Where are you? Surfline was way off... they had knee-thigh forecasted (with NE winds) for Maryland-Delaware, where SI seemed right on with the size and wind.
Well I had about 2 and a half hours to spare before my next class, so I drove to this one spot real quick... and the spot just wasn't that good. Kinda just dumping, then there would be a few nice ones..... with 25 people paddling for it. My spot knowledge is ****ed.
The forecast for here was spot on. It said it would be chest high n clean... Which it was... It does suck when you miss out
Sometimes I am critical of forecasts on here but SwellInfo was right on for this one. I am a premium surfline member and their forecast for this swell was definitely off (though they are typically pretty good).
i went out to croatan 0730-1130..most sets were around waist high with the occ bigger set. lots of closeouts but clean. i too thought it felt like a fall swell with the crisp air and straight west winds
I NEVER trust surfline over swellinfo for my area. And i never trust a forecast for the size of waves anyway
Let's get this thread back on track...I had a funeral to attend and missed the afternoon. Was central Jersey better in the afternoon. Morning looked a bit sick, but I couldn't get down...
Yes it was... Went from a bit sloppy in the AM to glass in the afternoon. Not the biggest surf, but super fun chest high sets. With some bigger mixed in.... Exactly what the report said!
my two friends and i actually discussed this yesterday morning as we were getting barreled silly with hardly anyone else in the water. with the rise of these surf forecast sites people have gotten truly lazy in terms of going down to the beach and checking out the surf. case in point: surfed a usually very busy spot in belmar yesterday with maybe 2 other guys on it from 8am til 2pm. it literally does not get any better than that. that being said when i got back in at 4:30 for a little evening session the place was packed as word of the swell got out. moral of the story: get off your couch and actually go check it. that or listen to NOAA weather radio. the bouys at 11pm on tuesday night were 10' at 8 seconds. doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that there would be surfed based off of that.
Tuesday in RI 7' @ 7. cloudy and gray but nothing like smelling the wood stoves and fireplaces burning when you're in the water.
I scored yesterday!!! BUT i didn't get to surf had to be a responsible college student and take my midterms
Kinda off topic, but... I remember one day surfing, years ago, on a super foggy St. Patrick's Day morning at the Big Cove on Sandy Hook... too foggy to even see the beach from the lineup. I think I was alone, but I couldn't see anyone else even if there was somebody else out. The only thing I could hear, through the thick, wet, cold air, was the sound of bagpipes. Totally surreal... When I got out I followed the sound to find this burly, bearded Irish dude... kilt and all... standing on the rocks, blowing his heart out... just letting it rip into the fog... like he was pining for home. THAT was cool...
