waves breaking into wooded or marshy areas

The Bogs on staten island the day before sandy comes to mind. Other then that not that I know of

 

when adrenaline from the possibility of blunt trauma on rocks isnt enough, throw in some dead heads to get impaled on...

 

Here are a few from eastern shore. I believe these are from the atlantic side of the barrier islands. I'm not positive though. They're from this set of pics on flickr.

Some of the setups look like they could have potential on the right swell.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/campbellfieldairport/sets/72157594301326476/

 

hunting island in SC erodes so much its got trees everywhere coming out of the water. the usually make for better waves around the thick patches though so ive dinged a few boards that way

 

In the late 70's early 80's there were stumps and fallen trees at the waters edge in Sandbridge VA.

 

Corolla has ancient tree stumps in the lineup

 

Sounds like you're planning your next "trip"

 

Pritchard's Island near Hunting Island and Fripp Island has waves that break into the tree line. I haven't surfed it. Send pictures..

 

there is a national park that connects sandbridge to corolla called false cape. There are some submerged stumps around there that make things interesting. Heck, rodanthe looks about like that but they are all pilings from fallen houses. Also, if you have ever surfed in the bay you can contend with a wave that breaks into someones grassy manicured lawn and runs over some abandoned piers.

 

I think you're talking about PineCones out on Long Island... some say its flat out impossible to find though..... rated world class break though breaking like 300 days year. lol.

 

The thought of hitting one of those things makes me cringe.

From today's Corolla surf report:

 

Yeah corolla(Northern Outer Banks going into Carova) has these stumps in the line-up and all over the beach. They are everywhere after a serious NE blow or hurricane. This is a 4X4 area only heading up to Carova. Lots of injuries from people hauling ass on the beaches up there(nailing a big stump) every year! Uh, stump it wasn't there ealier....duh it was high-tide jacktard!! So slow ya roll when heading up that way...

 

I've bloodied a knee coming after a session on one of those bad boys.

I've also narrowly avoided a head-on collision while stopped because some tourtards thought it was a better idea to look at the pretty horsies instead of where they were going!

 

Marsh areas surround the northern gulf coast around Louisiana. This type of ocean bottom isn't too condusive for surfing waves. Coastal bays and rivers can host waves, but these are found mainly in undeveloped regions. Indo comes to mind.

 

Awesome photos Goosemagoo. I just looked at all 400+ photos. Are any of those houses out there for sale? Lol, talk about private beach front property. That gallery makes me really want to get out there and kayak or SUP around there. Thanks for sharing.

 

If I'm not mistaken, GA has their share as well. Typically where Mr. Teach used to hide a fair share of his booty

 

We used to have a break like this with tree stumps in the lineup, but they cleared out all the stumps, which was terrible for the wave. The stumps do a good job of holding the sand in place.