who here has been surfing this week?

My wife’s step mother sent us pictures of chest high lefts in front of the condo on Treaure island and dudes ripping. Usually it’s only in front of Caddys beach bar restaurant by a jetty there so I was surprised.

 

That’s my old stompin grounds. Learned to surf there!

 

I waited all day for the wind to chill out and it finally cooperated. I went out for the last couple hours of outgoing tide as the winds slowly faded. Conditions were bumpy at first and then by sunset it had nearly glassed off.

Waves were waist - chest and somewhat soft with the shorter period ESE windswell swell and medium period NE swell mix. A little tricky finding the right spot but I got some fun ones.

I mostly waited outside for the set waves since they had the most power. As it was getting dark I waited for a while when a nice one lined up, I got it perfectly and made my last ride my best ride.

About midway through the session I spotted a 3-4ft shark swimming in the wave right in front of me. Then he hung around in the area for a while. I just layed motionless and waited it out. Then when I thought he was gone went back to surfing. I thought I saw another one at one point but it disappeared soon after.

Water and air in the 70’s, could of skinned it but wore my short john suite. It’s almost February and I have worn my 3/2 like 3 times this Winter.

 

No way really?? Yeah the condo is in the last big huge buildings at the end of Sunset beach - Mansions by the Sea. What a great place man, I love when we get to make a trip there. It’s been three years. Caddy’s is a fav

 

Yeah really, I’m originally from Dunedin, first surfed Clearwater Beach, then Sunset Beach / Treasure Island, Madeira, Indian Rocks, Pass-a-Grille, Anna Maria, Venice, etc.

I have had many a drink at Caddies lol

 

Fun session on the LB this morning at sunrise. It was waist high with a few chest peaks, glassy short period windswell, real fun on a few, then the tide started getting deep and I called it after a few hours. Trunks in January, I love FL.

 

I went out this morning, south of RC's, and for the 1st 15 minutes it was breaking pretty well, with some bigger sets coming. But you're right, the swell was not strong enough to feel the deeper bottom. Spent the last half-hour trying to surf the inside avoiding getting drilled on the submerged reef

 

We weren’t far from each other , reef spot, South of RC’s.

 

WTF?? What kind of surfer are you??
You don't enjoy coral reef sandwich?? With sea urchin chips and starfish fajitas??

 

One barnacle bill sandwich, hold the sea cucumbers please

 

Yesterday the local was breaking chunky with random head high peaks. Got one good right but was not in synch and missed a lot of good waves and blew a couple others, it was a humbling session. Some times you get the bear, some times the bear gets you.

Today it was back to knee to thigh status. Still had fun in the sun. A buddy lent me his 7'2" CB (Charley Baldwin) today and it was an easy down the line wave catcher. Looking forward to a possible juicy cold front swell on Wednesday. Clean fun liners predicted. Hope ya'll are getting some waves today before the football.

 

i saw it cleaning up yesterday late morning, providing some nice rolling waves in. Was waiting on a futbol match to finish it up, hoping mother ocean would still be providing which it did. Ran out with a 7'6 lady Allison boart, enough size in case wave height dropped along with the tide. Lotta LBs n deuche canoes, but not a lot of surfers for the chest hi conditions. I went to 6th, but it wasn't breaking n i got real frustrated. jumped ship n rolled down to 13th Electric Ave to score plenty to wear me out. It was breezy, but really fun swell for being flat a week before n looking like a week after. very eventful wknd, glad to get some surf in to empty out the hangover i had

 

Germans.

 

Cleaned up just enough late afternoon yesterday to get in an ice-cream headache session... 15 duck dives in a row will do that to ya.

But it's going off this morning... gear stinking up my truck as I wait out the work day.

 

It is going off here as well, but it is 18F this early morning....I will wait for it to get up to 25F before I jump into 44F water. Oh, what fun.......

 

Cant get on it till the PM but looks fun here, solid swell

 

Finally something to post about...

Today, late afternoon 'till last light, was awesome. Clean, glassy, hollow surf... overhead A-frame drops into fast, clean walls. I surfed like shit... but the waves were absolutely beautiful. Only two other dudes out... and we managed to keep away from each other. And a big rainbow halo around the setting sun to boot!

I think the buoy was reading about 5' @ 13sec out of the East. Something like that anyway.

 

You got two options ya old fart.

1) move to someplace warmer.
2) suck it up and quit complaining.

Ofcourse im just messing with you. But really. You complain about the cold alot. You been living there awhile, no?

 

Would like to move, but family is priority.
I did finally get out, TWICE!!, yesterday. Air was 30F and water was 42F. Wasn't bad at all. I now draw my lower temp lines to 25F with little of no wind.
Yesterday, I actually changed standing by my car, as usual. My friends all want to know, given that I live 1 mile from beach, why don't I go home and do so while in warmth. Answer: there is something about controlling your mind while changing in cold temps, wet, tired, etc. I submit it adds to a mental toughness that few like to exercise? Either that, or my friends are wimps as well as morons...lol
Good to hear from you, bassmon-hang in there; hope all is well with you.

 

florida pro started yesterday sebastian inlet