Wondered what the shoals are like?

Discussion in 'Mid Atlantic' started by surfingoc, Sep 9, 2008.

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  1. Sep 11, 2008 #21
    surfingoc

    surfingoc Active Member

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    If anyone decides to make the trip out to the shoals, PLEASE make sure you have all your safety gear ready to go, accidents do and will happen. Its not a place for the faint of heart, your going out when the sea is at its roughest maddest most pissed off time, make sure you are prepared mentally and physically to handle what she throws at you.

    The ultimate setup for doing pictures at the shoals would be someone driving you around on a wave runner, but since it wraps around you have to be WAY inside to get the shots, and that WILL set you up to be taken out by a cleanup set if your not careful, trust me on that.

    You do not want to wind up like this:

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    surfingoc, Sep 11, 2008
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  3. Sep 11, 2008 #22
    surfingoc

    surfingoc Active Member

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  5. Sep 11, 2008 #23
    Swellinfo

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    i'd imagine if you got stuck on the inside, it could be very difficult to get back in position? I'm sure there is a lot of water moving around. Did you have a ski or just a boat?
     
    Swellinfo, Sep 11, 2008
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  6. Sep 11, 2008 #24
    surfingoc

    surfingoc Active Member

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    We were on a boat, which made it very difficult to get on the inside. Unfortunately its not a channel break where you can hang out on the side and get shots, you have waves coming at you from different directions depending on where you are. It takes 2 people one to drive and one to take the photo's.

    If you get stuck on the inside at the wrong time your done, you have to try and paddle out to the side and then all the way around to get back out to the main break. It is alot of paddling.
     
    surfingoc, Sep 11, 2008
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  7. Sep 11, 2008 #25
    DPR

    DPR Well-Known Member

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    How far out can this break?
     
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  8. Sep 11, 2008 #26
    fatoldguy

    fatoldguy Well-Known Member

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    Where exactly is this?

    Thanks for sharing the video and pics. I find this fascinating.
     
    fatoldguy, Sep 11, 2008
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  9. Sep 11, 2008 #27
    bmore surf

    bmore surf Well-Known Member

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    I just have to say props for going out there and having the gonads to surf take video and pictures. not only that but share it with the rest of us land dwellers! and I thought the state park was a trip!
     
    bmore surf, Sep 11, 2008
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  10. Sep 11, 2008 #28
    TDTubes

    TDTubes Well-Known Member

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    I paddles to the wedge and then out to the shoals one fall I think of 03 and it was epic, over a dozen people were out. Only caught a few waves before the tide killed it, but my last wave I rode (mixed between standing and laying down) to with in 100 ft of the shore...
     
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  11. Sep 11, 2008 #29
    DPR

    DPR Well-Known Member

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    Oh ur talking about where the wedge is. Ive seen it break really far there once.
     
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  12. Sep 11, 2008 #30
    surferboi0911

    surferboi0911 Well-Known Member

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    speaking of funky waves, that little bay wave off the 50 bridge was breaking pretty clean at about 6:30am....definitly like ankle high tho
     
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  13. Sep 11, 2008 #31
    DPR

    DPR Well-Known Member

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    Did u paddle out?:rolleyes:
     
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  14. Sep 11, 2008 #32
    surferboi0911

    surferboi0911 Well-Known Member

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    i had my 5'10 with me, so no

    but i would imagine it woulda been pretty fun for someone who had a good log and was wave starved....perfect little micro barrel lines:D
     
    surferboi0911, Sep 11, 2008
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