Outer Banks

um please tell me that that is not shore break? cause if that is the shorebreak i would crap my self.

 

Ummmmm

Are you in need of some Depends?

 

On a clean Hatteras ground swell you can get some nice breaks out on the shoals, mostly short rides but nice drops and turns (at least towards the north end). Negotiating the shore break and first couple of sandbars are a royal b*tch.

 

I've seen Frisco and S-Turns very heavy. I haven't seen any other spots on macking swells so I don't have a frame of reference for comparison, but I have seen pictures and they didn't look as thick. Most bars on Hatteras don't max out till the faces are double overhead (depending on the swell direction), and even still, if you look hard enough, you can probably find an outside bar that can handle it, you just have to make it out there, which can a challenge in itself.

 

Hatteras is not the heaviest spot on the east coast. There are plenty of reefs way up north in new hampshire and maine that on the right swell, can make a macking S turns barrel look like childs play. That being said, I will agree that that the Outer Banks is the best/most fun place to surf on the east coast.

 

May we see please?

 

I live in VB. I can make Rodanthe in a little over an hour and a half. On my days off, henever there is something worth while (4ft.+), I make the drive. I do get stuck in VB though when I have to work or have class that day and it sucks. It is mostly always at least a foot or two bigger down south and the islands block most of our swells anywhere out of the S to SW. I've seen it quite honestly flat in VB and surfed the Lighthouse in clean SW swell wrap that was 5-6ft. VB does have some redeeming features if you don't mind the crowd.

 

Yeah.... alright Jersey is thickest. half of you guys are talking about Hatteras when you probably havent even been there..... half of you havent even been to OC either........

 

I just wanted to say that the picture that Micah posted is a small one, if you ask me. And in no way does it do that spot justice.

When that place has real death pits tear assing through that place, it does not look like it could be some unknown little sopt on the eastcoast. Looking south it does not look like anything but spots some 3000 plus miles away. The Legend Live...

 

Ya, straight up, seems like most of you have never even been to The OBX, so your pretty much just talking out your butt. But you guys saying Hatty is the heaviest wave on the east coast just dont know your stuff. Anywhere can be heavy!! And Ill tell u what, i Surfed 10 foot long island barrels, and they were macking waaaaaay harder than any wave ive ever surfed down south.

Once again, if you really want to know where the heaviest breaks on the east coast are, than u need to head to the northeast. Soooo many secret reefs and points up there in Maine and NH. I cannot believe that you Jerseyites never take any trips up there, You guys got a coldwater Indo a few hours drive from your house!!!!!! I highly reccomend any of you go up there on a good swell and check it out for yourself.

P.S... If any of you ever do make it up there, just remember to do some exploring. It isn't like a beach town up there, with boardwalks and all that crap. Most of the coast up there has no road next to it, so if your planning on just rolling up there and hoping to spot a decent wave, well your pretty screwed. Just remember Google Earth is your Friend!!!!

 

Yep, almost anywhere can be heavy.

I've surfed solid swells from gulf coast around and up to nova scotia. (not sounding like a ****).

When Hatteras is ON, I still think it's the heaviest surfable wave.

Ask Brett Barley, who charges 3rd reef pipe and compares the jetty with pipe when it's on.

Silly argument, but still entertaining.

 

school surf trip

I'm trying to get a surf trip together with my school to the outer banks, and just curious what is the best place you guys think we should go to. cape hatteras? rodanthe? were going in march, but i need to let my school who all the facts a few months in advance. any advice is helpful. thanks

 

I havent ridden there myself but i wouldnt like all the sandbars everywhere. Kinda like a giant foamball. Reforms, shoreys exc. I just kinda like the lineups in del/nj. Easily accesable and short paddles.

 

its more than a few hrs. to get to mass. is a little over 4 hrs. and maine and hatteras is even further... like 5 or even up to 6 hrs. because the coast has so many nooks and crannies.

and also i can't drive. damn soon enough though

 

Believe it or not I know a guy who monkey crawled one of these waves at this spot. Great for skimming on the lighter days and very few surf it. On the heavy days the shelf of sand caused by the erosion is ridiculous.

 

Don't ever go to Hawaii then. The paddle outs in OBX pale in comparison.

 

water temps

but what about outer banks this time of the year. wats the water feel like? gloves and booties needed?

 

south of the cape you don't need gloves but if you get up toward corrolla then you might. its all about comfort tho. some people just take cold water better then others

 

Jersey

well i figured i might as well show NJ some love. Summer's fun, maybe not the heaviest or the "best" but its got its fair share of good breaks, from classic casino pier, to manasquan jetty, winter gets big. I just figured it could use some love amongst the corruption of the state and the bull**** cost to get on the beach which is easily avoided

oh yeah, and by no means am i saying NJ is better haha.
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Sooooo. . . . .

What we're all talking about here is what location has the best bottom contours and the right angle for any given swell and not really about the waves. . . is this not true since on the East Coast we're all essentially sharing the same storms in the same ocean. No one place has a corner on the wave market.

Better to blame the Continental Shelf than anything else for our wave limits. Unless of course you happen to have a storm lined up and stationary just outside of a deep trench in the shelf that's aimed right at your beach. Anybody who travels can vouch for the fact that the quality of waves are infinitely variable pretty much anywhere, even Hawaii. The trick is to be there when all the planets align. With luck it might happen, but knowledge and its subsequent experience with the ocean will serve you much better in the long run.