_DSC2009a.jpg

[wontonwonton]

Ive been out at beaver dam rover unicorn orchard when the peaks are complete aframe chunks. Surfin sucks there. Bodyboards get sooo much deeper and get so much more bootay.

Ya mean....

Its somewhere in Delabape braa.

But everywhere can have its days. Its just a bunch of sand..

[Db2k5]

I'd have to say OCM can get pretty hollow.
http://www.swellinfo.com/gallery/files/4/1/1/_DSC2007b.jpg

why is he going straight?

[chrisd]

I know all of us are used to delaware but it looks like he is about to make a bottom turn

[oipaul]

why is he going straight?

probably considering his escape options from that 20 feet of section thats starting to feather in front of him

[pray4surf]

I think you have to go to the far North or the far South to answer this question. I am sure there is a coral reef in South Fla or rock slab somewhere North of Boston that gets much heavier than anywhere in the mid-Atlantic and our beachbreaks. Hatteras might be the most consistant and best place to be a surfer but there are legit rock reefs in New England and even the far East on Long Island.

[backside-killa]

the people on this message board will never know the heaviest hollowest spot on the east coast. nobody is gonna talk about it and that's the way it should stay until surfline "discovers" it. sure we get some heavy hollow waves from NJ-OBX, but the east coast is waaaaay bigger than that. just my two cents...

Obx Fires, Nj,MD,OC, all fire on the right swell super hollow.. And are any of us on SURFLINE right now. What the ****. What are talking about any ways bro...i am gonna imagine the heaviest wave on the east coast is either in maine or something just a nuts rivermouth point somewhere.. i dream about setups like this thats why i asked if you guys think were a bunch of pussies and these spots are so heavy who the **** are you and why you so scared some one might paddle out for once???

[wontonwonton]

Yea.... but assategue unicorn corn on the cob lowes reef by the fishies in the net braaaa. That left point goes dry on an N swell. Gotta be brocallll. Just like Uluwatu. Gota check it. It is 302-456-7430. Call for details.

*BAPE*

[souljahsky]

why is he going straight?

because he's from ocean city maryland

[SkegLegs]

assategue unicorn corn on the cob lowes reef

That's the irrigation pond in the Plantations right?

[nwash]

because he's from ocean city maryland

Show me someone busting out some double knee on that, than I would be impressed.

[zach619]

Well, im from OC MD too. I will not say its the heaviest on the east coast by any means, but it does go off.

And I dont know why you guys are hating on that OC MD photo. I remember that from a couple years back, and on that sequence, He goes straight because if you notice... He goes straight and when he turns, he still out runs the barrel...

So my question to you is, if you want to get tucked under that 6-8 ft lip, why would you go straight? The wave obviously dies on the shoulder there, and he should have dug his arm in and gone even slower and straigher on his take off... my opinion.

But anyway, there are photos on that same exact day of some guy in OC MD just CHARGIN. I mean, the guy got sick photos tucked behind some seriously thick shorebreak lips. The guy was dropping in to 8 foot shorebreak barrels and getting out of them. I consider myself a hell-man charger, but I would think twice about half of those inside bowls man. A closeout will fill ya as$ crack with sand pretty quick.

But ONE more thing... Im sure everyone here has surfed a reef before, and you know unless its PIPE or TAHITI, then reefs actually LESSEN the power of the wave when it cross it. That is why reefs and points give you that perfect shape...

Thats the scary thing about Hatteras and JERZ and places that get thick and hollow...

A 8 foot day at Hatteras can litterally be much worse than a 15 foot day at pipe.... At pipe, you have a much better chance in chosing a wave and making the section...

Everyone knows when it gets heavy back east on those sanbars, its a damn crapshoot, you can have the wave of your life, or just get destroyed... 20MPH offshore wind and 10 foot sets....

I mean, I know that its not the most powerful place on earth, but Hatteras and a lot of east coast spots may not be perfect, but they certainly are heavy....

In my opinion, the heaviest wave in the WORLD that is surfed regularly is Puerto Escondio. That sh** is Bigger than pipe line, and ALL SAND!

I mean, youtube some crazy Puerto escondido rides... That 20 second barrel of a tow in a couple years back....

Those tough guys in Hawaii can talk all that mess, but those boys down in Mexico, where there arent all the cameras, and GIANT swells roll through all year un noticed by the surf world... Those boys have more metal than anywhere on earth...

PUERTO son... PUERTO!

[zach619]

ohh, but another point of that, which i forgot is that, unfortunately, even in Hatteras, those beach breaks can only hold so much. Then you gotta resort to sketchy jet ski sessions etc. Really, i would say a clean, 8 foot day anywhere on the east coast is pretty much maxed out. When it gets bigger, you may as well stand and watch mother nature.

Which is why the Sand Diego Beach breaks stay empty for months at a time during a good NW winter. The beach breaks here get 6 feet or so, then its a mess unless you pinned up against a jetty. We all cruise down to the reefs all winter, cause they can hold the shape...

You can surf a 15 FT sd reef break the exact same way you surf a 5 FT OC MD beach break... Its seriously that easy. Big long faces on the drops, tons of speed on the face and they NEVER CLOSE OUT!

[locals are lazy]

ohh, but another point of that, which i forgot is that, unfortunately, even in Hatteras, those beach breaks can only hold so much. Then you gotta resort to sketchy jet ski sessions etc. Really, i would say a clean, 8 foot day anywhere on the east coast is pretty much maxed out. When it gets bigger, you may as well stand and watch mother nature.

Which is why the Sand Diego Beach breaks stay empty for months at a time during a good NW winter. The beach breaks here get 6 feet or so, then its a mess unless you pinned up against a jetty. We all cruise down to the reefs all winter, cause they can hold the shape...

You can surf a 15 FT sd reef break the exact same way you surf a 5 FT OC MD beach break... Its seriously that easy. Big long faces on the drops, tons of speed on the face and they NEVER CLOSE OUT!stay on the beach donkey,you are clueless!

[backside-killa]

Haha... i started this thread trying to get info about the east coast... just for when i travel localy here.. But im leaving for Puerto Escondido in 2 weeks... i guesse im gonna See the ultimate boxxxess there then so i should stop being so bored and get ready or something
...haha.....

[zach619]

Locals are lazy:
If im a donkey, you are a liar...

sure, i bet you are out getting 10 foot shacks all day in OBX... sure you are...

Show me a picture of anyone on a legitmate 10 footer there. Please... i would love to see it....

Ive seen plenty of 10-15 foot SURF there, with not a soul on it.,...

If you want to talk ****, back it up... I think your a liar.

[tommyh]

I agree with Zach, a 6 ft wave on the east coast is generally equal to a 10ft wave on the west coast as far as steepness and dificulty to surf.

[SkegLegs]

Chest high 300 people in the water, 2 ft overhead 15, that's how it works on the east coast, and that's how I like it.

[Boss]

Show me someone busting out some double knee on that, than I would be impressed.

How about a bodyboarder hitting the lip and doing a huge ARS. Bodyboaring is cooler than surfing on big waves...theres more to do. I guess surfing takes more skill on steep drops but honestly... a surfer couldnt say a bodyboarder boosting off a huge section is lame. Bodyboarers have bigger balls and get the most out of the wave.

I by no means meant to change this topic into a bodyboarder VS surfer thread.

[brycebishard]

The outer banks don't need pictures to show it's the heaviest spot on the EC. Just look at the underwater topography of the coast.

[terra-firma intolerant]

How about a bodyboarder hitting the lip and doing a huge ARS. Bodyboaring is cooler than surfing on big waves...theres more to do. I guess surfing takes more skill on steep drops but honestly... a surfer couldnt say a bodyboarder boosting off a huge section is lame. Bodyboarers have bigger balls and get the most out of the wave.

I by no means meant to change this topic into a bodyboarder VS surfer thread.

The hardest part about surfing steep hollow waves, is the drop. You gotta paddle not only hard, but intelligently, and you gotta pop-up at the right moment. And popping up when you are almost vertical is a lot harder than a lot of the pros make it look, and then you gotta make the drop and try to keep your nose from pearling.. I think that bodyboarding's place is on unsurfable slabs (well duh), but the question is, is surfing a barely surfable slab harder than bodyboarding an unsurfable slab? Or maybe we shouldn't answer that question cuz that would spark the debate of surfing vs bodyboarding

[GnarActually]

poverty. at least for jersey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YqUMqZ1udw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ltjAiXeXXs

[B1ll]

OBX- nuff said
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[zach619]

Nice photo. Was that battle of the banks last year? Looks sick!


LedZep: I agree with you. Look at footage at the Wedge in Newport. Literally an unsurfable (stand up) wave. Its a mad made Death slab. Ive seen surfers drop in and get shacked and then getted demolished. Bodyboarders can sometimes make the section. They can do the 9o degree or even inverted drop.

Bodyboarding is not my cup of tee if the waves are shortboardable etc., but there is definitely a place in the water for bodyboarding. Good OC MD shorebreak. Huge sunsett cliffs waves. Big ass man made death slabs. Even some guys at pipe make the drops that are unmakable..
But that goes back to the whole core of it all. Being a waterman. Swimming, diving, surfing, fishing, bodysurfing, bodyboarding, kayaking. whatever gets me wet.

I love going body surfing at this jetty that gets black balled in the summer. You can paddle out with fins and get nice warm cover ups and stuff... Its whatever. I do that and it is my tribute to growing up in MD. I used to do alot of bodysurfing before I ever surf surfed.

[terra-firma intolerant]

Nice photo. Was that battle of the banks last year? Looks sick!


LedZep: I agree with you. Look at footage at the Wedge in Newport. Literally an unsurfable (stand up) wave. Its a mad made Death slab. Ive seen surfers drop in and get shacked and then getted demolished. Bodyboarders can sometimes make the section. They can do the 9o degree or even inverted drop.

Bodyboarding is not my cup of tee if the waves are shortboardable etc., but there is definitely a place in the water for bodyboarding. Good OC MD shorebreak. Huge sunsett cliffs waves. Big ass man made death slabs. Even some guys at pipe make the drops that are unmakable..
But that goes back to the whole core of it all. Being a waterman. Swimming, diving, surfing, fishing, bodysurfing, bodyboarding, kayaking. whatever gets me wet.

I love going body surfing at this jetty that gets black balled in the summer. You can paddle out with fins and get nice warm cover ups and stuff... Its whatever. I do that and it is my tribute to growing up in MD. I used to do alot of bodysurfing before I ever surf surfed.

Yeah, I remember countless years of riding straight towards the shore on crappy walmart boogie boards, and I would still be having fun. And I would bodyboard, say high-tide shorebreak, bit I don't own a decent body-board :eek:doh

[wbsurfer]

Yeah, I remember countless years of riding straight towards the shore on crappy walmart boogie boards, and I would still be having fun. And I would bodyboard, say high-tide shorebreak, bit I don't own a decent body-board :eek:doh

i remember those times. except my parents would get me the higher grade boogie boards that they sell at wings. but defiently body boarding big high tide shorebreak is alot of fun. as all you have to worry about is getting scratched on the bottom and you dont have to worry about breaking a board.

[backside-killa]

ohh, but another point of that, which i forgot is that, unfortunately, even in Hatteras, those beach breaks can only hold so much. Then you gotta resort to sketchy jet ski sessions etc. Really, i would say a clean, 8 foot day anywhere on the east coast is pretty much maxed out. When it gets bigger, you may as well stand and watch mother nature.

Which is why the Sand Diego Beach breaks stay empty for months at a time during a good NW winter. The beach breaks here get 6 feet or so, then its a mess unless you pinned up against a jetty. We all cruise down to the reefs all winter, cause they can hold the shape...

You can surf a 15 FT sd reef break the exact same way you surf a 5 FT OC MD beach break... Its seriously that easy. Big long faces on the drops, tons of speed on the face and they NEVER CLOSE OUT!

this is deffinetly True the cliffs are awsome.. i was about to surf OB, a beach break like 8 to 10 foot. but got stopped by some locals who said the cliffs were where its at. i surfed the cliffs that big and you could see the guys working the line from the back of the wave, thats how mellow it was... I love san diego....

and for the other guy who said just look at the topography, i think he ment bathymetry, but that only helps on medium to long period and sometimes just makes the outerbars break which sometimes makes it just weired... short period and shorter medium period swell isnt so much affected by the shelf.

[locals are lazy]

Locals are lazy:
If im a donkey, you are a liar...

sure, i bet you are out getting 10 foot shacks all day in OBX... sure you are...

Show me a picture of anyone on a legitmate 10 footer there. Please... i would love to see it....

Ive seen plenty of 10-15 foot SURF there, with not a soul on it.,...

If you want to talk ****, back it up... I think your a liar.i am a liar....who isn't?therefore you are a DONKEY.learn that San Diego doesn't have 2 d's and that the thread started was in reference to EAST COAST SPOTS..... DONKEY!type hurricane Noel+outer banks,and get a clue ........DONKEY!

[locals are lazy]

Nice photo. Was that battle of the banks last year? Looks sick!


LedZep: I agree with you. Look at footage at the Wedge in Newport. Literally an unsurfable (stand up) wave. Its a mad made Death slab. Ive seen surfers drop in and get shacked and then getted demolished. Bodyboarders can sometimes make the section. They can do the 9o degree or even inverted drop.

Bodyboarding is not my cup of tee if the waves are shortboardable etc., but there is definitely a place in the water for bodyboarding. Good OC MD shorebreak. Huge sunsett cliffs waves. Big ass man made death slabs. Even some guys at pipe make the drops that are unmakable..
But that goes back to the whole core of it all. Being a waterman. Swimming, diving, surfing, fishing, bodysurfing, bodyboarding, kayaking. whatever gets me wet.

I love going body surfing at this jetty that gets black balled in the summer. You can paddle out with fins and get nice warm cover ups and stuff... Its whatever. I do that and it is my tribute to growing up in MD. I used to do alot of bodysurfing before I ever surf surfed.donkeyzach

[locals are lazy]

Well, im from OC MD too. I will not say its the heaviest on the east coast by any means, but it does go off.

And I dont know why you guys are hating on that OC MD photo. I remember that from a couple years back, and on that sequence, He goes straight because if you notice... He goes straight and when he turns, he still out runs the barrel...

So my question to you is, if you want to get tucked under that 6-8 ft lip, why would you go straight? The wave obviously dies on the shoulder there, and he should have dug his arm in and gone even slower and straigher on his take off... my opinion.

But anyway, there are photos on that same exact day of some guy in OC MD just CHARGIN. I mean, the guy got sick photos tucked behind some seriously thick shorebreak lips. The guy was dropping in to 8 foot shorebreak barrels and getting out of them. I consider myself a hell-man charger, but I would think twice about half of those inside bowls man. A closeout will fill ya as$ crack with sand pretty quick.

But ONE more thing... Im sure everyone here has surfed a reef before, and you know unless its PIPE or TAHITI, then reefs actually LESSEN the power of the wave when it cross it. That is why reefs and points give you that perfect shape...

Thats the scary thing about Hatteras and JERZ and places that get thick and hollow...

A 8 foot day at Hatteras can litterally be much worse than a 15 foot day at pipe.... At pipe, you have a much better chance in chosing a wave and making the section...

Everyone knows when it gets heavy back east on those sanbars, its a damn crapshoot, you can have the wave of your life, or just get destroyed... 20MPH offshore wind and 10 foot sets....

I mean, I know that its not the most powerful place on earth, but Hatteras and a lot of east coast spots may not be perfect, but they certainly are heavy....

In my opinion, the heaviest wave in the WORLD that is surfed regularly is Puerto Escondio. That sh** is Bigger than pipe line, and ALL SAND!

I mean, youtube some crazy Puerto escondido rides... That 20 second barrel of a tow in a couple years back....

Those tough guys in Hawaii can talk all that mess, but those boys down in Mexico, where there arent all the cameras, and GIANT swells roll through all year un noticed by the surf world... Those boys have more metal than anywhere on earth...

PUERTO son... PUERTO!a hellman charger you consider yourself?scary thing about hatteras and jerz,reefs make waves less powerful?how stupid and donkeyish can one person be?puerto is the heaviest wave in the world?an 8 foot day at hatteras can be worse than 15 foot pipe?I THOUGHT THE EAST COAST DOESN'T GET 8 FOOT?those tough guys in Hawaii would eat you alive...and there are more cameras ,videos, etc.at puerto escondidothan in Hollyweird......i went to the mexican pipeline in 1984.......what were you doing that year?not even born yet i would suspect.keep your ignorance on less noticeable display next time !:eek:

[DKMBPIT]

Obx Fires, Nj,MD,OC, all fire on the right swell super hollow.. And are any of us on SURFLINE right now. What the ****. What are talking about any ways bro...i am gonna imagine the heaviest wave on the east coast is either in maine or something just a nuts rivermouth point somewhere.. i dream about setups like this thats why i asked if you guys think were a bunch of pussies and these spots are so heavy who the **** are you and why you so scared some one might paddle out for once???

Three things...
were you drunk when you wrote this?
im not a bro or your brother.
dont worry who I am.

[jettyhead]

I agree with Zach, a 6 ft wave on the east coast is generally equal to a 10ft wave on the west coast as far as steepness and dificulty to surf.

i agree +1

i surf in delaware regularly and i made a trip to cabo in the spring and i was pulling into head high peelers like it was my job

[zach619]

Locals are lazy. Well, thanks for admitting that you are a liar. That makes me feel a bit better.

You are obviously the old donkey drapped in a time warp. You are a clown, talking about pipe like you know. I don't know about pipe, but i do know about reefs. I surf them every day. If you think a reef breaks with more power than a beah break, you need a lesson in physics and surfing. You are a fuc**ing moron...

I was giving Hatteras more credit than you think. I am telling you that Hatteras can ALMOST ALWAYS only hold around 8 feet of swell....

Lets do the science ok....

The topography offshore is extremely deep which makes it have nice power. But the PROBLEM with hatteras is that it accepts like 90% windswell and much less than 10% solid groudswell.

So yes, theoretically on the right long period ground swell sent from the south west of Africa, on a warm sunny day with light wind, yeah you can surf 12-15 foot surf there. MAYBE....

But like I said TOOL, I am from OC MD, and it gets WINDSWELL all year too. And its real short, real small interval, rally punch beach break...

So if you sidagree with any of the above, re-evaluate your argument.

I am saying the reefs in CALI have about 1/2 the power that ANY beach break around here has.

SURF SWAMIS and then surf blacks and few miles down the coast... TWO VERY DIFFERENT BEASTS...

And until you built an artificial reef in front of your house, I think maybe you should stick to single fins and pot old timer.

[marknel83]

You guys are retarded chill out

[StuckinVA]

...i do know about reefs. I surf them every day. ......I am from OC MD, and it gets WINDSWELL all year too. ....... the reefs in CALI have about 1/2 the power that ANY beach break around here has.



Not to jump on you man, but where the hell do you actually live? LOL.

Anyhow, just to add my two cents, everything just depends on what the bottom is doing. I can tell you that I've surfed overhead Haliewa in HI, which is obviously a reef break, and it was not even close to as steep as a chest day in Frisco in OBX, or as hollow for that matter. So it really all depends. Also, OBX will definitely hold 8+, but you have to know where to go. For example, Frisco has a 2nd (or 3rd, depending on where you are) sandbar that doesn't even show until there is about 8 to 10 feet of swell. It's about a mile out. You can see SUPs out there sometimes to prove it.

[Salty]

west coast = more forgiving waves (much easier when bigger than east coast waves) everybody who's surfed good sized west coast knows this! (much longer rides, too!)

[ECboarder]

OBX All the way. with NJ second. specifically a secret spot in rodanthe and other spots in hatteras such as ramp 55 for example. ivve gotten worked the most in obx. those overhead swells will sucker punch you so hard. but once you ride them, it is worth it

[zach619]

StuckinVA: hehe =). I live on sunset cliffs in San Diego...

But yeah, I agree with what you are all saying. Im with ya.

My point about the reefs was this: If Pipeline didn't have a reef underneath of it, the entire beach and every house on the shore would never be there. The whole place would be under water. If there was no reef to slow down the force of that water and jack the face up, then it wouldnt even be there. Same with in Tahiti. Yeah, there are huge waves going over the reef, but if it went from 2000 feet deep to 2 feet deep like that and it was a sandbar, it would probably be even more scary. It would also take out everything in its path and the whole beach would actually be the bottom of the shoreline. Ohh well

Its an interesting conversation. But I think we all agree that when open ocean swell meets the shoer and there is only sand slowing it down, the mother fu**er is gonna slam pretty hard on the shore... Thats all Im saying...

And Again, I wasn't trying to say that OBX is not capable of ever holding that, I was just pointing out that OBX gets mostly choppy short interval windswell which doesn't usually allow long tapering 10 foot sets to creep in cleanly. It usually macking windswell there. And again, there are long period groundswells that hit OBX and im sure the place goes Balistic...

But, like I said before. I know that the OBX guys, especially on here promote the fact that there aren't 1 million cameras out everwhere there, and that there are guys chargin crazy waves without getting any media attention... But on the other hand, I was just saying that Everyone from Miami to Maine knows when OBX is gonna go off, so when those 10 foot swells are there, shouldnt every pro on the whole east coast be out there filming and getting shots??? Ive just never seem ONE photo of OBX any larger than 8 feet. I have seen some 12-14 giant windswell sets, but it was EMPTY. There was not a human in the water....

So, I was just saying, doesn't someone on here have some kind of photos of ANYWHERE in OBX 10ft +++ I am just curious to see how crazy the waves look that big over there with someone actually on it...

The photo from OBX in this thread from before is HEAVY as sh*(* for sure, but the hawaiians would call that about a 6-7 footer... solid as sh** tho.

[jimmycraxcorn]

Buckroe Beach during a category 5 hurricane!

[drglas]

Not sure how big Noel got on the Banks, but this looks pretty heavy to me:

http://islandfreepress.org/Archives/2007.11.07-SurfingHurricaneNoel/index.html

[zach619]

Now that looks like it was fun!! Pretty clean considering the wave heights. There are some definate jems in there. Nice!

[drglas]

Now that looks like it was fun!! Pretty clean considering the wave heights. There are some definate jems in there. Nice!

haha yeah looks sweet. Hurricane Noel a few years back - pics from Daniel Pullen, a great local surfer and photographer. Wish I had been there...

[JMD]

locals are lazy = idiot.


If any of you have been to the west coast or anything other than a beachy and don't agree with zach you are a idiot also.

I will be back on the west side in less then a month for trip #900. I know it will be august so chances of getting a good swell just won't happen but a nice couple of headhigh days will be better then what we have got here in NJ for the whole month of july. I can't even remember the last time I was in the water.


Anyway I would have to say a few spots north of New York would light up better than OBX and Jersey. Make sure to bring your 6mm.

It seems as though most of you on here from from OBX/Del/NJ so of course you are saying those spots are heavy. Get out more.

[Driftingalong]

Zach,
This was submitted for the 2007 Billabong XXL (Monster Paddle)...

[StuckinVA]

...
It seems as though most of you on here from from OBX/Del/NJ so of course you are saying those spots are heavy. Get out more.
This thread is about East Coast waves man. Of course us East Coasters are going to provide the majority of the input.

Locals-- good discussion. I agree with you that the North Shore would get destroyed without the reef acting as a proxy for the swell. There is only one place I've been to that gets macking swell, over sandbar, where there are hotels and bars right on the beach and it is Playa Hermosa in Costa Rica. I don't know how they do it, but they manage to keep those buildings in tact with very good waves breaking over sandbar. I wish they could do that over here.