Over-rated

[Blumkin80]

All the models were accurate...seemingly easy to predict what was going to happen. One thing we need...SAND! After a long summer and tons of south wind flow...all we have is a big sloping beach with no sand anywhere. I am still optimisitic for Sunday, but with the South wind this morning...everyone and their mother was at the cove. I hope no one jumps on here claiming this was the session of the century...I would rather wear a 5.43 and get barreled then surf gutless, soft NS with 3 billion Pennsyletuckians! I heard at least three morons say "I got tubed". I may not be an expert, but head dips don't count. Sorry...just needed to vent. At least I got to see a really cool sunrise. I hope the beach levels out and sucks some sand out this afternoon, so we can all just spread out a little bit. Praying for a better day tomorrow.

[eastcoast_sponger]

mannn its high tide!!!! lol u guys r crazyness give it time mannnn itl b here...

[LOSTsoul]

i knew the cove would be packed with nut balls. Regardless..it's a bit disappointing so far. heading south!!

[eastcoast_sponger]

yah its disappointing for now... the tide should b heading out soon... its ganna go off. just gatta give it time

[Blumkin80]

mannn its high tide!!!! lol u guys r crazyness give it time mannnn itl b here...

High Tide is not until 10 ish...I was in the water by 6! That should have been perfect...I do my homework. I rarely post on this site because there is so much garbage. Like "what is a session"? Micah does a wonderful job using all the data and makes it much easier than the old ways of trying to explore the noaa website. I guess I got caught in the hype. I will be on it again tomorrow for sure...hopefully with barrels glistening against the sunrise and not three hundred goons. I have never seen so many NSP's...I am sure this will get some comments. Most of the people on here claim they rip them soooo hard the fin boxes blow out. The letters should mean Never Surf Pennsylvanians!

[eastcoast_sponger]

man the swell is building dude lol give it time bro... it will b here... let the tide drop again... dont give up on it haha... im telln ya man theres ganna b some shyt out there

[matilda]

Yeah, the wave heights aren't what were predicted yet, but how can you accurately predict the ocean? Bill's intensity has dropped a little and an approaching cold front may bring unfavorable winds as well. Just have to keep checking the conditions.

We'll see what happens at the lower tide. Right now in VaBch I am seeing a lot of shorebreak and closeouts for the most part. The jetty is offering a slighly better ride, but not much. Plus everybody and their brother are there. It looks like a sea of people floating around.

[chroniclesofgnarlia]

ocean city lifeguards are ***s.

[flunkey]

High Tide is not until 10 ish...I was in the water by 6! That should have been perfect...I do my homework. I rarely post on this site because there is so much garbage. Like "what is a session"? Micah does a wonderful job using all the data and makes it much easier than the old ways of trying to explore the noaa website. I guess I got caught in the hype. I will be on it again tomorrow for sure...hopefully with barrels glistening against the sunrise and not three hundred goons. I have never seen so many NSP's...I am sure this will get some comments. Most of the people on here claim they rip them soooo hard the fin boxes blow out. The letters should mean Never Surf Pennsylvanians!
you are an idiot

[CharlieInOC]

Can't understand why anyone would go there to surf anyway. It was pretty good this afternoon between 1:00 and 3:00 where I was and only a few out. The tide played a big role today. Let me rephase that - It was pretty good for OC this afternoon.......... Some solid head high sets that held up fairly well. After this summer, I'll take it!!!

[oldmanbutters]

OC Lifeguards let everyone surf today. I thought that was pretty cool. The shoals were all breaking on the outside...looked like 4 or 5 miles southeast of OC. The shoal was breaking abount 1 1/2 miles out from IRI. Does anyone know what that shoal is called? "H" something. Anyway can't remember the last time I saw that happening.

[ACsurfer09]

States Ave. was huge today. About 3/4 of the way out at the pier. Only problem was the closeouts. Things were life-takers. Tomorrow should be fun. I'll be up at States or Rhode Island Ave. The whole new hampshire area was insane-diego.

[jettyhead]

The shoal was breaking abount 1 1/2 miles out from IRI. Does anyone know what that shoal is called? "H" something. Anyway can't remember the last time I saw that happening.

hen and chicken shoals, it happens regularly you can see it if you surfed the naval jetty

[cap2nd]

I dont know where you were, but 29th st OC md was going off this afternoon. No mush here. And the OC patrol closed the beach to all the kook swimmers and hard slick body boarders.. which was very cool and probably saved some lives.

[tbing]

Big waves. Not all ride-able, but very big. Andy Irons, Sam Hammer, Frankie Walsh, and a few other pro surfers were out today. RIPPING it up. Hammer and Walsh were throwing huge 360 airs. AI threw a floater up on a big face and landed basically sideways, first time I've ever seen that in person.

Should be some fun tomorrow and some more on Monday.

[mOtion732]

surfed in deal from like 9am to 4pm. i dont know why. head high + on set but nothing like what i was hearing from friends down south. kinda mushed out, but a few opened up for some longer rides.

sandbars look terrible in pretty much all of monmouth county. not sure what to expect in the morning.

[NJ SPONGIN]

surfed in deal from like 9am to 4pm. i dont know why. head high + on set but nothing like what i was hearing from friends down south. kinda mushed out, but a few opened up for some longer rides.

sandbars look terrible in pretty much all of monmouth county. not sure what to expect in the morning.

Hopefully it'll be amazing tomorrow morning.

[endlessummer89]

Big waves. Not all ride-able, but very big. Andy Irons, Sam Hammer, Frankie Walsh, and a few other pro surfers were out today. RIPPING it up. Hammer and Walsh were throwing huge 360 airs. AI threw a floater up on a big face and landed basically sideways, first time I've ever seen that in person.

Should be some fun tomorrow and some more on Monday.

Andy Irons was in NJ? That's pretty awesome.

I was out at Deal also today like an above poster mentioned. It was very mushy, but a few head + peaks and long rides. I was just at the beach about an hour ago here in monmouth country and the swell looks like it has built a pretty decent amount, water washing up to the rocks.

[daddy_nugg123]

andy was at squan... squan wasnt as good as i thought today..tried to paddle out at jenks and almost got arrested. escorted from the beach hehe. boat almost just capsized in squan inlet an hour or two ago. nutty **** going on down there!

[wasco]

A far out sandbar in south OCNJ was making for some peeling decent waves this afternoon.

[ECsponger]

I dont know where you were, but 29th st OC md was going off this afternoon. No mush here. And the OC patrol closed the beach to all the kook swimmers and hard slick body boarders.. which was very cool and probably saved some lives.

Didn't have a problem in this area, they were all trying to keep the tourists and kooky kids out of the water.. no one without swim fins allowed. Got some solid waves in that area. Be back there tomorrow.

[eastcoast_sponger]

so bradly beach pickd up around 9pm n just kept building... 2morrow is looking sick guys

[daless3737]

Anytime I can still see 100 old men on 12' longboards and 6 year old spongers in the lineup, then I know just how bad it is. Real swell takes 3/4 of those people and blocks them from getting to the lineup. Seriously, I think I had to duckdive a total of 3 times in a 4 he session yesterday- what a joke. The "rip currents" did sell alot of news papers though and bring lots of tourists to the beach! Imust have ran over 10 different people yesterday , and I must say I am not really that sorry.lmao about hearing guys getting tubed also. Umm aframes don't barrell you dumbazz.

The boards are staying dry Sunday- I'll wait for some real juice later this fall and winter.

[daddy_nugg123]

wait for some real juice? just left bayhead. bout 8 foot and hollow. id say thats some juice.. kook

[SkegLegs]

I can say that last night I easily saw the best waves I have witnessed on the east coast in my 14 years of surfing here. A certain Delaware spot lined up and was grinding double overhead barrels for hundreds of yards. If you think it was over-rated, you either went out yesterday during the outgoing tide, or have no idea how to read conditions and make a call on what spot will work.

[dredg2]

To be honest wasnt too impressed by conditions yesterday , was at the quan inlet and just way too many people sitting on one peak and mostly closeouts, everyone dropping in just trying to catch something--mess. But if you found a good went flying down the line. Today will be more fun with at least some hollow barrels coming through, be safe and charge.

[daless3737]

ok- looking at the posted footage on here, I will retract my earlier statement. It definately looks like you guys got alot more of the swell up in nj then in de. I was at IR inlet all day and nothing like that was showing-up there.

My mistake-shoulda went to jerz.- always better there.

[xgen70]

"I can say that last night I easily saw the best waves I have witnessed on the east coast in my 14 years of surfing here. A certain Delaware spot lined up and was grinding double overhead barrels for hundreds of yards."

unless you got pics or video,...sounds like bs for sure, get a grip man

[Xtreme*Liquidshredda]

nahh it wasnt overrated. It was big and fun. It was kinda weak in vb, the lifeguards wouldnt let people without a surfboard in the water past their knees.

[Northbeach]

I can say that last night I easily saw the best waves I have witnessed on the east coast in my 14 years of surfing here. A certain Delaware spot lined up and was grinding double overhead barrels for hundreds of yards. If you think it was over-rated, you either went out yesterday during the outgoing tide, or have no idea how to read conditions and make a call on what spot will work.

Hey man, I'm not tryna be a **** but I was up at the naval jetty's from round 6:45-10am on sat and it was nowhere near DOH, or barrelling even for that matter. I went down to NIRI, got there around 10:30/11 and it was basically the same thing, 5-7' closeouts with some cleaner ones on the outside every now and then. After lunch went down to mid OC and saw alittle better conditions but not much diff. Do you have any pics of the surf at your secret spot in DE? I'd loove to see the pics and sure everyone else would too, if not, its cool

[Blumkin80]

Anytime I can still see 100 old men on 12' longboards and 6 year old spongers in the lineup, then I know just how bad it is. Real swell takes 3/4 of those people and blocks them from getting to the lineup. Seriously, I think I had to duckdive a total of 3 times in a 4 he session yesterday- what a joke. The "rip currents" did sell alot of news papers though and bring lots of tourists to the beach! Imust have ran over 10 different people yesterday , and I must say I am not really that sorry.lmao about hearing guys getting tubed also. Umm aframes don't barrell you dumbazz.

The boards are staying dry Sunday- I'll wait for some real juice later this fall and winter.

Finally someone else that shares my sentiments. This morning was fun....not huge! Head high sets. If I hear some moron tell me that he saw double overhead sets again...I am gonna snap! It didn't happen. The deepwater buoy was reading swells in the DOH range, but that never made it to the beach. I would say it was 6 feet tops. Glad I got on it early...wind did exactly what I thought....SOUTH! Don't tell me how epic NIRI was tonight..bc I would rather surf wind chop in OC with some umpf than soft northside.

[SkegLegs]

Hey man, I'm not tryna be a **** but I was up at the naval jetty's from round 6:45-10am on sat and it was nowhere near DOH, or barrelling even for that matter. I went down to NIRI, got there around 10:30/11 and it was basically the same thing, 5-7' closeouts with some cleaner ones on the outside every now and then. After lunch went down to mid OC and saw alittle better conditions but not much diff. Do you have any pics of the surf at your secret spot in DE? I'd loove to see the pics and sure everyone else would too, if not, its cool

Maybe if you learned to read I said last night. Go to delsurf there's tons of pictures up.

[cap2nd]

Anytime I can still see 100 old men on 12' longboards and 6 year old spongers in the lineup, then I know just how bad it is. Real swell takes 3/4 of those people and blocks them from getting to the lineup. Seriously, I think I had to duckdive a total of 3 times in a 4 he session yesterday- what a joke. The "rip currents" did sell alot of news papers though and bring lots of tourists to the beach! Imust have ran over 10 different people yesterday , and I must say I am not really that sorry.lmao about hearing guys getting tubed also. Umm aframes don't barrell you dumbazz.

The boards are staying dry Sunday- I'll wait for some real juice later this fall and winter.

:rolleyes:

[tbing]

Sunday over hyped, but still good surf in the morning

MUCH smaller than yesterday. Started out about consistent head high. Occasional over head + sets. GLASSY in the morning, turning to mush later in the day. Small now.

Andy Irons was back at Manasquan Inlet today... Heard Kelly Slater was there, but never saw the face.

[Chris Joyner]

Maybe if you learned to read I said last night. Go to delsurf there's tons of pictures up.

Actually you misread and should reread what he said. He said Saturday as did you...

[Chris Joyner]

Sunday over hyped, but still good surf in the morning

MUCH smaller than yesterday. Started out about consistent head high. Occasional over head + sets. GLASSY in the morning, turning to mush later in the day. Small now.

Andy Irons was back at Manasquan Inlet today... Heard Kelly Slater was there, but never saw the face.

Someone said he(KS) was down south in Hatteras yesterday. I wonder if that is who was doing the tow in stuff that Carson was talking about.

[brek]

Actually you misread and should reread what he said. He said Saturday as did you...

He said sat night and the other guy said sat morning. I thought the swell was going to get bigger during the day, so it would make sense that there is a disagreement.

[dredg2]

Sunday over hyped, but still good surf in the morning

MUCH smaller than yesterday. Started out about consistent head high. Occasional over head + sets. GLASSY in the morning, turning to mush later in the day. Small now.

Andy Irons was back at Manasquan Inlet today... Heard Kelly Slater was there, but never saw the face.

When did Irons show up yesterday?

[tbing]

Around 4ish. Got out of the water around 7:30 and I got to talk to him. Chill dude

[Northbeach]

Skeglegs : Sorry dude, yea your right, I musta read over saturday NIGHT, my bad. And Chris Joyner, thanks for the support but he was right and yes, it does make sense that it was smaller on Saturday MORNING as I witnessed, as compared to Saturday EVENING, to which Skeglegs was referring to. Gonna check the pics out now, hope everyone got some good ones

[Chris Joyner]

No worries all, just trying to keep the stoke since we finally had something worth talking about to ride!

[brek]

Skeglegs : Sorry dude, yea your right, I musta read over saturday NIGHT, my bad. And Chris Joyner, thanks for the support but he was right and yes, it does make sense that it was smaller on Saturday MORNING as I witnessed, as compared to Saturday EVENING, to which Skeglegs was referring to. Gonna check the pics out now, hope everyone got some good ones

yeah, I was just looking at them... 5,7, and 8 look pretty huge. I dont think its unreasonable to say DOH.

I was there this afternoon....but about 300 yds down the beach to get away from the crowds...A lot of big dumpers in shallow or no water, but some peeled as good as they were at the point. I'd guess it was probably 4 ft, and the bigger ones were 6-7 ft. It seemed to all but vanish around 3ish. Could see some waves breaking about a mile out too.

[mOtion732]

monmouth county:

morning - chest high to 1ft overhead, really meaty and fast. very light winds and glassy conditions. very fun. high tide shut it down

early to late afternoon- waist to chest occ head+, kinda mushed out. onshore. some fun ones, but the angle seemed to go more E and made for more sectiony waves

3 days of good surfing in august, i'll take it

[endlessummer89]

http://surfmama.smugmug.com/Other/hurricanebill/9377447_s7Dnc#627791645_3eiG4


Here is a pic from squan today, could be pushing DOH

[Swellinfo]

http://surfmama.smugmug.com/Other/hurricanebill/9377447_s7Dnc#627791645_3eiG4


Here is a pic from squan today, could be pushing DOH

wow, that is a sick photo. you should upload that to the Swellinfo gallery!

[xgen70]

sure, some fun to be had by all, glad everyone who had the chance to get in enjoyed it.

however,..

"Well my stoke could add some size! But in all honesty, yesterday was as close as you're gonna get to calling a double overhead wave around here."

I think your own statement speaks for itself. It was not DOH anywhere around here. already had seen those pics,..The pics are not even close to DOH.

enjoy your stoke, we do not get many chances to enjoy much anyway. but keep it real

[tbing]

On Saturday, nearing the end of the day. One man caught a wave pushing TOH at the end of the Inlet jetty, pumped fast and pushed down the line to almost the north inlet jetty. Easily best ride of the swell. Hands down one of the best waves I've ever SEEN ridden at Manasquan Inlet. Seen pictures of bigger, but not ridden.

[NSsurfer]

saw this whilst browsing some hurricane **** on yahoo, check it

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Most-Viewed-Photos/ss/1778;_ylt=AsFVGBHtvPjvazpPt84gi1FsaMYA#photoViewer =/090823/photos_ca_afp/7ace2dea940aefeb900d581b1fa1048f


anyone know why?

[Carson]

Someone said he(KS) was down south in Hatteras yesterday. I wonder if that is who was doing the tow in stuff that Carson was talking about.

It was really hazy and they were about a mile out but I *think* the one guy was bald. :D

No idea. There were two skis out there and the one ride I saw with the vertical snap off the top was not done by a mere mortal.

[matt720]

On Saturday, nearing the end of the day. One man caught a wave pushing TOH at the end of the Inlet jetty, pumped fast and pushed down the line to almost the north inlet jetty. Easily best ride of the swell. Hands down one of the best waves I've ever SEEN ridden at Manasquan Inlet. Seen pictures of bigger, but not ridden.

saturday afternoon there were some serious waves at the end of the inlet, also the biggest ones i have ever seen. seemed like it was also the only place in the area that could handle the swell, i rode up to avon and down to bay head and everyhwere i checked was smaller and closing out

[thundernuts]

cant wait for fall. home break felt foreign. double triple oh, not even close. weak!

[tbing]

saw this whilst browsing some hurricane **** on yahoo, check it

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Most-Viewed-Photos/ss/1778;_ylt=AsFVGBHtvPjvazpPt84gi1FsaMYA#photoViewer =/090823/photos_ca_afp/7ace2dea940aefeb900d581b1fa1048f


anyone know why?

Dangerous rips. If no one is in the water, the guards don't have the issue of putting themselves at risk to save an idiot. Yes they're obligated to save them if something happens, but they're told not to put themselves in harms way. Same thing with shark attacks. If someone gets bit, they don't have to swim out if they're not comfortable.

[capesurfer]

Anytime I can still see 100 old men on 12' longboards and 6 year old spongers in the lineup, then I know just how bad it is. Real swell takes 3/4 of those people and blocks them from getting to the lineup. Seriously, I think I had to duckdive a total of 3 times in a 4 he session yesterday- what a joke. The "rip currents" did sell alot of news papers though and bring lots of tourists to the beach! Imust have ran over 10 different people yesterday , and I must say I am not really that sorry.lmao about hearing guys getting tubed also. Umm aframes don't barrell you dumbazz.

The boards are staying dry Sunday- I'll wait for some real juice later this fall and winter.

since when don't a-frames barrel...?

i'll surf anything man, dunno why there is so much negativity on the forums for this swell. where's everyones stoke at?! it was going off if you knew where to look...even if you didn't know where to look it was overhead/well overhead and closing out in OCMD on incoming tide saturday afternoon. i watched it all morning, had a half day as a guard. there were some guys seriously charging it, and getting some massive barrels at low tide! There was a sea kayaker straight up committing suicide on some of the bomb sets, and he looked like an ant on them.

as far as the late afternoon went, an island to the south was sporting a super long paddle with sets well overhead and double overhead on the outside sets. it was peeling all the way in on some of those sets too. the long ass paddle kept a lot of people out, as well as the big drops, but the old guys were charging just as hard as the young. plenty of waves to go around as well.

[ocnj&socal]

Anytime I can still see 100 old men on 12' longboards and 6 year old spongers in the lineup, then I know just how bad it is. Real swell takes 3/4 of those people and blocks them from getting to the lineup. Seriously, I think I had to duckdive a total of 3 times in a 4 he session yesterday- what a joke. The "rip currents" did sell alot of news papers though and bring lots of tourists to the beach! Imust have ran over 10 different people yesterday , and I must say I am not really that sorry.lmao about hearing guys getting tubed also. Umm aframes don't barrell you dumbazz.

The boards are staying dry Sunday- I'll wait for some real juice later this fall and winter.

only when we're lucky do a frames barrell:)

[aka pumpmaster]

hurricanes are almost always hyped beyond reality. having said that, no complaints from me. Saturday had some semi junky size in s jerz and the beauty was there were no kooks and longboards in the line up. Everybody who made it out knew what they were doing. the lb'ers just couldn't make it out and the newbies surfed the whitewater in the inside. the paddle out was 300 plus yards but well worth it. yesterday morning was fun but not epic. good waves with some size (head high). unfortunately the winds went to sh*t in the afternoon and it was much smaller and junkier in the evening (like wast high). That brought out the less experienced. It was funny how a group of guys on NSPs (Need Some Practice) were bragging to a bunch of girls on the beach how the 'totally scored some huge hurricane surf'. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

[moose]

Whoever is posting that this swell sucked or was a letdown is just proving the fact that miserable people love to try to spread their misery. This was an awesome swell, and if you had enough brains and patience you could have scored pretty epic stuff without too much of a crowd all weekend long. I know I did. Hit 4 or 5 totally different spots at the right times and it was awesome...sometimes world class. Here's to a great fall. Hope to not see you anger mongers anywhere....I'm sure I won't. Later!!

[chuck white]

awesome...sometimes world class.

Here's to a great fall.

I am not hating on the fact that we had OH waves in August (not DOH as some have claimed on Delmarva), but it was far from epic or world class. Also Bill was lacking in size for a storm that was so hyped. Fall, winter & spring are bigger & much better than what Bill offered up.

Regardless, I had fun this w/e & am looking forward to fall & winter swells.

[Blumkin80]

I am not hating on the fact that we had OH waves in August (not DOH as some have claimed on Delmarva), but it was far from epic or world class. Also Bill was lacking in size for a storm that was so hyped. Fall, winter & spring are bigger & much better than what Bill offered up.

Regardless, I had fun this w/e & am looking forward to fall & winter swells.

Finally someone with a reputable status on this site speaks up. Definitely not epic. It was fun..but still a bust as far as I am concerned. Ernesto was a much much better storm...granted it pretty much hit us.

[chuck white]

Finally someone with a reputable status on this site speaks up. Definitely not epic. It was fun..but still a bust as far as I am concerned. Ernesto was a much much better storm...granted it pretty much hit us.

I will take Ernesto any day for sure. One of the better tropical swells for us in years.

As I said, I still had fun, but Bill was more like a William & didn't live up to the hype. Also got tired of hearing it was DOH. The take off section doesn't count & there were way to many clueless people that were able to make it out in the lineup to be a legit solid swell. If it was they wouldn't have made it out. Most of the DOH talk was from NSIRI which I know I should ignore because even when NS gets DOH, it still only = an OH wave anywhere else. AI is pretty similar to NS; big & easy take off, a wall with maybe a barrel pocket or two, but lacking the draining barrels or top to bottom sections.

[Howett]

Ernesto was lots of fun. But, Bill was also lots of fun as well. 6-8ft is 5ft bigger than it's been for the majority of the summer.

[dave]

Whoever is posting that this swell sucked or was a letdown is just proving the fact that miserable people love to try to spread their misery.

I know right? I love how people feel the need to "correct" other people