I have honestly never seen such a long flat spell in my life. This is absurd, the east coast is just to inconsistent for surfing. I need to make my way to California, end of story. Does anyone feel the same?
Hell yea man. I need to make my way over to SD after I graduate from college. I'm a sop****re now so its not too far away!! I was talking with somebody who lives over there now and he said it hasn't been less than four feet for the past five weeks over there.....I haven't surfed anything over 4ft since october....... VB sucks haha
lies LIES LIES there are no waves here. it is all a carefully constructed diabolical plan to empty the lineups elsewhere.
Yeah stop crying .. there will be waves. any surfer knows how to deal with a flat spell. You must only surf when its double over head.. cuz Sat, sun, monday we had fun waves
Let me add to this misery train. Other than the current flat spell, the Mid Atlantic Coast is not that good even when there are waves. There are a few spots here & there, but the coast has been dredged so many times it causes the waves to dump along a paralel line to the beach. I don't know how many times I have been out on fair sized days & the waves are so steep you can barely ride at all. I have finally decided to hit Assategue or Wallups when I go now. Its a waste of time to even look anywhere else. I grew up in Fla & when we did have waves, it was good pretty much anywhere.
All I know is the folks up in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast have been dropping the ball. Usually they are breeding Nor'Easters and sending them down our way this time of year. Thanks for nothing fellas.....
disagree...OCMD has been breaking really good all fall and winter (when there's swell). Summer OC did suck from the dredging, but lately it been a lot better. I know there havent been many days bigger than chest high in the past 3 months but the ones we've had have been breaking better in town than Assateague. This guy's shots from last week look pretty decent. If its got size, go at higher tide for the open shoulders. https://plus.google.com/s/sturgis%20powell#photos/113994774589367825210/albums/5706483398565794497
THIS is a flat spell. A number of fun, small days all winter up until now have kept me from jumping in front of the UPS truck. But this is looking really, REALLY bad...
yeah no sh.i.t.. a couple weeks ago I was telling myself that this would all be over in a couple weeks.. but yet the forecast for the next week out is flat...
Hmmmm there were definitely waves this evening in the OC ... waist high sets with some nice rights peeling across ... wasnt expecting to surf today but was a delightful unexpected treat! me and a few heads out till dark!
Again the envy of the "eyes on" crew(s). I missed it all... Irony, I'm going to St. Pete next week, might be bigger waves in the gulf!
It wouldn't be so bad if there was hope on the horizon but everyday the forcast calls for more of the same seven days out...La Nina, warm and flat....
Trust me, there aren't. This was from this afternoon at Venice Beach Pier, and hell hath no flatter ocean than southwest Florida, including St. Pete.
think back to January 2011.....THAT WAS A FLAT SPELL! maybe 1 surfable day the whole month up here in jersey.
Thanks to all humans for screwing up the Mother Earth's delicate balance of atmosphereic conditions....EXTREME WEATHER PATTERN CHANGES....Please tell the assh#$%# running this country that global warming is actually happening...or should i just say REPUBLICANS! Ice caps melting, extreme droughts, rains, floods....its' not the end of the world. ITS US!!!!!!! Let's just hope this means hurricane season will rock. Mother nature will come through again.....one day.
Has anyone done a board burning? There are ways to make it through the flat times: Drink Jack Daniels Shoot Guns Go to the gym Watch animal planet- Finding Bigfoot is a must. Watch my neighbor from Argentina do her yoga workout through her big bay window. Drive wife and kids crazy Earth board- skateboarding for grown-ups Take an MMA/Jiu-Jitsu class (I teach the latter)
Exactly...thats why i really havent minded this winter's small swell. January 2011 was bitter cold and mostly ankle high all month on Delmarva...NW winds EVERY day, water temps in the upper 30s. First six weeks of 2012 seem below average, but with a few waist high days, couple chest high ones, warmer water and warmer air definately better than 2011
It's not "global warming" it's "climate change". Didn't you get the memo? I think the EXTREME flat spell is caused by the latest round of EXTREME SOLAR FLARES. POTATO SALAD!
