This goes out to people from new jersey....

The bias on here is hilarious.

The true list. PERIOD.

1. South Carolina
2. California
3. Maryland
4. North Carolina
5. Oregon
6. Washington
7. Florida
8. Hawaii
9. Rhode Island
10. Maine
11. Virginia
12. Georgia
13. New York
14. New Jersey
15. Alabama


I always love this "Florida vs Jersey" debate. Stop pretending that your "crap waves" are so much better than everyone else's "crap waves". Everyone that hates on Florida surf are just people from the NE or Mid Atlantic that have been to Florida twice in the summer and "it was pretty mushy"... I mean, what do ya'll know about Florida anyway? Cause if you think there is not just as much good surf, if not MUCH MORE down in Florida, yall are kidding yourselves. And for general beach and ocean lifestyle, Florida is about a millennium ahead. So everyone needs to stop hating and stop being so regionally bias about everything.

I mean, last time I went to Hawaii for two weeks, the surf SUCKED. Does that mean the surf on the islands is soooo fickle and sooooo crappy? No. Of course not....

Just cause you went to Florida once as a kid, or you have surfed OBX a few times, doesn't give you the final say in how surf is ranked and rated.

Every dog has it's day. The surf is fickle on the entire east coast. Some days ocean city is far more epic that the jersey shore, and some days its to opposite.

But on the real, unless you live down in the outer banks, year round and charge big swells, I really aint even trying to hear all that noise about how great the surf is. Cause when its big and juicy, where are you guys at?

Who is going down to OBX this friday to catch the swell? Probably no body. So, while there is EPIC surf going on in our area, and everyone has the opportunity to actually charge big surf, they aren't going to. They are too busy pissing in the wind about how their chest high beach break is more hollow than one in Jacksonville....

As Metard would say:

K Bro

 

The REAL list based on consistency, size, water temp, crowds/localism, and boner factor (wahines)
1. Central Jersey
2. North Jersey
3. South Jersey
4. The Raritan River
5. The Delaware river on the Pennsylvania side.
6. California
7. Florida
8. OBX
9.Oregon
10. New York
11. Iceland- The 51st State
12. Washington DC
13. Washington State
14. Maryland
15. New England
16. Texas
17. The Gulf States
18. Virginia
19. A mill pond in Lancaster, PA
20. Georgia
21. SE NC
22. Alaska
23. South Carolina

 

i'm headed to number 1 for the holidays.
cha think it will be crowded?
the list is spot-on.
do you think Georgia belongs below a mill pond in Lancaster, Pa.?
obviously you do.
i myself have wondered.

 

The Mill pond placed higher than GA due to the wahine factor. Those Amish girls are banging....

 

I lived in Jaxs Beach for awhile, the surf there doesn't even compare to the NE and Midatlantic…period. The OBX is by far the best place on this coast for surf, followed up by Jersey/NY and then Florida. Lets not kid ourselves here.

 

Amish girls are good with their hands if you know what I mean. From milking all those cows.

 

And I hate holiday weekends. I'm going out at dawn Saturday in the wave mecca known as Sea Isle City, then I'm outta there.

 

If wahine factor is part of this, you obviously have SC ranked all wrong. College of Charleston is 4:1 girls to guys, and this can be seen clearly on our beaches. There is always something to "do" when there aren't waves.

 

Yeah, Jacksonville has the same quality of surf as Hilton Head. Florida is an enormous state. If you think NSB, Cocoa and Melbourne are lacking in quality of surf, I disagree.

And growing up in the midatlantic, I am not convinced that the surf up there is any "better" than it is in central Florida. Central FL breaks over 300 days of the year. So, you can start with that. There are plenty of hollow spots down there when it's on. And the stretches of beach break down there, in my opinion have WAAAAAY better lines on them than typical Delmarva and Jersey stuff. Yeah, there are some quick barrels to be had up north, if you like shorebreak... But swells line up WAY longer down in Central FL. You can link them up started way further out and get longer rides...

Im not trying to further the pissing in the wind contest with anyone. Let's stop kidding ourselves with this thought: More than 50% of regular users on this site are ALL FROM NEW JERSEY, so I am not trying to hear all the townies crowning themselves as the surf capital of the east coast.

I am still waiting for someone to post these ridable 15 foot waves that are so common in Jersey. Everyone on here has 30 stories of how it was 20 feet back in the 90s. I don't even want photos of you guys surfing. I just want to see one photo, of people towing in, paddling or whatever to a legit 15 footer in Jersey. Raven got footage of him towing into 15+ foot surf during Sandy down in Delmarva... Still havent seen anything, EVER like that up in Jersey....

Not saying that Jersey isn't good, I am just saying CENTRAL FL (Not Miami, Not JAX) is just as good, if not better than Jersey and "possibly" OBX. No doubt that OBX gets bigger. But as I said before, unless you guys are the ones out charging DOH OBX everytime it comes, lets not kid ourselves.... When Jersey gets HUGE, all the beaches are closed and all I see is footage of empty waves. If the waves are so epic up there, let me see it.... If it is so heavy all the time, show us the money.....

Just saying, NSB: 300+ days of ridable surf. Hollow and fun when its bigger. Clear, warm water all year. Palm Trees, white sandy beaches. Lineups that are further than 30 feet off the shoreline. Not dealing with shorebreak on any day that is under head high....

The debate here is: What is "better", a hollow, quick barrel into shorebreak? Or a 20 second, carving, head high wave with the occasional tuck in section....

Its a matter of preference, but this whole "Jersey is the lords land of surfing" is getting outta hand...

If people are going to argue how "lacking" California is in surf, compared to HI or whatever, I will be damned if I sit here silent while the fine men of New Jersey crown themselves king of the coast....

The crown has to be earned. You can't just crown yourself, that just means you are #lebroning

 

You won't find this in Florida, and this isn't a 'cane swell..."ijs"...as Bear always says, I love you guys.

 

I wouldn't be so sure. We all played this game a year ago.


Florida


Florida



Like I said, of course Jersey gets big sometimes. So does maryland, so does Carolina, so does new york and so does Florida....

I want to see guys standing up, riding 15+ foot surf in Jersey.

Closest thing I have ever seen was the shot of Sam Hammer pulling in front of that huge closeout during Sandy up in Jersey. That was a solid 12 foot closeout. Impressive shot, but it still wasn't a gut getting pitted, or even on the face of a 15 foot wave.

 

Boys, I kid. You ever see an Amish girl? AWFUL. Just AWFUL.
Brew, you aint kidding about your women. Snookie aint got nothing on those Southern beauties.
And East coast waves?
The best ones I personally ever surfed were on OBX. The second bast was right here in NJ. I've never surfed Central Florida so I can't offer a comparison. I always had fun when I lived in SENC but I don't remember anything epic in the 5 years I lived there.I surfed New England good and Tybee Island bad. Montauk, NY was a very underrated place.
Zach, what is your experience surfing NJ? Wave-wise that is, not dealing with the people. BTW, Volcom team riders can suck my a$$ juice.

 

This is probably the most legit wave "I" have ever seen in the mid-atlantic, including Jersey...

And we all know this wasn't in Jersey homes.... Like I said, every dog has its day. I want to see guys in jersey, on waves like that. This photo, I would say is maybe 13-15 feet. Show me the money Jersey.

 

Only been there a couple times. Just like Florida. I am by NO MEANS, a master of any of said locations. I am just saying, for being on a surf website, filled with guys from Jersey, who claim how hard it is up there, I really never see any photographic evidence. When the surf is going off in CA, you see 150 pics on surfline every time. I saw the crew in Delmarva post some of the most impressive east coast video/photo footage EVER during Sandy. I saw the pics from Jersey. There were some good sized barrels. But I still have yet to see any evidence as to why Jersey has "better waves" than Florida.

Im not specialist, but as I mentioned before. It doesn't matter how big the ocean gets if no one is out surfing it. I don't want to hear about empty waves and victory at sea. I want to see guys surfing this insane surf that is so constant.

Just saying, I see way more impressive photos coming out of Florida on the regular. Not huge waves, but guys surfing REALLY well on really good waves.....

I know yall aren't keeping it secret. Everyone from up there claims it... I am just saying, lets see it. I am sure someone out there has a photo of a big wave on a big day... I am sure someone will even post one here eventually.

But every dog has its day.

Does Jersey get bigger than reef road does on a huge swell? Does it?

Pump house may only go off a few times of the year, but in my opinion, the pump house in Florida looked by FAR the most fun and best shaped waves when the biggest swell in years hit...

Sure, everyone from up north was like, so what, the Pump house went off.... so what? That sh** was unreal! Huge barrels, crystal clear water. Giant faces... Pros down there just shredding 15 foot surf.....

We all saw it... Everyone from up north was hating on what reef road and pump house was doing... Why the hate? You guys can't claim that Jersey was any better than those places when real swell hits.

You forget that Florida also has those things... what are they called? wait for it..... OHH, that it! REEFS!

 

It's all good homie, I was just throwing that out there... the thing is, the pic I posted was a winter time Nor Easter up here in New England...vs the pics you posted were all Sandy, which come on dudes, that's a once in 50 yr minimum event. Big NE swells aren't common up here, but it gets big like that a couple times a year.

And as far as that raven OCMD pic, idk that's legit 15 ft imo.

 

And the biggest wave ridden, pictured at least, on the EC occurred on an outer ledge somewhere in the North Atlantic. I won't post it again b/c I caught some flack last time I did, rightly so.

 

Florida Sucks Right?.... Not so sure I would go around claiming that. Cause the following photos look way more like Hawaii than anything on the east coast....

 

I will give him 15 feet on that. Its plenty hollow, so he should get extra credit, but it was a tow in. Either way, that is the biggest wave I have seen in Jersey or Maryland really. Ever...

And yes, Sandy was a special event, but it wasn't a 50 year storm or anything. Florida goes OFF a few times a year, just like jersey does. They both do. People just forget that for every crappy Jacksonville Beach break, florida has Reef Road and the Pump house, and NSB....

Thats like people judging the west coast because they surf tourmaline one day... Until you go surf Ghost Trees or somewhere legit, they shouldnt be hating on a whole state like that... thats all I be sayin....

And I would like to see that pic you have.

You can take a boat off San Diego and surf 60 foot Cortez Bank. San Diego lays claim to that spot, but I don't consider that San Diego, or CA because it is way off shore. I am talking surfing, at the beach, in your state. Not taking a boat out to some remote location..

 

Exactly, it's all good. The best wave happens to be the one I'm riding no matter where its at. Zach, you don't have to get all butt hurt about jersey guys claiming their waves are the best. That's just how they roll. If you didn't see that I was kidding on my list (see: Mill Pond) then you need a sense of humor.