who here has been surfing this week?

I know!!

 

Just got out of the water. OCNJ. Snow on the beach. Flat to knee high. Water temp mid 30s. Air about the same. Sun was out though.

Here is a shot from the surf cam before I went.

 

wtf thats insane for basically nothing.

 

We hit OBSF for dawn patrol. Think buoy was 4.3 at 14. Close to glass. So fun.

 

I sat at a desk all week at work. Really needed to get wet. Caught a few knee high but lined up waves on a longboard. Beautiful morning. I was the only one out and not a cloud in the sky. 2 months from now at the same spot with the same conditions there will be 30 guys out and I'll be cursing.

 

I hear you CJ. That's why, at this time of year, if it's rideable I'm out there. Today was my youngest son's last B Ball game so now I have more time. Enjoy it even if it's small for the hordes will return soon.

 

god bless you guys. If you can paddle out in knee high and get something out of it then you are a better man than me. I am pretty much hating everyone and everything right now because of a flat spell that is setting up this week. I am going stir crazy

 

dang.. i feel ya. props to you for paddling out in that water temp..

 

It was a solid overhead groundswell yesterday, but the northeast wind was on it 20 -25 mph so there was only a couple spots worth trying. I decided to have my wife drop me off at the north end of Palm Beach and that way she could go window shopping, and I could surf some chunks with size near the jetty.

The water was churned up, warmer that last go out due to the easterly wind blowing in the Gulfstream. The normal spot, that breaks awesome when it is offshore, was ragged and closing out. Up towards the long jetty, there was only a few other idiots out. Well spread out amongst the random peaks. As I paddled out, a dead seagull floated by, a victim of the closed out outside break? There was a rip between two mansions that kept pushing us back towards the jetty, like a counter current. If you could paddle to the south side of the rip, you could catch a nice head high right and get a couple of hacks in before it closed out on the inside.

A few head high plus lefts that were more down the line would randomly appear in the midbreak. It was a good session. I had my Orion 6'8" swallow tail. It holds good in larger, choppy waves, or larger clean barrels. It's always nice to be on a windswept beach with just a few other surfers to share waves with. A couple of hoots, a lot of smiles.

 

Only when you can get away with boardshorts .

 

The spring suit was nice, for protection from all the man o war. My wrists and forearms are all stung up.

 

This stuff works really well. I lent it to a guy at the beach.NNE put it on one son and not the other. The first son got no stings, second was all stung up. I use it now and don't get any stings or sea lice itch anymore:

http://www.amazon.com/Safe-Sea-Anti-jellyfish-Protective-Lotion/dp/B00T3JAFTK


The forecast said windy and blown out at my usual place, so rather than take a chance, I headed up to Cocoa Beach . It was the first time I surfed there. Sunny, air was 75, water was 68, 3-4' with some bigger sets. Very little wind. Really nice morning to be out there.It was pretty choppy and shorter interval, but we still had some fun rides.

That town is just hopping with activity and tourists. On the way back I checked out Tables and Second Light by PAFB. Those beaches looked very fun! But I think I prefer my ole home break.

There was almost no one in the water in CCB but these two guys who were really surfing great.

 

**** this ****ing ****

 

Little late to the party but this one is from last thursday around 12ish. Overhead sets, a little fast but super fun

 

Last Thursday it didnt look like that anywherez in MoCo..ah maybe you meant last Wednesday..

 

whoops haha wednesday it was, my bad

 

Nice shots VanMan. That swell was awesome never got cold and stayed out all day Im still rashed up hahaha.

 

good ****

 

Thanks Brad, it was super fun, here's a few more from Wednesday:

 

Ah Brad was nice wasn't it..just aboutz nobody out..minus dem brain freezes I was toasty..if I hadn't gone to PR last month it might of been the best sesh of the year so far..
Yo Van Man where aboutz in moco you live..do you dabble in choice drugs..you know sometimes I need to just get high mid sesh..can you supply shelter from the eyes of the law..
Ah but in all serious Van Man I like that backside pig dogger..