about 1:30 drive. thanks to some great forecasters (thanks swellinfo) I can usually move around my work schedule if need be to make it down for waves. I feel one good ride always justifies the trip.
Drive time to the beach house is 4.5 hours (x 3 times a month off season). Walking time from beach house is 30 seconds. I can only do what I do in DC so I make the best of it.
Waves could be waist high wind slop in 40 degree water and I am paddling out. Grinning.
2.5 hours from both DE and OC/Assateague these days. Lived a short bike ride with my longboard tucked under my arm from local spots in Carpinteria, CA for a while (and about 5 minutes by car from Rincon). Mom moved from Carp to Santa Barbara, so it's not too tough to find surf when I head home, but that doesn't happen often enough...