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This entire post is spot on NE. I especially like seeing the period bumping up to 10s. That actually can break pretty nicely up there. Around here, you might find a wedge on a sand bottom that might do something at 8/10s, but not really.Quote:
Originally Posted by icelanticskier
This week is all wind and no waves. Still, had fun on a few on the egg yesterday for my hour break from cleaning the new house. Not a bad week for minimal surf with so much work on the list.
ya man, as fickle as it can be, there aren't too many days that i can't surf my rocket. haven't touched a long board in almost 10 years cept for a coupla times on borrowed last year. we have a few spots that work so well on a 6-8 second period, most work on 8-10, and of course the reefs and points work beyond that. when we get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
this morning was classic rocks. low tide and folding over the ledge. glassy. the mid sized ones that broke over "wave count" were walling up so nicely all of the way through to the inside. make the drop, deep bottom turn, hit the lip hard while waving to da boyz, repeat, then a big wrap around to set you up for the ripper zipper inside section. a full on love all of my tail rocker pump fest. too much fun!:biggrin:
let me know when yer coming out this way for a visit. maybe we'll catch a few.
back out in the a.m. for 7 out of the last 8 days o fun. so long as the buoys hold.
rog
May has been a fun one down in Orange County. It has been pretty consistent, and the last few weekends have really been good. I always like this time of year, as it stays light enough for me to get in an after office session or two a week, as well as getting weekends. We have had at least chest high surf pretty steadily all month, and the water is starting to warm up.
The only problem with my surfing in May, is that I suck more than usual, since most of my winter/spring weekends are devoted to skiing and it's hard to get after work winter sessions. My first few weekends back I am even more awkward than usual, but I am starting to feel a bit more at ease.
While the conditions have been more fun than epic, it is still nice to count on surf whenever you can get a session in.
I have spent more time in the water in every other coastal county in CA OTHER than OC. I don't know why, but the second I head south, it goes flat or blows out. My luck. I have only surfed Cuntington Beach, and I never get that without wind. I may try midweek this fall sometime.
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Originally Posted by BS720
During the fall is when you might get those off-shores and combo swells. Other than that, with HB you either hit it early, or deal with some wind on it. HB is super consistent, if you want to get wet you almost always can, but it is still mediocre most of the time. That being said, you can surf it almost every afternoon if you want to, it just probably won't be very good.
Newport has wind issues too, but I find that if I leave the office, grab my board, head to the beach and suit up, it usually cleans up in the evening. It still might be a bit bumpy, but you can get it pretty fun most evenings in the summer.
If there is enough swell, and newps/hb are blown out, I head down to the Trestles area, which deals with wind a whole lot better. I don't surf lowers, but middles/uppers/barbedwies/cottons are all great spots, and they handle wind much better than hb. Salt Creek handles wind pretty well too, but I always find it absurdly crowded, so if I'm going to head down I tend to go to Trestles.
If you get slumington on one of those combo swell/offshore fall days......
only have surfed salt creek once. did not seem crowded at all. maybe eight guys surfing the peak, and a bunch of groms on the inside.
been out on the rick the past two days. she turns 50 next year. great way to get some waves on the small, weak days.
You are lucky to get Salt Creek like that. If you go during the week, it is not so bad, but on the weekends it gets pretty slammed. During the summer they blackball some of it, which limits the number of peaks available. I prefer Newport, Huntington and Trestles, just because there are so many more peaks in those stretches.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
Lowers takes the cake for socal crowds. I love the wave, but I don't surf it because of the crowds.
I am a long way from the ocean but have been getting some every day on the Colorado.
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Was out at turtles yesterday. Waves were good, weather was better. Water temp was like 65 and the air was 65. Second day trunkin' it this year. Waters gunna be warm this summer.
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yesterday nh beaches were fun with waist/chest/head shortish period peaky a-frame wholesome goodness. today is twice that size and victory at sea with big noreast winds-no thanx. should clean up at some point while we still have a wave. definitely not trunking it yet^^^^^^^^^ditched the boots/gloves for 1st time tho.
rog
Saturday saw some good waves up here with the nice late season nw mid period (14-15 sec) swell. Looks like we might get a second, if smaller one, coming. I was thinking of rog and his nh 4@10 stoke when I could not find a spot that was making much of the 4.4@11 we had on Sunday. There were waves, but they just could not get a hold of anything. Of course my surf window was on the incoming high tide swamping things out, but still, it made me miss surfing in Maine just a bit.
South has filled in here in the typical manner of looooong waits and lots of friends at most spots. Found some a wind and wave warbled point last night that I only shared with one guy. Gotta say, thank god I have that egg. It is certainly summer time around here.
well, this 10-12 ft@ 7-10 second with relentless ne winds has had me pining for anything thigh high + and clean from the months past. glad i got out sunday late morning for that clean window.
winds should die down a bit later today, but not from the land unfortunately. may still go out.
love how hyped up this victory at sea shit gets when we get dozens of perfect MUCH better smaller clean days that go right under the radar.
almost went to maine yesterday, but even that looked desperate. eggs are so fun!^^^^^^
let me know when yer coming back this way.
rog
Gonna be in maine mid/late july and then spending a week with the family on cape anne. Don't think there is much surf in mass, but I can always drive north.
Why not drive to Kbunk or Higgins? They handle that ne pretty well.
was at gooches last couple days. sunday was good, and wind protected. yesterday was much more disorganized but the good riders were still pulling of some nice setsQuote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
was headed for gooches, but decided to pull the plug on it after checking some stuff out. probably still fun tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by My Pet Powder Goat
willl try to leave work early today and get some. cleaner in the a.m.
rog
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Originally Posted by My Pet Powder Goat
Hey, if you guys paddle out at Hampton or York Beach post up so I can watch on Surfline. The HDcams at those beaches show some pretty amazing detail and I would totally be able to watch you guys surf. I am sitting on the couch in Orange County CA fucking injured so I would be jazzed to watch some East Coast mags hit that icy fucking water. I grew up surfing the Casino Pier in Seaside Heights NJ and always get a stoke out of the EC storm surf.Quote:
Originally Posted by icelanticskier
edit: Hampton Beach looks pretty decent right now (3pm est) I bet as the tide drops it will hold a better shape.
things do appear to be lining up, but still all warbled. stuck at work, can't get out till 7 now. maybe i'll just sit and do nothing, they'll get the hint and send me off:)Quote:
Originally Posted by PowerWhore7
ah well, can still get a good hour+ in after work.
might be cleaner then too. wall has sucked for months, but hopefully some sand has moved about.
rog
FKNA. well that worked out just about perfect. boss lady saw me sulking and let me go at 630. she said, "go get wet already" :D.
ate some food, checked a few spots and was in at 700 sharp. the rocks looked crowded with frenchy gumbys and barely chest high with better sets and bumpy. went back to jenness (cable rd) of all places and had perfect glassy chest/head with ohead sets on the 5'9" rocket quad. probably coulda gone thruster for extra hold on the sets, but the faces were so open and hero, i coulda been on anything. something 6'x19x2.38 with low-ish entry rocker and an agressive tail rocker woulda been the shit, but got it on order.
the sets were REALLY fun. no closeouts at all, just big sweeping turns all over. cruizing. amazing how clean it got. the swell was running 6.5 feet at 10-11 second period coming straight outta the east. perfect size for beaches.
tomorrow morning may be a bit smaller, but should be even better lined up and cleaner. so fucking stoked for the morning!
over and out from nh:)
rog
good morning. 5 @ 10 with light offshores and clean. stays clean all day. should be best quality of this whole swell. LOVE the clean taper days. they often get overlooked/forgotten.
low tide 730, work at noon. livin the muthafuckin dream:party:
git sum
rog
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this morning didn't go as planned. thigh/waist high grovelling mushburgers with a nice wind chop on it. mmmmm. yummy.
was better earlier while i sat watching it drinking my coffee and socializing with the ladies. the leashless rocket was the right tool tho. fuck that thing can generate speed outta nothing. good workout and always good for yer surfing to catch/ride gutless junk.
rog
That’s what I thought after watching Hampton & York this morning on Surfline but a lot of times even when it looks shitty online it still can be fun so I didn’t want to say anything. Glad you had fun though, were having a classic SoCal day here, sunny & warm 3-5ft sort of glassy, the water temp is about 68 and all the kids are in school.Quote:
Originally Posted by icelanticskier
Hey, Rog, seems like you're getting some fun sessions in. Pics? I, for one, won't bicker about wave height.
it's funny, so many surfers round here complain about there being no waves more often than not and how bad this past winter was. well i'm certainly not complaining about getting to ride my short board 200 or so sessions this past year. in fact there was this one particular break that hardly anyone knows about that easily was waist high when the wall was knee high and it broke almost too perfectly all last fall/winter. that 1 peak netted me at least 60 more sessions than i woulda had, had i not known about it. it only worked 2 hours either side of high, but man was it good. it allowed me to get stay really strong/sharp for my warm water trip in jan. scored some great waves on my trip, but couldn't wait to get the winter rubber on with temps in the teens, snow squalls, and that perfect a-frame when i got home. size? fuck, rip-able is rip-able. takes alot of fitness, efficiency, and quickness to rip small waves on little boards, where little boards fit best.Quote:
Originally Posted by BS720
pics? no camera. i usually just look at ralphs pics of the week blog on the cinnamon rainbows website. great weekly photos. think we're now on week 12 of waist high or better surf. we had a run that ended recently where we had waist high surf at least once a week for like 56 weeks or something. not bad for a "bad" season.:)
rog
some pics. i'm in a couple here and there. ralph calls me "raj" the "raj or jj" pic is raj.
typical winter groundswell fun. clean.
i'm in photos #55 and 61 in the morning, and #226 after work same day:
http://www.ralphspic.com/END-R-2-23-12/index.htm
there's a pretty funneh one of me here just after ripping a good one off the top, setting up for another hit. photo W21:)
http://www.ralphspic.com/END-Ed-2-23-2012/index.htm
love that 5'9" rocket!
rog
First time on a surfboard today. Took a lesson on Playa Carmen in Malpais Costa Rica. Kinda started to figure it out by the end. I actually caught one wave, for about 1 second, but holy shit was it fun! Headed back out tomorrow for another ass kicking. So stoked!