Swell 4ft at 14 seconds good or bad

Ok, sanctuary cities and welfare all around, plus hugs

 

...then increase taxes AND legalize weed.

No... wait... they were supposed to legalize weed to reduce taxes.

How'd that happen? I think we've been duped!

 

You have chosen to learn how to surf in probably the most fickle and menstrual place in the contiguous 48.

Just when you think you got a spot wired, you will get skunked. The guys that have lived here all their lives and check it several times a day are the guys that usually score. And even they'll tell you that surfing here ain't easy.

Every spot here is super tide-dependent, and the tides swing wildly. Some spots break very well on small long period swells while others start breaking on large short period stuff.

Best advice I can give you is to learn the break you are surfing and at some point you will understand better. There's a much bigger learning curve to surfing than standing up on a board.

Good luck and have fun

 

Barry's board shorts are so olde, they're really Pterodactylwells... And on that note I'm going to surf the non-existent St Patty's Day Swell @ Carolina Beach. See ya Tuesday.

 

Guy. If you only been surfing for ABOUT a year.... that's not on and off. That's trying it here and there. That's like dating a girl for a week, breaking up, and saying your on and off.

Try committing yourself to the sport first. Stick with it for more than a month at a time. Why would any of us give you advice if you yourself ain't even committed. Put in some work before you go expecting to have the answers handed to you. Answers that most surfers got by.......wait for it......being committed and putting on the effort

 

That's fine man. You can get upset or you can put in the time. No one can tell you how to predict waves. It's experience and knowledge that's gained by surfing over and over. Don't be such a whiner. Just go out and do it. It will come.

And for the record your wrong. I never went searching for knowledge when i was new. I just went out and did it and through experiencing it everyday you gain a understanding of the ocean. A understanding that no one can spell out for you. You want advice on technique, ask away. I'd be happy to help. Why? Because I'm not a dick. You want to learn how to predict waves. Get committed and put the time in. Not because I'm a dick. But because that's how you'll learn.

Sorry for giving you the answer your looking for. Just because it wasn't the answer you wanted don't make me a dick. Spend some time in the water. You'll learn that i was right and your being quite sensitive.

 

Because your a complainer and a cry baby, ill spell it out for you.

Go to the beach. No matter what the forecast site says. Take note of wind speed/direction, swell size/period/direction, tide. If it's good paddle out. If it's not good? Go anyway if your learning. Or don't. Whatever. You'll put the pieces together.

Good or bad? That's preference. Some guys enjoy pulling into close out after close out. They'd call it good. I'd call it bad. 4ft at 14 seconds? My home break may be closing out depending on swell direction. Maybe not. Depends on tide. Your home break? I don't know. You tell me what its like. Oh wait. You'd have to go out and surf to learn all that

 

Driving 3 hours from Seattle only makes the curve more difficult.

 

Bassmon basically cut through all the bullshit and you did not like it. Even though he was being a dick it was for your own good. Couple that perspective with El Roque's local knowledge, I would say you got a very valuable lesson in this here thread.

Look, as Bass was saying.:.experience will teach you. I know 50+ miles of coast line from living it...I did not have a stinking (put mildly) surf forumme to teach me the nuances...quit being a soft shell!

 

Geez man he came in, flopped on the couch, put his feet up, cracked a beer, and got hostile with the locals. Newbs these days. You need a proper hello thread dude. What is your favorite color? Pic of your girl? Pic of your dog? What kind of bort do you rode? What is your go to wetsuite? Do you where a gold chain in or outside your wetsuite? Ever surfed belmar at 20 feet? Tell us about yourself and answers will be more forthcoming

 

Is that where Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz surf? Olympic peninsula......wink wink

 

4 at 14 would make an incredible day if the angle was right.

 

If I had to drive 3 hours to surf I wouldn't.
I would go back to fast cars and fast women.....screw surfing.

 

"Gold chain"?? Nobody told me I needed one of those. I gotta get one!...Maybe one with a horn on it...

 

Alright! Now we’re talking! I had to wake ya’ll up. There hadn’t been a new guy in a while so you were all caught sleeping on the job! Hahaha

O new guy

 

If it weren't for Seattle, surfing here would be an uncrowded paradise.

Probably similar to the boatloads of Canadians and "massholes" that rock up to your spots during any hint of sunshine or swell.

 

its not so much the swell period that influences waves,but the wind and tide.

4' at 14 is great,if u live in the right place.there will be waves,if theyr ridable is da question.i have no clue as to where u live,but a long period swell needs the right bottom for it to break right,here in nj,4' at 14 would be closeout city at 95% of the spots.but some spots like the inlet and buhsnagabaga can handle the long period.

end of the day tho its all about the wind.right wind can make a 2' swell into mini barrels that peel perfect,or mush city.

sand reconne very importante too.if there are no storms all year,the very 1st storm isn't likely to break good.u need those strong onshore noreasters to stir that sand around a bit and create some sand banks.without that u got nada