who here has been surfing this week?

^ That's pretty impressive for Trestles, from what I understand.

 

We blew off a few hours from work and it was SUPERFUN. The buoy read 3' at 5 a.m. which was the biggest it's been in a while, so we were super excited to meet up.

There is s cold water upwelling and the ocean felt 80/81-- such a refreshing treat and break from the 86/87.

The waves were a tad inconsistent and ranged from knee high to some waist high, with an incoming tide that gave them some push. It was a little choppy, but hey, surfing on a work day-- it doesn't get much better. I bet DPSUP got some this morning.

We were really getting some very fun rides and there were plenty of smiles out there. That midweek surfing is so much less crowded too. Got my ride of the day, it was this long left , a little floaty but just wonderful sensation. So sensual.

There were some tourists from Venezuela on the beach. I asked them if they escaped. It's bad with no food down there, so I let them take a picture with a real surfer and a great custom board. They must be people of means, but even they said it's very sketchy there, and you don't know if there will be food to buy.

With all our issues, we are lucky to be in USA--- and to be able to surf ! Life is very good.

 

Wasn't able to this morning, had to take my dog into the vet to get oral surgery. He's almost 15 so it's a little sketchy putting him under, but he's in good health so it should be OK. I'll find out in a couple hours. My wife is going to pick him up on her way home from work so that I can get a session in after work and then come home and hold my dog.

 

Betty,
Low 80s water sounds wonderful. Hope it stays. Glad y'all got it good. Playing hooky from work days are always sweeter (suiter?).

I got some knee high 5 sec choppe last night for an hour. Can't complain seeing how it's August and all.

 

Update, he came out of surgery and is doing good i'm told. He had to have 5 teeth pulled, poor guy.

 

Yesterday was small and backwashy. Still fun. Should've skinned it, but was coming off of 3 hours of sleep and feeling chilly.

No rubber today. Should be better. Looked like it had more size this morning.

 

Amen, Betty!! Strong Amen to that!!

 

just got back 24 hours ago from a week in Las Vegas. It's pretty much just a week where 5 old friends meet up for one week every year. I go with two friends I see almost every day here in Jersey, both guys surf. The other two are from Galveston Texas and Treasure Island Florida. Both gulf coast towns, but neither surf or could care less about it. I'd rather do a week in Oahu or Rincon, instead of Vegas every summer for a week. I do get to see my brother, who lives out in Vegas. So it's not bad. So I've been out of the water for over a week now and it was pretty much a bunch of brutal slop tonight.

One friend in the LA area rode his bike out to meet up with us in Vegas. He was leaving a couple days ago for Playa Negra for two weeks. Must be nice.

 

Bicycle? or Motorcycle? Makes a big difference.

Surfed OG wind slop last night. Kinda fun (i'm desperate here). Wish the tide had been a bit lower. Suprising size to some of the sets.

 

Last evening was meh, tide was on it by time I got to the beach after work. There was a few decent waves that I snagged but overall I was looking forward to this morning, which was a blast. On a mid - high tide at a break further North than yesterday it was consistently waist - chest and pretty clean with very light to no wind. Took the fish out for a spin and got some lefts and rights. The good ones were bowling up nicely and gave a decent wall to work with. Nothing epic by any means, but for Summer waves, it was good.

 

It was solid on Folly this morning. Pretty clean, easily chest high slabs and occasionally head highs. Unfortunately, i had a terrible session and caught just a couple waves before coming into work not too super late. Brought out the 6'4" Perfection fish, kinda wish i brought out a larger board of mine. Either way I was glad to be one of the first ones out there in the morning and no injuries suffered

 

Slept on a cot near the break last night, and hit it dawnie today. Ugh, cot sleeping does not agree with me, or maybe it was just burnout from skinning it yesterday.

Yesterday was fkn chilly! Survived trunking it, but it wasn't real pleasant. Textured chest-high with plus sets.

This morning was golden for 30 minutes. I was feeling totally worn out as I paddled in, but it was perfectly groomed by light offshores with incredible shape! Chest-high to a little Overhead on the sets. Got growler after growler, in-and-outs galore! Caught a 300+ yard ride from the sign all the way down to the second set of buildings! Possibly the longest ride I've ever had there. It was a crummy little insider, but it kept going and going and going! Even though I was worn out, I kept paddling back in and catching another sick shoulder. Drainers and spitters!

This non-stop action lasted for 30-45 minutes, and then it just shut down! I floated around for another hour, and caught a few okay waves, but the writing was on the wall. The tide swing or something turned off the tap. I managed to snag a nice shoulder to ride in, but I floated around occasionally picking off mediocre waves and chasing shoulders that never formed, walled, or got away, that the glow from the initial pumping action had faded.

Ok, I'm done for the week. Gonna chill with the fam if I go to the shore at all, until next week, when the forecast is flat, unless we get some tropical action. Picks up after that. We'll see.

 

Went out this morning, solid 6-8.....inches........my toes saw the inside of barrels, but that is as high as it got.
Went for a paddle then, waiting for POS hurricane season to start up.....if ever a summer proved another piece of shiit wrong--Al Gore-- this is it. Major hurricanes??? NYC underwater??? I think someone should put a bullet through his head; such a moron.....

 

Drink a beer, it's gonna be alright

 

Motorcycle!

 

Here's a link to some pics from this morning just down the road from where I was at, I think these are a little later than when I was out so it was getting a little deep, but not far off from what I was working with...

http://www.gulfster.com/Daily/2016PictureGallery/satellite-beach-surf-080316/index.html

 

Nice! Better than anything in Monmouth County, New Jersey today!

 

Summer has had it's moments around here, just have to endure the 3-5 day flat spells and then something happens, had some chest / head high waves not long ago, but it's easy to forget those when it's been a week or two since a waist to chest high wave has been ridden.

 

Well... I broke the dry spell in some belly high slop today on the incoming.

(At least that's what y'all saw. At my 'secret sandbar,' it was head high.)

Had it to myself... that's how crappy it was... nobody wanted any... for about an hour before two other old heads came out and joined the party. But the water was warm, the sky was blue, the sun was warm... and we were surfing. I guess that's all that really matters.

Time to crack a cold one and start thinking about dinner.

 

Dude that looks like so much fun right now. Little baby barrels. I'm coming up on two weeks out of the water it's so hard to go forth! I'm getting mine in this weekend though. Come on dirty Jerz produce for us.