I was planning on going out saturday or sunday but I heard bad things about east coast riptides. I'm not that experienced in the water - are there places around the MB coast that are safer, or should I just stay in and play it safe??
if your not comfortable in the surf, you shouldn't paddle out. if it looks like too much current and too big of surf for your comfort, then wait until sunday wait until the surf drops down. The good thing about surf that is too big, is that it will always get smaller. Can't always say the reverse about small days.
Trust me, If your not sure about it, stay on the beach and enjoy the show. Overhead is not the time to learn how to use / handle the rips. There will be no one there to rescue you if ya get pulled out. If your on a board, your on your own here... The rest of the week is looking fun.
I am a newbie, and me and my friend will be going out. I just bought my first board and I want to try it out. Being that I'm new to the sport, I am not going to be stupid. I will surf Fri and Sunday, but Sat I'll just go to the beach and watch the actual surfers do their thing. Like someone said on a reply to me, I should not go out and put others at risk. I would hate to get hurt and have someone risk their life to save my butt because of my own stupidity. Best of luck to everyone this weekend!
cool - yeah sunday looks a lot calmer, but I'll be busy the rest of the week. I'm still afraid of riptides. What do they look like, so I can avoid them? Any good websites with some info?? thanks
They are about 5'11-6'13" and puerto rican. there are only two tides. high and low. there is no such thing has a rip tide. It's a rip current
Yeah they are called rip currents... I would not know how to explain it correctly, but the weather channel has a video up which helped me learn how to find them. http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?clip=10896&from=TIW
please dont come to wrightsville and if yoy have to go to weather.com to find out what a rip is... i think that answers stay on the beach please for everyone
defiently if your new to surfing i would not go at all this weekend if its big. surf on the little days and work your way up.
Cool, I hear ya... I wouldn't dare go on Sat, maybe Sunday when it's a lot smaller and hopefully more clean. If the waves are predicted to be cleaner, is that less chance of rip current??
Yeah, I won't be at Wrightsville, but some of my friends are headed that way. BTW, I knew what a rip current was, I was trying to help the person who asked what a rip current was.
WHAT is the big fuss about rip currents, they help you paddle out and unless you dont have a leash it would take a true dumbass to get in trouble in one when they are strapped to a flotation device.
