Bermuda high swell

Much ado about nothing - disappointing waves here in Monmouth Cty this morning after all the talk yesterday. Maybe builds a bit for the afternoon?

 

super fun waves here in VB, check out the cams. glassy and about stomach to chest sets with long lines. finally got some good waves here

 

i know how to read buoys. he generally has a better idea than i do of how these less-than-ideal swells will impact our region despite what the charts and graphs read.

 

getting bigger as I type this out on LI... but yeah I was expecting more thismorning when I checked... should be worth going soon.

 

i think you've posted/commented more on this swell than any hurricane or winter swell event...

flatness getting to you? i know it's getting to me..

incoming definitely the call for this afternoon. at least i can get a nice breakfast and coffee in

 

I actually think its kind of fun...reminds me of a tropical swell (only with about 5 less feet swell and 5 less second of wave period ...checking buoy 41001 (E. Hatteras) and 41048 (W. Bermuda) watching it fill in and peak down there, and guestimate the distance from those buoys to our local spots and how long it will take to get here. I'm kind of thinking DP Monday if the west winds materialize should be a fun smallish swell for the Delmarva.

 

It was knee high early this morning and now its waist-chest in ocean county (10am). The wind went SE already but NOAA is calling for increasing SW up to 20kts so I have some faith in that.

 

DP was fun in central NJ - smaller than I hoped for, but at least we were alone. Lifeguard whistles and then 25 guys jammed up on top of one jetty... lot's of yelling over mini set waves killed it for me.

Afternoon's the call, but the crowd is nasty. Can't do evening, had to shoot my load early.

 

Seek Protection, Winds are on it out of the South

 

wind is really killing it from the south, hopefully tomorrow morning will be fun!

 

Deal NJ was fun on the incoming waist high plus water was refreshing, plenty of surf and crowd was under control. Lets hope it sticks till Tuesday..

 

aside from the water being warm, the rest of that is bs.

 

Got some fun ones in Monmouth County this morning, anywhere from knee to stomach on the sets. A lot of closeouts so I only surfed for about an hour then grabbed the fins and handplane for a couple hours. Shallow, low tide, hollow closeouts equals more bodysurfing tube time than I can count!

 

good dp in delmarva...winds really got to kickin this afternoon, but all in all...better than a day not being in the water.

 

body surfed for a while in lbi but after about an hour one of those random thunderstorms rolled in and caught everyone on the beach then stayed for the rest of the day. there was definitely some size but with the crappy wind and low tide it was all close outs. gonna try dp tomorrow i hope the swell picks up over night

 

Wind went back offshore n healthy south swell angle sets before dark. Stoked. Best day in a looooong time.