who here has been surfing this week?

thi hi thrillers this morning. was a lil hesitant to go, maybe save some energy for the lunch sess but these mid july waves are gonna be gone real soon. I took the LB which was the right call. No drift today, pretty clean. Stayed a lil ways from the pier, had a decent ride bout it. Surprisingly, no weird marine life this early morning

 

Rode my bike down to my local spot this morning for a dawn patrol. Pretty much perfect light offshore winds, but the beach I go to in the summer doesn't handle low tide very well. Just the price I'm willing to pay to avoid the summer crowds. Had some quick rides on the 9'6" but ending the wave in knee deep water definitely makes you think twice about rushing up to the nose!

 

didn't have much push left at the lunch sess. Took the 7'2 fish with a few waist hi rides that didn't go far, then upped it to the 9'4 LB as the incoming tide didn't provide any more size. Still good to get some, and expectations were lowered unlike yesterday which made things a lil more relaxed

 

5 days of ride-able, and actually halfway decent surf in July. Is this real?

Last night, a thunderstorm passed and cleaned the surf right up. The waves just kept coming.

This morning it was clean from the start. Got a solid 2 hours in before work. I'm exhausted.

 

I took the dog for a walk and watched the knee high dribblers rolling in.

 

Great looking pic s C J

 

Last weekend Delmarva:

This was the best session I've had in a while. Waves were so buttery.

 

The sun finally took me out of the water yesterday, too. I just couldn't take the rays anymore and hid under the umbrella and ate.

But the surf was so fun all day... managed two hours-long sessions on the 8'0.

 

I'm right there with you guys on the sun. This spring I bought a hooded, long-sleeve "surf shirt" to try to keep from getting too roasted. It works pretty well and the hood is nice for keeping the sun out of my eyes. I recommend.

Got some tiny surf Saturday and Sunday. Just trying to stay flexible while we wait for the tropics to heat up (again)

 

Looking at windy.com as of right now we could see our first real storm start to form around the 29th or 30th about half way between Africa and the leeward islands.

 

As an aside, I used to be a huge fan and supporter of Weather Underground. Back in the first decade of this century, they had the best UI and data to get the weather. There was nothing even close to it. You had everything you needed for a 10 day forecast all on one page, above the fold. Then, they sold out to The Weather Channel (which ALSO used to be the bomb with Kristina Abernathy) and they quickly spiraled downhill. I used to pay the annual subscription but I quit giving them money probably 3 or 4 years ago. Very disappointing to see what TWC did to them.

 

For sure! I love reading the "Category 6" blog this time of year too. It's good year around but I really like the deep dives into the tropics.

Could not agree more. It was like night and day when they sold out to TWC. Now that you got me started on TWC... I despise TWC. It's just another cable news channel designed to frighten old people (my parents in particular). Now every storm is a rain-pockalypse or wind-mageddon, so stupid. Rant over.

EDIT: Just went over to WU and saw that Jeff Masters ended "Category 6" last month after 15 years. What a huge bummer. He's got a new blog on Yale's website: https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/section/eye-on-the-storm/

 

There was a day when that was the only channel I ever watched. Just let it roll all day long... Now I can't stand it. Because it sucks.

 

Same. Late 80s through mid 90s. They pretty much only talked about the weather. Go figure.