Great Forecast!!!

Discussion in 'Mid Atlantic' started by marksharky, Dec 31, 2012.

  1. marksharky

    marksharky Well-Known Member

    242
    Feb 14, 2012
    Looks like a little bit of positive energy startin to show for next week, keep your fins crossed!

    Weds. 1/09/12 Noon 2-4ft /6pm 3-5ft 160.68° west wind 10 /14 mph 47%

    THURSDAY
    flat flat
    FRIDAY
    flat flat
    SATURDAY
    flat flat
    SUNDAY
    flat flat
    SURF REPORTS
    Flat for the rest of the month!!
     
    Last edited: Jan 3, 2013
  2. McLovin

    McLovin Well-Known Member

    985
    Jun 27, 2010
    I was off work and spending the holidays at home for the last couple of weeks, and during that time there were about 2 surfing days.

    Tell me more about this frustrating hobby lol
     

  3. Zippy

    Zippy Well-Known Member

    Nov 16, 2007
    All I can remember is that there was only one good day in January last winter. I will be at the gym every day unfortunately.
     
  4. skimdog

    skimdog Well-Known Member

    125
    Jul 2, 2012
    YMCA pool for the foreseeable future.
     
  5. windswellsucks

    windswellsucks Well-Known Member

    520
    Oct 20, 2007
    good thing i racked up some frequent flier miles last year... anyone look at the PR forecast ;)
     
  6. marksharky

    marksharky Well-Known Member

    242
    Feb 14, 2012
    Not only did I look....

    Sat, Feb 02 11:59 p.m.
    4:37 a.m. NEW YORK JFK, NY to
    AGUADILLA, PUERTO RICO

    Sun, Feb 15 11:10 a.m.
    1:59 p.m. AGUADILLA, PUERTO RICO to
    NEW YORK JFK, NY

    I booked! I gotta get out of this place... It's too grey! LOL :cool:
     
  7. wavesliderac

    wavesliderac Well-Known Member

    126
    Jun 25, 2012
    Ok. Time to get to Puerto Rico. F this sht.
     
  8. StuckontheGulf

    StuckontheGulf Well-Known Member

    524
    Apr 23, 2012
    Welcome to my world, the gulf. I will be booking for PR in the next few weeks when the forecast dictates.
     
  9. marksharky

    marksharky Well-Known Member

    242
    Feb 14, 2012
    Lake Atlantic
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    Happy New Year Peeps!
     
  10. hcsurf15

    hcsurf15 Well-Known Member

    63
    Jan 1, 2013
    really puts you in a crappy mood...
     
  11. DaveALave

    DaveALave New Member

    3
    Sep 8, 2012
    Heading to the mountains for some snowboarding!
     
  12. JakeZnaty

    JakeZnaty Well-Known Member

    65
    Dec 28, 2012
    wow no waves here so everybody goes to puerto rico? is that the hawaii or california for the east coast? lol. it just so happens for vacation im on going on a cruise in january and the first stop is puerto rico and i will be taking my board on the cruise so im going to surf a few islands.Anyone been to san juan puerto rico and surfed it? i want to know what is the best beach to go to when i get there
     
  13. marksharky

    marksharky Well-Known Member

    242
    Feb 14, 2012
    La Ocho
    Ask for the directions to Escambron Beach, which is near the Caribe Hilton. Once you get to the public parking lot, pay the $2 daily fee and avoid the hassle of getting a ticket. When you get to where the surfers enter the water you will see the public beach to your right behind a long line of rocks, out in front of you about a 1/3 of a mile out you will see a very large rock, to the left of this rock is the break.

    The wave consists of a long steep mushy right wall (sometimes very long when conditions are perfect) with a 12 to 15 minute paddle back and a much shorter but sometimes hollow left with a 3 min. paddle back out. The break starts working well at 5 to 6 ft maxing out at 10 ft. Beware of sneeker sets, as the water depth drops off considerably only a hundred yards out, allowing large waves to come in unnoticed until too late and cleaning out the line up. Resulting in people ditching their boards in front of you as your duck diving (OUCH!). Also watch for the boil on the face of large waves coming, when you see this be prepared as this usually means a cleaner set is coming thru-- so paddle like hell!

    The wave that breaks on the east side of the rock is called Little Fiji, a fun left only ledging hollow takeoff, starts breaking 3 foot and can be ridden up to 6-8ft faces before it stops working. The take off peak is in 4 feet of water and then it deepens out making the wave back off and get mushy. Reforms again on the inside. Unless you know how to get thru the reef or paddle out with someoone that knows dont go. If will hurt you, better to paddle to the west side (La Ocho) and have fun.
    Atmosphere

    The spot has fallen out of favor with the younger crowd--typically the crowd will consist of surfers in their 30's and older that have been surfing this spot their whole life. So give them respect, leave your aggro attitude at home, wait your turn , smile alot, you will be rewarded with good times and good waves. Localism isnt a problem here but there has been a surfer or two that has been sent packing when they had the wrong attitude.
     
  14. surfsolo

    surfsolo Well-Known Member

    809
    Apr 1, 2009
    scored it today....thanks for the empty lineup
     
  15. Brett

    Brett Well-Known Member

    101
    Dec 4, 2010
    I've surfed there a bunch of times. It gets really crowded and usually there's a cross/onshore wind comin down the beach 15-20 mph but the surf can be really fun and its visitor friendly. The best surfing in PR is the west for sure...Rincon has some world class surf, and the wind is almost always offshore. Maria's is a really nice little reef break that's a really popular tourist destination. The surf scene is chill though. If you have to go to San Juan though Isle Verde is a long stretch of beach break that is pretty fun. The swell is supposed to be firing the next week, especially the west but the swell in the north will be bumpier. Still large though.
     
  16. leethestud

    leethestud Well-Known Member

    Aug 12, 2010
    Heck yeah marky sharky, that's a proper trip. I never seem to get down there for more than a few days at a time.
     
  17. littlerhody

    littlerhody Well-Known Member

    443
    Jan 16, 2009
    this winter has been pretty decent. relax its the east coast man. move to cali if you dont like a week of flatness.

     
  18. marksharky

    marksharky Well-Known Member

    242
    Feb 14, 2012
    Yeah should be good, kiddies back to college, I stay on the north side up at Ramey air base . Always waves somewhere up there so out of 2 weeks I should get 10-12 days in the water. Looking forward to clean, warm water and reef breaks!
     
  19. super fish

    super fish Well-Known Member

    Sep 2, 2008
    yeah eff this flatness. I broke up with my hoe a few weeks ago and been hitting the gym hard. Need to get SHREDDED for the summer time and tear dat der ocean front up!
     
  20. Brett

    Brett Well-Known Member

    101
    Dec 4, 2010
    The entire coast is pretty much flat for at least the next week....literally there's like 5 spots on swellinfo that are over thigh-waist that I could find but other than that it looks like we're gonna have to tough it out..