Glad this isn't my break....I just checked this cam out of curiosity and counted 34 people fighting for 1 peak off the jetty!
thats an average day in belmar...and thats manasquan after the groms went back to school...thats a small crowd
I dont think the crowd is the problem. But this is probably the ratio out there 20longboarders 13shortboarers, and 1bodyboarder. Thats why all those outsider are waitingto snake everything.
i was watching the cam this afternoon during low tide and the wave out there looked really fun. it was a chest high dumping barrel with some nice shoulders. i didnt go out for the obvious reasons, but it did look fun. everywhere else was pretty much flat. it's amazing how that spot musters up a wave where other places are producing nothing. i wish they would put more jetties out down here
yea seriously the only reason i surf there is because of how reliable it can be. the morning session was fun. 5 guys waist high peelers and clean. wednesday, i won't even be going near that place.
There's a wave coming through where everyone is sitting outside. The peak isn't up against the jetty. I think it use to be a lot worse in the 80's...
It's not as bad as it looks ... a lot of people at 1st street just sit out there all day waiting for the largest sets and don't catch them when they do come through. Plus, if you're willing to paddle a couple blocks to the north, i.e., 4-5th street, you can pretty much stay clear of the crowd, although you do loose some of the advantages created by the sandbars next to the jetty. You'll still get some good breaks though.
Agree, that's what I usually do and I think that sandbar hasn't been that far off the jetty recently- there are other places in VAB to go when its good. You just end up driving further south/north depending what you find. Drive an extra hour + south and your'e options increase big time in the obx.
the irony is that you can surf all alone just to the north or south of that jetty. So alone it gets creepy.
