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Stand Up Paddle => SUP General => Topic started by: eastbound on October 08, 2019, 09:59:09 AM
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Cams from Sebastian, FL to RI all look good. Swell shd last through Sunday morning. Tomorrow looks great. Friday looks biiiig, then it tapers. Wind will be the issue, and higher tides will closeout less.
Ill be in at first light tomorrow Long Beach!!
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I tried to take tomorrow morning off to go to Long Beach (Rockaways wind angle looks bad), but alas...Might have to wait for the weekend dribbles.
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Newport RI boom boom akalaka boom boom.
Off shore not too windy!
Honored guests from NY, CC refugees;
Hooterville, and Pavs at first. Local short boards at second.
Jarvis, Outcast, SharkBoy spotted by the eye in the sky. Betcha NY plates at MTK..
Aloha!
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Biiiiiiig!
have fun man!
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Looks like days of waves but plenty of wind for my last couple weeks in Maine. Doesnt look favorable for my favorite break but fingers crossed Might have to break out some wave sailing gear. Monday looks good for now and clean and everyone will be back to school and work😃
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Will be riding for hours wind wavs out of MTK. Time for some big gun action
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Contemplating taking off Thursday but reality is I would be lucky to pick up scraps on Saturday morning. If there is any. I guess the swell gods take the weekends off too.
Only 7-8 more years left and every day will be Saturday!
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We seem to get caught in a c'hit-sandwich. Poundy, no angle for the hurricanes then Victory at Sea in this Nor'east blow. Sideshore up to 30mph for the next three days - no place to hide.
Yesterday, on the Hatteras cam. It was knarly but kiters were flying offshore.
http://surfchex.com/cams/hatteras-web-cam/
Jim
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NH is getting three days of heavy onshore wind Thursday/Friday/Saturday so the big days will be unsurfable for the most part. Then three days of glassy/clean surf. Head high Sunday, Chest high Monday. Waist high Tuesday.
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Found myself a south facing break with chest/shoulder high runners today in South Jersey. Better yet, I had myself 2 hours of a "Creek style" solo session on my Creek. It was windy, no doubt but I was rewarded. Not the best picture but even with 67 degree water temps, the wind was so strong I was way to cold worrying about the quality. First day in a 3/2 since May and it still wasn't enough.
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Nice looking left.
Seawater is 56 up here. I've already worn my 5/4 twice this month.
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You guys are stoked! Proper Oct NorEaster. Me? Down for the count w/my bad shoulder. Just memories now til it's better.
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O-sprey:
Stoked you had a good session on your "Creek" ! :)
Cookieman:
sorry you are sitting out on the shoulder.... surf photog is a good way to pass the downtime and still feel connected!
Meanwhile.... some folks are out on the southside of New England today, dealing with some wind!
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I was down in Matunuck and Judith yesterday. The wind was whipping but it was perfectly offshore and holding things up nicely. Much bigger and stronger winds today.
Looking like the winds will shift up here in northern NE on Sat night... Sun and Mon should be fun if the swell holds.
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Osprey,
You taking pictures of Fluffy's ? That is my actual back/side yard.
That is a bit of a road trip for you.
Hope to see you this swell
JimK
Extreme Windsurfing
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bit of a bust down here, so far--yesterday the 6 sec disorder, with offshores in the high teens, and powerful east to west sweep, was challenging---today went to 11 seconds with solid size, but offshore into the 20's---exciting parades of DOH walls, but lotta work, punishing closeouts---both sessions were short
tomorrow bigger and windier yet--gonna go to work and watch from the cams--sat first light may be just right
seen the matunuck cam, creek--was thinking that was the sweet spot today
PJ is a swirling toilet!!!
and yeah, what happened?? in board shorts a week ago--3/2 season lasted 2 days...........
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Osprey,
You taking pictures of Fluffy's ? That is my actual back/side yard.
That is a bit of a road trip for you.
Fluffy's it is! It held up well. Couldn't pass on the picture, such a fun wave. You know the spot, the wind was howling. I'm skipping on today a little bit more wind=more chop. I'm gonna take a peak tommorrow. The weekend could be fun!!!!
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my lord. pics coming out of long beach today are all time. EASTIE!!! I hope you got it.
have some 'protected' spots in MOCO that can handle 8-10 foot surf Sat. Proning for sure. But stoked for the weekend!
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to be honest, nojerz, i was challenged--no sups anywhere fro lincoln to riis--except me of course--got a fgew massive bombs, but some off balance drops given winds and big side chop--going to work now---and it's huuuuge sat noon shd clean up and retain very good size
humbled---not by the size, but by the nasty conditions
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It’s blowing hard off to side off every ware so I’m thinking of a Sakonett downwinder today, high tides at 12:30 so a little wind against tide might be fun, see if the Point Break like downwinders?
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to be honest, nojerz, i was challenged--no sups anywhere fro lincoln to riis--except me of course--got a fgew massive bombs, but some off balance drops given winds and big side chop--going to work now---and it's huuuuge sat noon shd clean up and retain very good size
humbled---not by the size, but by the nasty conditions
I've stopped struggling with SUP in 10+ MPH winds. Just so much easier to prone- and when you take the paddle advantage out of the equation you are just surfing a huge less manuverable board with a stick in your hand to blow away :)
still shocked by the pictures coming out of yesterday out of LB and even Rockaways. PS who booby trapped the 90th street cam on the swell of the fall??
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actually looks more orderly today:
https://thesurfersview.com/live-cams/new-york/rockaway-ny-beach-cam-and-surf-report
tomorrow gon be serious goodies--prolly high tide outgoing will get it to peel--hope there's something left sunday, too
and i hear you re prone, nojerz--and i try to paddle prone on sup, if only to know i can if i lose paddle in size--but even that minimal attempt causes spaz in my neck zone--and with my hip i aint popping onto anything steep--old man whining.............otoh i do get big waves on my sup
id be proning right now were i capable--maybe on the cam i just linked!
you gotz wind troubles--hit me youre thinking of driving--expect crowds if you come up by me--tho there is this one spot ive been checking
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Didn't get a chance to get out yesterday due to work. Had a small window this am so I went to check out Gilgo - the angle isn't as good for the wind as Lido and LB but the size was massive - Heaving double-overhead sets.... and no one out. Probably should have thought better of it but went ahead and paddled out and spent an hour battling against 30mpg+ gusting winds and a fair amount of chop. Took a few on the head and had to jump off some drops but was finally rewarded with one of the steepest drops I've ever taken and was able to ride it out clean. No witnesses other than the plovers... took a couple snaps on the way out. The swell is going to drop tomorrow but winds should make it a fun day.
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Eddie would go....
Don wouldn't
Slamming beach break
as if the rocks aren't dangerous enough, now the break is filled with lobster traps, buoys and ropes, so it will be an adventure to surf even after things calm down.
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South Jersey is Firing!!! But over my head both figurative and literally!
After taking yesterday off, I ventured out again to the same break. There is an outside wave and an inside wave. I had all intentions of staying inside as the conditions are more manageable there but two other way more experienced sup surfers ventured out to the outside wave. Getting more and more comfortable with my abilities I followed. The good news was I caught three waves I have no right surfing and I have never experienced that size or juice before. The bad news was a snapped leash (not to bad a swim) and getting caught on the inside a few times. The two guys I was with killed it despite the wind and bumpy conditions. It's so much fun watching really good sup surfers.
"humbled---not by the size, but by the nasty conditions"
I feel ya Eastbound!
Tied up my leash, paddled in, got a new leash and surfed the inside wave a while.
Hoping to regain that confidence tomorrow.
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Glad to see you guys are on it. Only surfing I did was on the net/web today unfortunately. NY looked a bit above my pay grade.
Was pretty bored so grabbed a bunch of shots. HUGE storm. My barrier island has been a no go the whole swell. Atlantic City has been good.
Parts of Long Beach Boulevard, the main road through Long Beach Island, were impassible Friday morning due to flooding. Guessing you NYers didn't get near the flooding we did here in NJ. Surf went Code Red up there!
Oct_Nor_Easter_2019
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OOyDmkiWyqsVu5qPYdzi4bpxf8Aku6yT
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Yeah Cookie!!! Appreciate the pic(s). I'll be back here tomorrow. It got the better of me today. I too went over to AC to watch a little when I was done. All the pics are awesome and really capture what we are seeing. Here is a little video of Ben Gravy. According to him, the biggest Jersey surf he's seen. Ben's a bit of a local legend done here by AC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sEVvgyUEvs
And the flooding has been crazy and they say tonight maybe the worst of it.
Get healthy, I want to get up a catch a few with you!!!
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Ben Gravy..love his videos ..representing South Jersey well ( I grew up in OC) That opening clip wave is unreal
met him at Surf Expo last January ..great guy.
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Ben Gravy is one of the most stoked guys I've ever met. Spent a week surfing with him and Chuck Patterson in PR a couple years back and had an amazing time - even made a couple small appearances on his Vlog. What was interesting today was how many people were at Lido (described on Surfline as Epic) vs Gilgo and LB. Even at the end of the day on the way back from work there wasn't anyone out at Gilgo.
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Nothin like a good nor-easter. Really my favorite time of year to srf.
https://youtu.be/tPyeHtuPFAk
Gravy's blog was nukin!
https://youtu.be/0sEVvgyUEvs
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Good on ya Pabst, for giving it a run!
Looks like big and gnarly everywhere!
Ben Gravy putting it on the line.... with a smile. Great attitude and stoke!
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Day 3 for Nor-easter/Melissa in the books (unless I get an afternoon session in) for South Jersey. Different break today. Clean and light off shores, still had the size but lots of water slowed things down. Couldn't believe I had it all to myself. Really, just what the Dr. ordered after yesterday!
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You guys in the East have us on the size. Today was pushing the limits of my optimism here in Northern California.
It was a true 2 feet. And I could barely catch waves. I was catching waves all summer in Rhode Island when it was 2 feet and NO-ONE was out (on my foil). This was smaller than that.
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serious goodies at first light today---glassy with some size.
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off to enjoy nice leftovers, i hope---too early to check cams
shd be fun and loosen me up-----i am stiff as a 2x4 after 4 hrs yesterday
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Hard to believe there is still swell! I did a shoot w/a local surfer since my shoulder is a no go. We both love PSH boards and he has ridden my 9-2 Hull Ripper a few times now. lol...he's actually on here as Dub-G and was asking if anyone had one. I didn't even realize it was him! "Dub"s gotta 9'6" Ripper. One of the first designs. I've ridden it and it's not quite as loose as the Hull, but more gunny and down the line.
Swell was still rather consistent today but the wind was a bit off. Dub was rippin' it up on the 9'2"!
Trop_Strm_Melissa_Swell_10-13-19
https://app.soloshot.com/video/d6843ebe-b2aa-495d-be02-af77a609fe8d
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Intense size!
https://youtu.be/V_vLDrN24Tg
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Intense size!
That is the definition of scoring! Code Red!
Only one other time I can remember an Epic rating in the forecast on Surfline for NJ. Was Oct 2005 for Hurricane Wilma. Same yr Katrina and Rita hit and they had to revert to the Greek alphabet after running out of regular letters.
The power of a hurricane is amazing.
It was definitely Code Red here that day. I took a bunch of shots and my son even got a shot of me.
Wooden Jetty-Hurricane Wilma Oct
https://link.shutterfly.com/CUUzE9NGL0
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NEsters blow side/off around these parts hard and impossible to SUP, so I’m thinking of trying a little kneeboarding with swim fins
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Best of the season for me for sure
Just when you thought it was over, it kept thrownin...and clean up until last nite
Wanna say though...I've spent alot of time doing the subtle sup at a fairly closed spot, and apparently last swell, two yahoos jumped off a sailboat (maybe chartered) , and proceeded to stuff the crew....then got chased out, so .I had to do a little extra to make amends for all you polite supters Essentially involved later drops etc so really not a loss..
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Wed in Rhode Island
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Another from Wed
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Friday was too windy to SUP and out of my league at the usual beach. I told a friend I would shoot if he had the nuts to go out. Sequence from the camera data shows a 30 second ride on this logo to mast high wave. Did get a SUP in on sunday AM, no-one out and a decent wave at PJ light. Tide was a bit high so some closeouts close to shore but almost by myself. Day after the big surf is gone is the best with everyone catching up on life and resting. JP