Not me cause I am working , And besides I have been surfing OCNJ almost all winter. This past week was the first time I surfed Cape May since November. And yes If I was out I would be wearing my Hyperflex 5/4/3 Flow
Nah. I am hopping the ferry to Delaware. Wanna do Ocean City Md, but I have some jobs to do later in the day, so I am not so sure I have the time. Cape May wasn't so hot the other day. It was decent, but Ocean City or even Stone Harbor, Sea Isle, or most definitely Ocean City were probably better. Cape May is great when it gets a good swell. Isn't the most consistent spots. Poverty doesn't break hardly ever. Maybe a few times every month or every other month. When Poverty is at it's best though it's swamped. People are hopping the ferry from Delmarva, and hitting the Parkway from the North. Oddly enough I was in Central America during the November Noreaster, and that was a rarity of better surf on the Eastern US seaboard than in Costa Rica. Broadway doesn't break too much either. Stockton isn't that great either. The forecast looks like it will hold longer than Ocean City, and AC. It's Cape May though so you never know what to expect. My take is Cape May is some of the best surf in Jersey, and actually some of the best I have surfed on the East Coast. It's just not a consistent spot.
OC or Cape May I'll have to decide when I get there. Cape M looks to be the best bet. I'm checking SIC first at 75th. I missed the better part. I need to get some before another longgggggg week of work
cape may likes all the east swells these past couple years.it's caught this swell for 8 days,now.up here had to wait 'til tuesday to surf.
If it wanst has choppy It would have been better tuesday. I checked Ocean city and it didnt look better than Cape may in my opinion. Cape May is a very touchy spot. You have to know what time in the tide cycle is best for which spots and the beaches in Cape May have Changed alot in the past cpl years so the changes alot aswell. I remeber when a good Nor'eastern would blow threw and the water would be packed with surfers from all over the Tri state area. Now thats a rarity and it has to be a really sizable storm for cape may to do its thing. I rember when The Cove use to be able to hold over head conditions. Now it hardley even is worth the paddle out. LIke all things its works in Cycles it will come back it always does
http://www.thesurfersview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=80&Itemid=93 Looks small but perfect left handed point. Might be fun on a log
excellent observation,Matt,you described the cape may thing perfectly,except i don't think it's only on big swells,there's some times it turns on a bit during less powerful swells,but as you stated you have to get it right at that moment,it pops up out of nowhere,a couple hours,then disappears again
Cape May has Gained alot more sand in the past few years. The Shallower the water the more swell it takes to build a sizeable wave. I remeber at hightide at broadway during the Ne swell we had in November the water was about chest high maybe a bit less by the rock pile. Also so if you wait too long most of the beaches in Cape May can not handle all the water and it tends to disorganize things a bit. But this is where local knowledge comes into play
I'm an old dude now, so how about this... I grew up in CM (LCMR class of '81) and I remember when the Cove had no beach. Guys used to fish off the rocks right there from the parking lot. Broadway worked, and Stegers worked, but Stockton was the most consistent break at the time on small to medium swells. Big swells it was Poverty... the only spot that could hold a big hurricane swell or big Nor' Easter. But it was a lot of fun jumping off the railing behind Convention Hall, into the Backyard. The cops would come and throw us out of there, but we always got a few good jumps in. There was a good break there, too, and you could sometimes ride waves right under Convention Hall. The runoff pipe at Queen Street was the source of the worst staph infection I ever had... nasty dirty filthy water, maybe even raw sewage at the time, came out of that thing. Trenton and Philly would get you away from the crowd, but the water came right up to the rocks at high tide at Trenton (as it did at Stockton, too), so the backwash got pretty interesting sometimes. Great memories as a grom watching the hippies come out for a surf when it was good... long crazy hair, duct tape hanging off their boards, stoned as hell... and just ripping. As a kid I worked at the top of the Golden Eagle as a busboy... I remember watching it all day during a Nor' Easter from that great view, watching the waves crash over the rocks and flood the street... wishing I didn't have to work.
