who here has been surfing this week?

Thanks goodness. My buddy who went surfing with me the other day (and was mocking me relentlessly for being cold) checked Duck research pier and said they measured ambient water temp off the pier at 55 degrees. He promptly told me I may not be as big a pooswah as he thought

 

Doesn’t the Outer Banks receive the brunt of the Gulf Stream current, and the water temps constantly change out there?

And if so, how do y’all keep on top of knowing whether the water temps are calling for either trunking it or having to rock a 5/4?

 

Peajay what kind of snake?

 

Rule of thumb (especially coming out of winter through early summer), if it blows West for a couple of days, the upwelling will kick in. I carry my 2mm top and 3mm this time of year...

 

Cool. We get the same thing out here with north winds, the difference between a 5/4 or 4/3

 

Ocean temps back to near 60 from yesterdays arctic plunge, fun s windswell still lingering today

 

With an app I built myself... plus a little help from my SI brethren.

 

Can you share it with me so I don’t have to think? Gracias!

 

Been awhile since posting a sesh. Been pretty busy. Got out this AM and man, it was just one of those feel good summer morning sessions.

Got to the beach before first light, saw a small wave and grabbed the mini. Thigh high with the sets pushing waist but not quite. Low tide and a breath of offshore wind. First sesh without boots or gloves, only 3/2 and it was nice. Thought I'd be slightly chilly but was wrong.

Waves were fun. The rights seemed less racey. Most waves were a take off, pump, cutback. Depending on the wave depended on how many cutbacks you could fit in. Love the mini sims for those waves because it really holds its speed and allows you to keep linking cutbacks on seemingly weak waves. I did get one that was a bit diffrent. Took off, pump, the wave had more wall then others do i was able to fit in a little snap, then cutback. Got some lefts too but they were all pulling into mini non exsistent "barrels".

Had a blast. Got about 2 hours in before the wind kicked up in an instant. Crowd was extremely light. Surfed a peak i havnt surfed in a few years. Beautiful morning

 

Sounds like ya'll have packed in some fun sessions lately. I got out a few days last week.

Thursday evening was gorgeous. The water color was a beautiful green/ blue and it was just super glassy little fun ones in the thigh to stomach hi range. A little fog, but the sun kept poking through. I was stoked to be out there and to take it all in. The ocean is a majestic place. I brought the setup and managed to grab some clips of two guys trading waves. Made another little edit. Check it out.

 

Yyeww, Gulf teets were abound today. Winds finally calmed and the second sandbar turned on in a big way. Lots of current but the waves had a lot of juice in them. Been a while since we’ve had that size sets rolling in. Lots of fun drops and a few rides to the inside. Only stuck a few of those just to avoid the paddle back out. Nice 4 hr sesh in June. Taking the boys fishing this evening, life is goode

 

Dusk to dawn boys (and lady). Get on it! Evening sesh was about proper and manana early should be....

 

Got another sesh in yesterday AM. Wasn't great but it was fun. Waist high, low tide and a bit dumpy. Winds were light offshore for a brief minute but quickly switched to cross shore. It didn't kill it though. Caught a couple fun ones. Can't complain

 

noticed smooth lines Saturday morning. tho it wasn't breaking at the pier, it was close to it and figured with a hi tide at 1pm that day that the washout would cut something up. took out the indestructible 7'6 NSP "log" because of what i thought was close shore break waves. logged in (pun i know) 2 hours with bout 15-20 waves under my belt. Saw buncha ppl with boards driving in that direction on the preemptive run to loosen up some weight, and took to it past the crowd at the washout. small drift up north, so i walked it back 4 or 5 times to get the best section i could without getting crowded. twas a fun sess and only the 2nd in the 5 weeks of flatness we've been receiving down here in the low SC coast. no memorable rides, some to shore, but anything rideable now is a blessing

 

Far out man.

 

Got the new 5'10" twin out in some 2-3' yesterday...stoked on it! It usually takes me a couple of sessions to figure out a new board but after the first hour or so it started to click and I got some really fun waves. Did what felt like my best backhand roundhouse, like 10 feet out in the face wrapped around back into the section and back down the line.