Tropical Depression One

I was up earlier than I had been in a long time for this one. It was a memorable Independence Day.

 

It was really good, surfed OCMD from about 3pm-7:30pm.
Easily head high, caught an s-load of great rides.

All in all, hell of a 4th!

 

Long Beach,NY was about 3 - 3.5 clean, offshore winds... then around 5:30 or so it got slammed. Overhead to a few feet overhead waves were coming in like corduroy. Long period swell with the low tide, it jacked up.

 

Ended up heading to OCMD, I can confirm over head waves.

 

I even found parking in the Seacrets lot.....ssshhh

 

I saw that can of long beach last night, it looked like it was just rifleing.

Paddled out again this morning, wind weren't as bad as they were originally forecasted thankfully. It was enough to stand the wave up a bit more, got some really really long great rides. Just a few of us regulars then after about an hour and a half the wind got a bit more west in it and the crowd came. It got some bump to it and the drift kept the summer pros away. Had a blast these past two days. Got so many waves, quality waves. I needed that. Happy as a god damn pig in doodie

 

Fun weekend overall, even though I was a little late to the party, I still managed to get some really fun waves this weekend. Friday was about waist high (occasionally a tad larger), glassy, off-shores, and punchy. Each day it got a little bit smaller but still punchy and ride-able. I was even able to squeak out some fun rides yesterday morning before heading back home.

It's all about knowing which spot works on what tide, even when the forecast was 1.5ft @ 8 seconds this one spot was still 2-3 if you waited long enough and lined it up just right and hit it on or around low tide. Patience was the key, many people stood by the parking lot wondering if it's worth going out. I went out no matter what because what else was I going to do, go back to my room and sleep? Nah, get in the water at the right tide and good things will happen....

 

I'm late to this party, but the waves were awesome down in Jax beach. Wednesday night the swell peaked in size, it was slighly overhead with a light northeast breeze on it. A little texture, but super fun and some great long waves. Near sunset the wind turned offshore from the northwest and cleaned it up a bit. Thursday morning the swell cleaned up alot although it dropped in size a tad. The surf was waist to chest high plus and super clean. Even managed to find my way in a couple mini barrels. Thank you Arthur for some fun surf. Glad to see the boys and girls of SI got some too.

 

Surfed in md...surfed like crap, but at least I was surfing in head + surf.

 

Whats this deal with this wednesday???
Landing at Newark at 6am and hoping to be in the water in front of my beloved jetty by 7:30. Yewww

What suit are you guys wearing in CNJ for the mornings?