I know you guys in NJ and NY love this ****. I recently moved to a spot right above the beach. When there aren't waves, I am walking out at low tide, looking for dips and rises. This beach doesnt change that much as the sand is pretty hard packed. What i want to know is- what are the key things you are looking for if there is little variance. Typically a rise I know will create an A-Frame, and a dip can create more of a one directional wave, but of course that depends on swell direction as well. Give me your BS responses as well as your honest ones. I know theres a few of you that do this on the reg. Cheers, hopefully the waves come back
Interesting topic. It’s really a matter of getting out there and hunting. I’m sure the other guys can give you better advise’ than I though. Recently I’ve been so pressed on surfing my regular spot, that I haven’t even tried scouting out other breaks. This all changed last Sunday when I realized it hasn’t been working nearly as well as it used to. Time to bust out the reconne and do my due diligence.
LB hit it - if you can see the sand even at low tide, what youre looking at is too close to the beach to affect a quality surf break very much. Someone mentioned a-frames...the sand you can see isnt producing a-frames...the sand in 6 feet of water is making the a-frames. Unless youre surfing 2 foot waves...then its sand in 3 feet of water. I look at swell lines coming in. My recon is passing up the spots I KNOW are breaking, and checking on a day with a nice 2-3 foot typical period swell and watching how the swell lines are interacting with the bottom and with groins/jetties. There are a couple of spots on Delmarva that take a while to get to, and can range from having unsurfable sandbar conditions to being a real gem. People give up on them....stop checking....but YOU do the recon...and score it uncrowded when the next swell hits.
#cindarelladream Nice breakdown brah! On a small day, maybe the day before swell hits, or last day of winding down swell, I look for where or if there are groundswell lines that kind of feather but don't break at high tide, on the mid or outside, Then I kinda have a clue where it will break at high tide away from the herd. I've found a few uncrowded gems lately.
its hard to do propuer sand reconne on the beach.for the best results u want to fill ur pockets with sand so when u get home u can analyze it under a microscope.i find sand with 2 oxygen molecules holds long periods a lot bettuer
When the sand is medium grained, kinda ground up coral and shell pieces, and if its tubular, I usually find some stuck on my **** after a good session.
MadeItStop- Great response. Very eloquent for 430am. Cinderalla dream must be similar to tangerine dream after reading leafly's description. Do you know what the flowering period is for that? Tangerine dream took way to long to come to fruition so we phased it out.... Back to the sand- thanks for your input everyone- Obviously we all like being at the beach, and really it just gives me another reason/purpose to be down there amongst the salt. Ill try and keep up my good work and hopefully it pays off
