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I'm not too familiar with the area, but I'm looking to explore a bit. Why Higgins? Just an arbitrary choice. I appreciate the beta from everyone so far. By no means am I an expert but I'm looking to surf some bigger waves for sure. Just trying to escape the crowds on Cape Ann.
Look at a map. Higgins is south facing so it handles a southerly swell, and a northerly wind, both common in late hurricane season.Quote:
Originally Posted by alev
Definitely looking messy here, with wind onshore for next couple days, Unfortunately I'm on OBX for the week with the gf and her family, surf is secondary( can't believe I just said that)
Plenty of good surf south of higs, and less crowded. If you need some ideas, I can be pretty talkative.Quote:
Originally Posted by alev
You tent camping, RV or full on stealth?
Tent camping/car camping is the plan.
add shortsands to that list. Its the fucking worst as far as crowds go even if its working marginally. It turns into a scene real quick. Just as much a parking lot scene as it is a surf scene.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
Exploring is for when waves suck/marginal. Good surf is for picking a spot and staying on it unless it just isn't working. Wednesday/thursday should yield tons of options. Don't turn it into confusion land.Quote:
Originally Posted by alev
i'll be at york tomorrow morning, thurs morning, and friday morning. It'll be working with light crowds.
tomorrow????
Fun small clean waves this afternoon on OBX. Should build this evening, but wind is still projected to turn onshore.
Was surrounded by four newbie quebecians; those guys are fucking everywhere! (Occasionally in the way, but Nice kids)
Nice!
we're starting to get some 12 second period stuff, but still micro. Looking forward to lonely high tide restaurant tango in the am at the neighborhood break.
hard to believe you'll be alone with the invaision quebecois going on for this swell.... got the last room @ seaturn's !
Tomorrow after five meeting up with folk at Wells. No idea what's up for Thurs am
Anyone have any recent Long Island beta? I cashed in two vacation days for this storm, Wednesday & Thursday. Hopfully I made a good call...
Best best for longer period swell is out east towards Montauk. Long Beach has the potential to be closeout city when it starts to get larger. Sorry cant be more helpful only been out there a handful of times.Quote:
Originally Posted by SPL516
Mid high tide at 90th at Rockaway can handle a bigger swell. I surf the perfect storm (previously called the Halloween) swell there at over DOH and with long lines stretch down the beach.
Otherwise the coves out by M.
Maybe Jones Beach. Depends on how the sand bar and wedge have been setting up the past two decades.
Or if you can, drive to RI. Suit ton of options there. Judith is the obvious option but you have all the breaks in Newport, as well as M_________, on the other side of the harbor from PT. J. And the K.
South of the restaurant was VERY nice for the 2 hours i was out surrounding high tide this am. Swell was only 2.2 @ 13, but if you chose the waves correctly (and there were many) you could get some real nice waist high waves with long period zip. Rode the longboard which was a good choice. So clean.
had a great time surfing with therudeness. Always fun:)
swell appears to be slowly on the uptick. As i was getting out the wind had switched light onshore, but not sure if it'll be enough to mess things up. As i was walking the dog east down my road i could feel the onshores.
maybe the rude man will chime in.
Such awesome corners this am. The lefts were perfect:)
South winds right now. South southeast all day a bit stronger later. May wanna go someplace that does better with south winds:fm:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pudge.
hopefully they stay light enough.
tomorrow am still looking titties. York, no reason to go elsewhere.
Blown out city today. Anyone know where to surf obx with a strong wind out of northeast? Looks like Frisco?
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tomorrow.......................
Definitely some texture in nh now. Maine will be worse cept for ogt which will prolly be closeout city and crowded. Flag here at work is a mix of a low flap and semi strait sail and aimed west. Kinda yucky
I’m pretty sure you drove away as I was suiting up. The wind wasn't too bad for the next couple hours. As the tide dropped, the outside right started to work on the sets. Hopefully it builds overnight.
ha nice. You get some good corners? Love that area. Tis building slowly and steadily. If the wind would switch back offshore i'd head back there right now, but it can wait til morning. I'll be there around 630 again to capitalize on the high tide straddle. Rudeness will prolly be there as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by hooked
If i didnt have hypnobirthing class tonight i'd be down for beers.
there is always drakes. jland and extension would do pretty nice with 14s
yup. south of the pier. does pretty well. long barrels.Quote:
Originally Posted by My Pet Powder Goat
mid tide tends to fix the cityQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr brownstone
Gracias señor. You're like a surf encyclopedia!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
Rid was too high when I went today so I'm planning on going back tomorrow am and timing it right.
Pretty morning. 4/4.5 @ 13/14 with light offshores and not much of a closeout issue. Busy tho holy moly. From 6-630 was great with just a coupla of us out then the hordes showed up. Damn you hurricane hype.
Surf was mostly in the chest to head range with good shape and tide. Rudeness and company were back at it as well as many familiar faces. North of the restaurant was pretty much a ghost town. But people like to go where other people are........
surfed til about 730 then left to get away from people and went mountain biking before work.
love surf n turf workdays. May leave early to catch an evening sesh.
Next mon-wed looking like a fun non hype wind swell. More stoked for that:)
close to 100 at the wall around noon. stiff offshore winds. one in ten was a NH plate. no guards means not too bad i suppose. my kid has been dawn patrol both days before school...he did not want to go today!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr brownstone
Stayed pretty empty at Wells jetty from 6 9ish. I was happy as fuck. Saw a gent sporting a water camo wettie. I don't know who to blame more, the manufacturer or the guy wearing it
and i bet it continued pretty empty from 9 to 6ish. are they still charging for parking this time of year?
Meters are still enforced at York. Plugged in 2 hours worth of quarters but stayed out for 4+ hours. $25 worked out to way less than a $ per wave.
I figured with York the meters are always running. Wells lots were manned up until two years ago. Cloudy/rainy days mid summer were free cause there was no one to collect your cash. Now they have machines, so I was curious about those. The one thig about surfing Maine is some of the really good waves that no one surfs have either pricey parking, little parking, or no parking nearby. There is one ledge near cape porpoise that is rarely surfed and requires a three mile hike in along a road with multi million dollar homes and no legal street parking. Funny thing there is coastal access to easily get to the wave.
Ott the meters are "enforced" until Columbus Day, except I didn't feed it. No one did
Well, all the rent a cops go home after labor day, so that is well played.
Hey, did ya look north across the jetties? Wondering how jland was working the swell.
BAM! Monday morning saw knee high with thigh sets so i went for a 2 hour mtb ride. Checked again at 10am and it was thigh plus. Went back at noon and got in the water and it was waist+ With short board zip. No one out south of the rest. 1230 it had grown to chest to shoulder. By 100pm it was head+. Then it was all overhead and clean with just one friend that showed up. I took one all of the way in and couldnt get back out so i had to walk down the beach and it still took 15 minutes of constant duck diving to get back out. That hasnt happened to me in years. So good. Lefts and rights with zero competition. 8.5-9 feet @ 11 seconds. Perfect. The winds were offshore at about 20 which had me so grateful to be on the 5'8 as there was no nose out of the water for the wind to get under. Easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr brownstone
Fuck hypacanes, love the under the radar ocean gales!
Today was waist+ and i was so spoiled from yesterday that i drove by and went to ride the bike instead.
Nickels and dimes coming all week......,
Yesterday was sick. waist high with chest high sets every 15 or so. Super clean. Maybe 6 other people out. My best day in a while.
forecast is building for this coming weekend....just in time for a wedding and the GF wanting to go for a hike in the prezzies. blah!
That was sick.Quote:
Originally Posted by whitekingsalmon
This also is pretty good. http://youngwisetails.com/wildfire/
Monday last week spoiled me. Head high+ or the bike wins. Friday/saturday could get me back in the water.