All the models were accurate...seemingly easy to predict what was going to happen. One thing we need...SAND! After a long summer and tons of south wind flow...all we have is a big sloping beach with no sand anywhere. I am still optimisitic for Sunday, but with the South wind this morning...everyone and their mother was at the cove. I hope no one jumps on here claiming this was the session of the century...I would rather wear a 5.43 and get barreled then surf gutless, soft NS with 3 billion Pennsyletuckians! I heard at least three morons say "I got tubed". I may not be an expert, but head dips don't count. Sorry...just needed to vent. At least I got to see a really cool sunrise. I hope the beach levels out and sucks some sand out this afternoon, so we can all just spread out a little bit. Praying for a better day tomorrow.
i knew the cove would be packed with nut balls. Regardless..it's a bit disappointing so far. heading south!!
yah its disappointing for now... the tide should b heading out soon... its ganna go off. just gatta give it time
High Tide is not until 10 ish...I was in the water by 6! That should have been perfect...I do my homework. I rarely post on this site because there is so much garbage. Like "what is a session"? Micah does a wonderful job using all the data and makes it much easier than the old ways of trying to explore the noaa website. I guess I got caught in the hype. I will be on it again tomorrow for sure...hopefully with barrels glistening against the sunrise and not three hundred goons. I have never seen so many NSP's...I am sure this will get some comments. Most of the people on here claim they rip them soooo hard the fin boxes blow out. The letters should mean Never Surf Pennsylvanians!
man the swell is building dude lol give it time bro... it will b here... let the tide drop again... dont give up on it haha... im telln ya man theres ganna b some shyt out there
Yeah, the wave heights aren't what were predicted yet, but how can you accurately predict the ocean? Bill's intensity has dropped a little and an approaching cold front may bring unfavorable winds as well. Just have to keep checking the conditions. We'll see what happens at the lower tide. Right now in VaBch I am seeing a lot of shorebreak and closeouts for the most part. The jetty is offering a slighly better ride, but not much. Plus everybody and their brother are there. It looks like a sea of people floating around.
Can't understand why anyone would go there to surf anyway. It was pretty good this afternoon between 1:00 and 3:00 where I was and only a few out. The tide played a big role today. Let me rephase that - It was pretty good for OC this afternoon.......... Some solid head high sets that held up fairly well. After this summer, I'll take it!!!
OC Lifeguards let everyone surf today. I thought that was pretty cool. The shoals were all breaking on the outside...looked like 4 or 5 miles southeast of OC. The shoal was breaking abount 1 1/2 miles out from IRI. Does anyone know what that shoal is called? "H" something. Anyway can't remember the last time I saw that happening.
States Ave. was huge today. About 3/4 of the way out at the pier. Only problem was the closeouts. Things were life-takers. Tomorrow should be fun. I'll be up at States or Rhode Island Ave. The whole new hampshire area was insane-diego.
I dont know where you were, but 29th st OC md was going off this afternoon. No mush here. And the OC patrol closed the beach to all the kook swimmers and hard slick body boarders.. which was very cool and probably saved some lives.
Big waves. Not all ride-able, but very big. Andy Irons, Sam Hammer, Frankie Walsh, and a few other pro surfers were out today. RIPPING it up. Hammer and Walsh were throwing huge 360 airs. AI threw a floater up on a big face and landed basically sideways, first time I've ever seen that in person. Should be some fun tomorrow and some more on Monday.
surfed in deal from like 9am to 4pm. i dont know why. head high + on set but nothing like what i was hearing from friends down south. kinda mushed out, but a few opened up for some longer rides. sandbars look terrible in pretty much all of monmouth county. not sure what to expect in the morning.
Andy Irons was in NJ? That's pretty awesome. I was out at Deal also today like an above poster mentioned. It was very mushy, but a few head + peaks and long rides. I was just at the beach about an hour ago here in monmouth country and the swell looks like it has built a pretty decent amount, water washing up to the rocks.
andy was at squan... squan wasnt as good as i thought today..tried to paddle out at jenks and almost got arrested. escorted from the beach hehe. boat almost just capsized in squan inlet an hour or two ago. nutty **** going on down there!
