Almost the entire shore of the Cheseapeake Bay in southern VA is CLOSED due to high bacteria levels, and they are posting these metal signs along all the access ways... ugh Better not surf the North End until this clears up guys.
Looks like they've lifted the water advisory part of the beach, but remains in effect on the Oceanfront from 8th Street down to Croatan, as well as Chic's Beach. http://hamptonroads.com/2014/09/swimming-advisories-lifted-parts-virginia-beach What I want to know is how is 8th street closed and 9th street isn't? Is there a magical barrier in the water to keep the poop from floating across that line? I got a really bad sinus infection in VB about a month ago when I was surfing at 1st street the day before they announced the water advisory... Just an FYI, I'm pretty sure the water tests they run take anywhere from 12-24 hours to show results. Here's the sign at 1st street from yesterday. The lineup was empty even with 3-4 footers coming through
We'll be seeing more and more of these in the future as our "what trash?/what green lawn pesticide?" mentality catches up with us. Even on the most selfish level, it's good to recognize that pollution from our plastics, pesticides, and cars will eventually impact your surfing.
That would explain why it was empty with decent waves. I was watching surfline's 1st street cam at work and was surprised there weren't more people on it that morning.
I had several sessions yesterday and today at Croatan and Dam Neck. Didn't hear about the advisory until I pulled into the Croatan parking lot this morning. It was on the radio. No signs were posted. But waves were too fun to pass up. Quite a few surfers in the water. Lots of dolphins - all swimming south. We'll see what happens. What's the incubation for these things, 3 days?
