grovelled for two hours today in freezing cols water trying to soak up the last of this swell... Cant really complain though...wasnt this basically a unusually far north Bermuda High/trade wind swell that lasted for a solid 5-6 days? I mean it filled in last Friday if i recall, and there were still small long period lines this afternoon.
Yes, very unusual, but I definitely wouldnt call it a Bermuda high swell. The high pressure was in the far north Atlantic (not common), with a small area of low pressure to the south generating the pressure gradient. Generally it is the opposite (Icelandic Low and High in he Central waters). In a Bermuda High scenario, you have the High Pressure much further to the south around Bermuda (go figure), which generates East-Southeast fetch south of the high (north of Puerto Rico). It was a nice little run for sure... If only this was common place.
no need to worry, we're gonna get ours this year...I can feel it! Hurricanes gonna start up early this year.
I haven't really checked on archives, but the offshore water temps look warming then usual to me. 70 degrees on the Delaware Bay Buoy, 66 off of Central New Jersey. That is pretty warm for the beginning of June. But of more significance is the water temps in the Tropics and Gulf/Caribbean waters where the storms are generated. They are all supporting warm temps - 80 or so and plus.
I guess I should take advantage of this flat spell and fix my board thats been buckled for the last 3 months...well, maybe I'll just go skate instead!
i missed this swell. closest i got was riding my bike to the beach yesterday, and watching everyone else in envy. i've got some very odd virus or something that's going around. i didn't get sick at all this winter except for a mild cough right before i went to oahu in march for a week which lasted a few days before i got there to a few days after i got back. i can't remember many times i've had a cold any later than april or even march. once in august years, and years ago. i haven't been really sick since november of 09 when i had to cut my world surfing trip short after only visiting, and surfing mexico, and most of central america. my buddies continued on without me cause i thought i had swine flu, and didn't wanna be in one of those other countries when i got seriously ill. this whole virus sucks cause i can't talk, can't go out on jobs, have to call customers with my hoarse voice sounding like an 80 year old emphysema patient. i feel a lot better than i sound though. i took out a whole t-5 transmission on my 93 lx mustang, and i'm putting in the new one tomorrow. i wish i could have been down at the beach in that water trunking it in the cool water, and 90 degree sun in this nice swell! seriously i just want my voice back! next swell i'll be ripping it up!
Down in MD, the actual water temperature at the shore was 54 degrees. That was 18 degrees lower than what the buoy said.
I guess with a flat spell I don't have to second guess myself on ditching lawn work/gutter cleaning/chores to go surfing instead....dammit!
Just out of curiousity, where did the 54 come from...i surfed MD two days (tuesday and thursday) this week in a short sleeve 3/2 that is absolutely full of holes. It felt cold, (like 60 maybe) but i cant believe i could have lasted two hours both days if the water was 54 or aywhere close to it.
I got it from the Malibu's surf report. That was on Monday morning. I wore a 4/3 and was comfortable throughout the morning even as the air temp approached 90. My feet were definitely numb though.
