anybody check this low out on the satellite photos?? its a big one; not gonna overwhelm us with swell but maybe some nice medium period juice for some good lefts...
Yes, there is a low about 1500 miles or so off of the Mid Atlantic. That swell will be peaking on Monday into Tuesday and fade into the middle of the week for exposed areas on the East Coast. Biggest surf will be Cape Cod and northward.
Thinking this might produce some longer period sets for the mid-atlantic over the next couple days. Hopefully some chest high lefts
no worries, I looked at the east coast map and didn't see anything but it appears the periods are going to jump up to 11-14 seconds this week. Has to be from some kind of system out there
well so came the surf. i went out at {$*&)@#@?!!(fart dust)&%^%^% beach and so did quite a few others. the waves were very good; only 2/3 footers but a-framing and offering good fast rides going both ways. board fine, water warm, crowd there but easy going….hope it all happens again soon… arms tired…3 hour sesh…board worked well…ok rambling...
definitely long period this afternoon. Crazy how those swells are soooo inconsistent, but when the sets come, man its a beautiful thing to see. The swell lines definitely feel the bottom a lot further out, and if you're at a spot that forms an a-frame peak, game on!
Yes mitch, couldn't agree more. I'm obsessed with 10+ plus period now and yeah I'm charging much less on the reg but not near as stoked for it. My expectations for windswell these days are nil. Anything rideable is a bonus. Was 11-12s today (and tmrw!) and those lines really do set up so, so much better. You can see the peak forming early and the a-frame on every wall makes the lineup a party and much less issues as long as pure kookery is absent. Everyone was stoked today and even when bombs come out of nowhere you're not sketchy on charging them because they wall up nice. Then again, winds went to 5mph during perfect tide today when all this went down so that didn't hurt the manicuring of the sets coming in. What's great about longer period too is that it's just much more ease in paddle outs and overall positioning and energy maintenance throughout a sesh as long as you're not in the impact zone after taking a ride too far in. Even then, if the waves are glass then it's just simple duck dives to get out back again which is no picnic hoodless in low 50s still but at least you don't have a mushy set coming at you every 3 seconds when the period is longer. All I can think of when we get days like this is being out west where it's the standard. The per capita skill of lineups at the breaks the last few days have been way up. Everyone seems to be skilled and of proper etiquette. Not sure if it's the temp rising and skilled yet fair-weather surfers re-emerging or the reports being so good that those who will only charge great conditions where they can rip the most finally come out as they think it's worth it, or a combo of both. Either way, lots of skill, lots of stoke, and lots of goodwill out on the water during this swell.
and on day two of the swell in south jersey there was still something (2 footers) left. better ystdy but still clean conditions and nice lines and doin dat a-frame ting...
Ditto a hundred miles to your south. a notch smaller, even less consistent than yesterday, which is to say you could carry on a pretty long conversation in between waves that were more than a ripple. But when the sets came...mannnnnn. Plus the water was ridiculously warm for some reason. I was straight warm in a 3/2 with no boots or gloves and after an hour I realized my feet were warm and the water was above 60 without a doubt.
