So today I went to one of my breaks to check it out, I couldn't believe how messed up it was.It was low tide but right in the middle of the break was a enormous sand bar.Looked more like a island.I walked pass a few breaks to get to it and each and every one had sand bars right in the middle.Im just wondering what the rest of our breaks look like now.I just feel like the good spots will be few and far between now.If this holds up for awhile I can't imagine how crowded the stand out spots will be.
Possibly any new unknown breaks? Im way south and my break is the same as i've ever known, yet this is my newest find with minimal crowd so im not really sure how anybody else's breaks are......
At high tide, won't the bar, or "island" now be underwater, causing a crazy depth change when the wave hits it, making perfect barrels?
They were crazy man, I could've sworn they were talking to me at one point. Like none you've ever seen before.
Can somebody post a pic. I havent been back to the states in a while n dont have plans on coming back. For any extended period of time anyways. But im curious about what yall are talkin
Yes,I think normal sand bars create good breaks.At low tide you won't be able to surf this particular spot where before you could.If middle tide raises the depth 3 feet I feel as it will still be to shallow,and if high tide raises it to six feet theres a good chance it will be a beach break.I haven't checked out any other spots so I really don't know what things are looking like besides this one.I would imagine that with our jetties exposed that might be a good thing.Not too sure about rip tides and swimming thou.
Let me tell you a short story that may help relieve some of your angst... Last year Irene washed through the town of Rodanthe with such force that it created a new inlet. It took months before they opened the road back up and nobody really knew what to expect surf wise. Now, at this inlet sits the best wave on that half of the island. the end.
1st street here in VB is going to be really interesting when a decent size swell rolls through. out at the end of the jetty yesterday it was like 2ft deep at spots. dont know what tide it was but if it was near high tide, its gonna be interesting for sure.
IOP got a little weird as well. I am used to being able to basically walk out to the break in 5' deep water. So, the waves would start breaking in water 6-7 ft deep, and you could ride it pretty far in with a min depth of 3'. This worked in all tides fairly well. After the big Sandy surf, there are some odd sandbars and the beach break is too damn shallow in low to mid tide. I am talking 3' where it starts breaking and if you dare ride it in, 2' where you jump off (ouch). At high tide, it seems to be ok, but I miss having some tiny stuff to play in while the tide is out. The last day of Sandy swell, the good waves were pretty far off shore. It was a workout just to make it out.
Yea its crazy how only a mile can make a big difference in the waves you ride. Another spot that I surf here was going off during the noreaster swell. it almost looked like a point break for once. Ive seen it do it at other times as well but the sandbars/swell angle has to be perfect for it. Sure is fun when it does though.
