Southern Delaware Sunday Afternoon

Discussion in 'Mid Atlantic' started by waytooold, Sep 30, 2015.

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  1. Sep 30, 2015 #1
    waytooold

    waytooold Active Member

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    25 feet plus for this upcoming Sunday per Swellinfo. Never saw that in Delaware. Cape May too.
     
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  3. Sep 30, 2015 #2
    Barry Cuda

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    At the beach or on the computer bouy report??
     
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  5. Sep 30, 2015 #3
    aka pumpmaster

    aka pumpmaster Well-Known Member

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    cape may is like thigh high today.
     
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  6. Sep 30, 2015 #4
    Barry Cuda

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    That continental shelf is a ***** for wave size....
     
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  7. Sep 30, 2015 #5
    waytooold

    waytooold Active Member

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    On Swellinfo surf report for this upcoming Sunday.
     
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  8. Sep 30, 2015 #6
    JohnnyCornstarch

    JohnnyCornstarch Well-Known Member

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    Def hit up some Del bay spots. Possible epic pointbreak perfection further inland. not kidding...
     
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  9. Sep 30, 2015 #7
    Scobeyville

    Scobeyville Well-Known Member

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    #Delmar #23'
     
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  10. Sep 30, 2015 #8
    waytooold

    waytooold Active Member

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    Good Idea. I've never had the opportunity to do that. I suppose there should be spots around the Cape and Lewes.
     
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  11. Sep 30, 2015 #9
    waterbaby

    waterbaby Well-Known Member

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    need a boat to get to the really good points...but the rewards are world class
     
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  12. Sep 30, 2015 #10
    Barry Cuda

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    Okay, that is anticipated bouy report wave size for Joaquin; miles out.
    Continental shelves will reduce that significantly.
     
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  13. Sep 30, 2015 #11
    waytooold

    waytooold Active Member

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    I thought the Swellinfo surf report was for conditions at the beach . . . .
     
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  14. Sep 30, 2015 #12
    waytooold

    waytooold Active Member

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    I heard of those breaks but never had the chance to get out on them. That being said it's hard to see how you would get a boat out on Sunday--maybe Monday.
     
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  15. Sep 30, 2015 #13
    Barry Cuda

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    If you look at the surf/swell graph, just above it you will see the bouy number which is used to generate the swell report for your area. Click on that, get a reading, then return to the report. You will note the bouy reading corresponds sizewise with the graph for stated time period, approximately.
    Divide the swell report by 2, if not 3. That will be what you will get at beach.
    So it is in my area, anyway.
     
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  16. Sep 30, 2015 #14
    cepriano

    cepriano Well-Known Member

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    yea it says like 18ft now for sunday afternoon,i just want to go and witness it and see how crazy the ocean is.and especially with ne winds,its going to be "death on a stick" out there lol
     
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  17. Sep 30, 2015 #15
    cepriano

    cepriano Well-Known Member

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    nj btw 18 ft
     
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  18. Sep 30, 2015 #16
    waterbaby

    waterbaby Well-Known Member

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    launch in a bay and anchor the boat in calmer water near the mouth of bay. If done right, no reason to take the boat out in the open ocean.
     
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  19. Sep 30, 2015 #17
    Zeroevol

    Zeroevol Well-Known Member

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    That report is from a buoy 100 miles off shore
     
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  20. Sep 30, 2015 #18
    Mitchell

    Mitchell Well-Known Member

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    Sunday OCMD forecast: 12-16
    Sunday Southern Delaware forecast 15-25

    pretty much take it with a grain of salt. Its not gonna be 8 feet bigger in Delaware than 10 miles down the road closer to the landfall:

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  21. Sep 30, 2015 #19
    waytooold

    waytooold Active Member

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    that doesn't make sense. How/why do you code a buoy green, blue or red? I doubt that it will be 25 or 30 feet, but the surf report is for the beach. Every one looks at the buoys, but that is only part of the surf report. Maybe the guy in Lewes that runs this operation will comment.
     
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  22. Sep 30, 2015 #20
    mason lesser

    mason lesser Active Member

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    go to brigantine jetty
     
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