WELL! This is it boys and girls!!!!

Discussion in 'Mid Atlantic' started by sblmras, Sep 4, 2012.

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  1. Sep 4, 2012 #1
    sblmras

    sblmras Active Member

    32
    Sep 3, 2010
    I've been watching the reports and charts since Sunday, just waiting for them to drastically change or drop down to red 2-3ft or something else like normal, but NOPE! Not trying to jinx anything, but this looks like this is it. Surfline and Swell info calling for 2+ overhead and clean on weds. so GIDDY UP. I put in the best pitch I could to the boss man yesterday, telling him that this was a once a year, if that, opportunity for me and that I needed to take off Weds. and Thursday and that it would be my sole vacation ( yeah right), but he bought it. He told me to just take the whole week off.....UMMM YES PLEASE! So needless to say I am beyond amped, with a whole week off from work and the forecasts looking the way they are, looks like Christmas came a little early this year, atleast I hope so( again please no jinx). But I will be driving down to the OBX tomorrow from RVA and staying down south and checking all of those spots tomorrow afternoon then crashing in the car or camping until first light Weds. when I hope I wake up to find East Coast perfection, insta-boner type lines.( I can dream can't I?) I have an awful feeling and pretty much know that s-turns and that whole stretch is going to be an absolute zoo with the reports looking like this for so long and the summer having been so flat, but I hope its not too crazy. I'll have to stop and check out the new inlet area or whatever I heard about on here that is before S-turns but I'll probably be doing the stop and drive all the way to the lighthouse before I make a decision. Hope everyone has an incredible week of waves and fun. If anyone needs a ride down to obx in VA, let me know, I am rolling solo as of now. Hope to see some of you all out in the water, just not all of you haha. I'll be surfing way up north for a few days after the peak of this first swell in Corova, never surfed up there besides in Corolla on family vacations, Any suggestions or info on that area the 4x4 corova would be appreciated. Sorry for typing so much, a little inebriated and feeling like a kid on christmas eve! AHHHHHHHHHHH
     
    sblmras, Sep 4, 2012
    sblmras, Sep 4, 2012
  3. Sep 4, 2012 #2
    fl.surfdog

    fl.surfdog Well-Known Member

    5,513
    Dec 6, 2010
    ramblings of a wave starved person...lol
     
    fl.surfdog, Sep 4, 2012
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  5. Sep 4, 2012 #3
    marknel83

    marknel83 Well-Known Member

    365
    Jul 19, 2009
    It happens
     
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    marknel83, Sep 4, 2012
  6. Sep 4, 2012 #4
    ThatSlyB

    ThatSlyB Well-Known Member

    323
    Aug 20, 2012
    If everyone keeps talking about it the winds gona change from 18 mph SW to 18 mph SE and blow the entire thing out.


    But I hope not
     
    ThatSlyB, Sep 4, 2012
    ThatSlyB, Sep 4, 2012
  7. Sep 4, 2012 #5
    yourdirtymomma

    yourdirtymomma Well-Known Member

    291
    May 2, 2012
    Did dawn patrol this morning....and though it was just the first glimpse of the incoming swell I realize it's about to get really big. After today, I have the rest of the week off. I'm equally stoked and scared. My goal is to stop just short of actually surfing my brains out and live to surf the next day.
     
    yourdirtymomma, Sep 4, 2012
    yourdirtymomma, Sep 4, 2012
  8. Sep 4, 2012 #6
    DawnPatrol321

    DawnPatrol321 Well-Known Member

    17,845
    Mar 6, 2012
    DP was perfect yesterday at Ponce, i love the underforecasting on SI, kept the crowd to a minimum, although the Labor Day crowd was in full effect, I still had room to work, and I must say I had one of my better sessions, waist to chest glass w/occassional Shoulder / Head Sets (knee to thigh forecast)... I knew it would be bigger than forecasted due to the two storm swells coming, and wow was I right, glad I rolled the dice
     
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  9. Sep 4, 2012 #7
    yourdirtymomma

    yourdirtymomma Well-Known Member

    291
    May 2, 2012
    Right on brother.....it's great to hear.

    I worked yesterday so that I can take time off during the week ;) I feel all "Supervisor is genius."
     
    yourdirtymomma, Sep 4, 2012
    yourdirtymomma, Sep 4, 2012
  10. Sep 4, 2012 #8
    DawnPatrol321

    DawnPatrol321 Well-Known Member

    17,845
    Mar 6, 2012
    Probably the smart move as it will be pumping all week and with the Labor day crowd at home you'll have more than enough waves to yourself... get there
     
    DawnPatrol321, Sep 4, 2012
    DawnPatrol321, Sep 4, 2012
  11. Sep 4, 2012 #9
    bigbuldge

    bigbuldge Well-Known Member

    45
    Sep 1, 2012
    DP'd this morning in Spring Lake. 2-3 ft with an occasional head high set. Light SE wind. Decent.
     
    bigbuldge, Sep 4, 2012
    bigbuldge, Sep 4, 2012
  12. Sep 4, 2012 #10
    H2O'C

    H2O'C Well-Known Member

    179
    Sep 22, 2011
    Small bump yesterday morning on the Treasure Coast. Nothing this morning. Gonna check again this afternoon.
     
    H2O'C, Sep 4, 2012
    H2O'C, Sep 4, 2012
  13. Sep 4, 2012 #11
    McLovin

    McLovin Well-Known Member

    985
    Jun 27, 2010
    I surfed this morning and there were plenty of closeouts cus our beach is in no shape to get this kinda swell right now, but there were some fun sections, as long as you can surf fast. Its building up for sure. I saw a lot of guys paddling out but just sitting there still gunshy to take off on anything that doesnt look fully makable.
     
    McLovin, Sep 4, 2012
    McLovin, Sep 4, 2012
  14. Sep 4, 2012 #12
    surfsolo

    surfsolo Well-Known Member

    809
    Apr 1, 2009
    thinking of bringing out my 9 or 11ft gun ....makes the kooks little speed bumps on the wave when I wait outside the crowd.
     
    surfsolo, Sep 4, 2012
    surfsolo, Sep 4, 2012
  15. Sep 4, 2012 #13
    cackedinri

    cackedinri Well-Known Member

    209
    May 21, 2012
    ouch dude your butt must ache.
     
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  16. Sep 4, 2012 #14
    fl.surfdog

    fl.surfdog Well-Known Member

    5,513
    Dec 6, 2010
    caught some nice ones yesterday morning, waist to stomach with a little offshore winds in the a.m., where did you check
     
    fl.surfdog, Sep 4, 2012
    fl.surfdog, Sep 4, 2012
  17. Sep 4, 2012 #15
    H2O'C

    H2O'C Well-Known Member

    179
    Sep 22, 2011
    Walton Rocks and everything south to Stupub..
     
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    H2O'C, Sep 4, 2012
  18. Sep 4, 2012 #16
    Stranded in Smithfield

    Stranded in Smithfield Well-Known Member

    514
    Jan 15, 2010
    +1. high tide made it slow down a bit but still plenty of closeouts... a few fun size waves... might be undercalled... IDK.. I gotta good bar I surf regularly....5'6 retro quad made it easy enough... it dawned on me today...you know you're surfing good when everyone paddles out at the peak cuz you're shred'n but eventually goes away because its not worth completing with you catching every wave...awesome
     
    Stranded in Smithfield, Sep 4, 2012
    Stranded in Smithfield, Sep 4, 2012
  19. Sep 4, 2012 #17
    fl.surfdog

    fl.surfdog Well-Known Member

    5,513
    Dec 6, 2010
    that was your problem the jetty and north of there wasnt too shabby...
     
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  20. Sep 4, 2012 #18
    Stranded in Smithfield

    Stranded in Smithfield Well-Known Member

    514
    Jan 15, 2010
    ahh Islas de los Ladrones... Tank still there...for decades no one cared about the stuff... most still don't... some might call it junk...I say if you own a tank... its not junk... Camel Rock still has crates of live ordnance dumped just off the reef... as if a SW typhoon swell needed to be any more dangerous....
    PIC_0166.jpg
     
    Stranded in Smithfield, Sep 4, 2012
    Stranded in Smithfield, Sep 4, 2012
  21. Sep 4, 2012 #19
    headrow

    headrow Well-Known Member

    144
    Sep 2, 2007

    I gotta admit I have no f'in idea what you're talkin about.
     
    headrow, Sep 4, 2012
    headrow, Sep 4, 2012
  22. Sep 4, 2012 #20
    meatloaf

    meatloaf Well-Known Member

    335
    Nov 30, 2011
    1327619642191249.jpg ohhhhhhhhhhh, j
     
    meatloaf, Sep 4, 2012
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