who here has been surfing this week?

Delmarva this morning - checked in Delaware early - very high tide/weak. Headed to OCMD and paddled out two different spots as the tide dropped. Winds were straight offshore, seemed like there was potential for waist - chest high rippable waves but the offshores were hammering the swell down faster than the tide was dropping so gave up late morning and took my (Korean War Veteran) father out to lunch.

 

I went out this morning around 10 am, on Long Island, New york.. the winds were offshore, but way too strong... it was fun, just two other guys out

 

Tis the season! Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday got waves. Crappy waves over the weekend, barely rideable. Then there was Kate!

Sunday am I drove upcoast, but not far enough. I paddled to the outside break. It was a north swell with south wind. 2 foot swell ragged. Lots of surfcasters, no surfers. I couldn't get a wave, even with my 9 footer. I gave up and bodysurfed for an hour,drove south to one of my local spots and surfed wonky bouncy waist high slop. I was the only one out at a usually crowded peak. Caught a few bounce house waves. Two girls paddled out, one just learning. They both got in my way alot, so I left. I didn't have the heart to stinkeye them.

Wave karma granted me pumping surf Monday as Kate rolled by. Head to overhead lefts really pumping and challenging takeoffs due to semi-onshores. The shortboard was the call.

Tuesday perfect longboard waves with 100 yard plus rides and no one out but a crowd of morons with shortboards all butt hurt cause the offhsores were too strong to get in early. A couple other guys with longboards got it good too, the SUPer was clueless. Each ride took about 5 minutes to paddle back. Then a minute to catch your breath, and off to the races again. 85 degree air / 80 degree water. Life is good!

 

you still connected to surface of the ourcase.co.uk wave kinda sorta so you still feel its casesam.co.uk energy.

 

Dang, what is it, Thursday? I think I've only surfed once this week, so far! I was too busy Monday, Tuesday I hit it, and yesterday was too small.

Tuesday was a work out. Howling side/offshores and a super-peaky NW windswell with a walking-speed drift! Got one sick chocolate milkshake barrel in a sandmonster that seemed to go on forever! Other than that, a crap ton of paddling just to stay near the rideable stuff. In an hour, I had to ride one in and jog back up to the seawall 6 times. The wind was so strong, it actually helped me pull off some rollos by holding the lip up long enough for my slow @$$ to hit it. Haha. Wetsuit time for sure. Chest-to-shoulder. Fun sized but man was it a lot of work.

Today might be good or might be blown. I hope the drift keeps up, because it's bringing back the sand.

 

Managed to get in a nice late afternoon - sunset session in OCNJ. Just me, one other guy and the dophins. Surfed until I couldn't see the waves anymore and the street lights came on b/c the sets kept getting better with in building tide. It was probably chest high on the good ones and they were almost exclusively lefts with a strong S current. The beach replenishment there has definitely changed the south end breaks but not necessarily for the worse...they've been working pretty good the past month but are just different. Hopefully a winter of NE swell will make the sandbars even better. Water is down into the 50's so I had to break out the bootes for the first time.

 

Had a great morning sesh before work today. Winds were out of the NE but I hit up a nice beach break that faces SE. Despite having to wrap in the set waves were still well overhead. I took a few beatings getting caught under the lip on clean-up sets but as long as I'm not getting ice cream headaches it's cool. Lot's of fun waves, on a relatively new board, and like 2-3 guys other guys in the water. Surfing is great.

 

Oh I almost forgot! I took a dump on a sand dune before paddling out this morning. I think that deserves a mention.

 

Propre Sande Reconne

 

Cj11

so the dolphins were still there? i was southend for dawn patrol and the real locals claimed a few set waves. there was no current in the morning but all lefts, pretty fast and steep. its coming round but not there yet. moved to 4th for midday and evening sessions. north-end was a bit bigger and a bit slower. 3/2 and boots felt like the call. Army Corp getting ready to ruin the north end just as they get back into shape, although the ocean has started ripping into the new dunes and paths they spent so much taxpayer money to create

 

Pretty dang good stuff, C

 

The only way! The guy I was checking the surf with was in the same boat. He was asking where he could drive to take a dump. I pointed him in the direction of a coffee shop down the street. Didn't want him blowing up my spot.

 

wow! Today made up for yesterday's disappointing weak swell in OCMD. Solid longer period lines, 1-2 feet bigger than yesterday and walled up lefts at a spot protected from the south wind. Didn't get in the water until after 4, but that last hour of daylight was just magic.

 

Bwaaaahahahahaaaa!!!! 2 in da Pink, 1 in da Stink!!!!

 

with all the construction in OC, there are mucho porto potties right off the beach. which is a savior since there is no privacy in those dunes - actually no dunes at all

 

Delmarva was FUN this morning. Shot these before paddling out for a nice long session. Snagged a couple of really decent down-the-line barrels. Good sandbars holding the 12 second groundswell proper!

 

Knee high in SD this morning. wahh wahhhh wahhhhhhhhhhh. Nice pics, Actually Jealous!!

 

New england got the goods these past few days if you knew where to look.

 

Terrific pics Mitchell. My eyes are going...the dude in the third pic...he's in board shorts?

 

yeah I bet...that storm that pushed shoulder high swell all the way down here was a lot closer to Cape Cod/New Hampshire.