Summer 2011..

Far as waves it was better than last summer I think

 

im going to have to say last summer was better. we had more hurricanes (during the summer i mean) and there were a few swells before that that were pretty good. this summer we only had one or two good swells before hurricane season, and even those only lasted about half a day depending on where you were

 

After being away for awhile and coming back to the East coast for June and July, all I can say is thank God for disk golf, beer, and cookouts. But besides what we all already know I made the most of those few odd days and the two or three swells through travel and loooong sessions.... it kept me hungry but happy.

 

this whole island was the worst summer ever for surfing in the memories of the oldest,longest surfing surfers unanimously.i'm 35 straght years at this beach and the other than this 34 were easily 100 times better.it's usually good here in the summer

 

worst summer i ever experienced. THE ONLY reason your saying it wasn't so bad was because of the run we have been having now. but once it's september i label it fall. worst summer ever

 

excellent spring, decent june, but terrible summer where i am.

 

I haven't surfed as long as some of you, but I thought it was OK. I think only once was there more than a 4 or 5 day stretch where I didn't go out and at least catch a few decent rides. Sometimes small lapses in waves are good (can catch up on work and get ready for the next good days). I had a lot of good days in OBX this year as well. The only thing that blows my mind about this summer is how f'ing fast it went by!

 

Definitely the worst

Definitely the worst summer in at least 10 years...

 

June, July and August were about as small and inconsistent as any i can remember in 20+ years

 

end of July into August there were a few good days, nothing spectacular, but fun, nonetheless. The tropics have become unfavorable for storm development, but it may change and give us something in October. I was really looking forward to a kicka$$ hurricane season. I'm hoping Irene and Katia are not the only good swells we see this year.

 

I wouldn't say worst summer ever, not even close. We still got some good swells later in the summer. But definitely not as good as last year. And I'm talking calendar summer, mid-June to to mid-September so I'm counting Irene and Katia. It was definitely one of the flattest July that I can remember though.

 

I surfed a lot this summer. You had to be on it at the right tide and sandbar to get anything and have the flexability to do it. Anyone who doesn't live or work right on the beach would have missed 90% of the ridable waves since they only lasted about an hour or two before the wind picked up and ruined the fragile little lines. Trying to plan for all but a handfull of days this summer was impossible. As for size, there were only 3 days I can remember that touched chest high and all those other days were knee to thigh high at best.

 

flattest summer with no sand bars all summer. worst summer ever.

 

yeah,maybe obx,Hateras,south jersey,lbi,delmarva,but no way nothing up here,the worst

 

3 days of chest high all summer, and a ton of tiny "fragile" little knee high lines that lasted an hour or two at low tide, was to me pretty much as bad a summer as I can remember.

 

worst summer in nj in a very, very long time

 

That was my recollection. I remember two really fun "chest" high days at Assateague with 200 of my closest friends at 6am. Thank God for the ORV pass. The rest of the summer I spent fishing. Sandbars in OCMD were non-existant. Shorebreak everywhere. Love the fall.

 

Agree..

Worst summer I can remember.

At least it wasn't as hot as last summer though.

 

Summer '11 = Weak Sauce


The Katia swell was pretty much the only waves worth mentioning since May on the OBX.