how far away r u?

Discussion in 'Global Surf Talk' started by Barry bottomfeeder, Jan 6, 2016.

  1. Barry bottomfeeder

    Barry bottomfeeder Well-Known Member

    252
    Oct 19, 2015
    Just wondering how far everyone is away from surf?
    Im never more then a half hour away w/o traffic. Either at home or work I can manage to squeeze in a sesh. As long as I am not workin late. Sounds like a bunch of you all arent as fortunate or maybe you are luckier.
     
  2. yankee

    yankee Well-Known Member

    Sep 26, 2008
    Varies, but it's always a logistical effort.

    Time expended is each way:
    3 hrs drive to The-Place-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named
    3-4 hrs drive to VB
    6 hrs drive to OBX
    8 hrs overall travel to PR
    8 hrs overall travel to SAN
    10 hrs overall travel to CR

    I still think that I'm "lucky," as you put it, because I get to surf - - the alternatives could be worse.
     

  3. Barry bottomfeeder

    Barry bottomfeeder Well-Known Member

    252
    Oct 19, 2015
    Yank thats the closest? 3 hours? Holy fark!
     
  4. ScobeyviIIe

    ScobeyviIIe Well-Known Member

    Nov 3, 2015
    4 blocks east of Crystal Pier in PB
     
  5. Barry Cuda

    Barry Cuda Guest

    2 minutes to first break, then 5 min to any other break.
    9/10 of a mile to da beach
     
  6. LBCrew

    LBCrew Well-Known Member

    Aug 12, 2009
    3 blocks. Makes you feel a little uneasy during hurricane season, though.
     
  7. yankee

    yankee Well-Known Member

    Sep 26, 2008
    Yah. I hear ya. Getting skunked take on new meaning when this far from Mother Ocean.
     
  8. LazyE

    LazyE Well-Known Member

    Aug 6, 2014
    15 to 20 minutes to FB. Little further to a couple other spots but still 30 minutes or under.
     
  9. Barry bottomfeeder

    Barry bottomfeeder Well-Known Member

    252
    Oct 19, 2015
    No joke!
    LBC i know the feelin. I am right on the water but its not the ocean. Sandy i was real close. The houses on the south side of my street are still boarded up n deemed inhabitable. The difference of may be 12" in elevation
     
  10. metard

    metard Well-Known Member

    Mar 11, 2014
    4th house from the beach
     
  11. Barry Cuda

    Barry Cuda Guest

    We rarely get hit by hurricanes here in Cow Hampsha.
    But I am high enough. If not...insurance suffices, I suppose.
    Now, a Fukushima type tsunami?? We all be focked.
     
  12. Barry bottomfeeder

    Barry bottomfeeder Well-Known Member

    252
    Oct 19, 2015
    Except yank so far. He'll be waterfront
     
  13. ClemsonSurf

    ClemsonSurf Well-Known Member

    Dec 10, 2007
    5 miles to the beach but the marsh is in my backyard. Still feels like hundreds of miles from waves at times.
     
  14. NJ glide

    NJ glide Well-Known Member

    867
    Jun 8, 2013
    1.4 mi as the bird flies or 5 min or so by car
     
  15. PAShredMachine18

    PAShredMachine18 Member

    24
    Dec 3, 2015
    Just under 2hrs to get to Belmar. I'm looking to move closer in the next few years.
     
  16. JawnDoeski

    JawnDoeski Well-Known Member

    Aug 11, 2014
    Two Hours to Belmar dawg...where you live in West Side of West Chester bruh

    50 minutes for me to get to my favorite gym from the north east regions of the city of drugs guns and brothers loving brothers..of course that's only after "surfing season" is over
     
  17. Valhallalla

    Valhallalla Well-Known Member

    Jan 24, 2013
    15 minutes to my local but our surf is not very great, all the time. One hour gets me out of the Bahamian shadow, two hours gets me to some trade swell. Even if I didn't surf I could never live very far from the ocean.
     
  18. bagus

    bagus Well-Known Member

    Jul 13, 2014
    never been further than a block away
     
  19. Sandblasters

    Sandblasters Well-Known Member

    May 4, 2013
    oceanfront 1minute walk
     
  20. Zeroevol

    Zeroevol Well-Known Member

    Jun 22, 2009
    35/45 minutes depending on traffic