Yeah, junkshow. Half my town is out of power and it's widespread throughout the area. Pia with fridge stuff. Could be worse. Although, Crops web cam is down...that's real bad! ;)
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Yeah, junkshow. Half my town is out of power and it's widespread throughout the area. Pia with fridge stuff. Could be worse. Although, Crops web cam is down...that's real bad! ;)
topped out at 15.1@9 on lake O today..
I hope you are talking about the east coast of lake O. Otherwise, wrong thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by therudeness
Oh. finally. Scale.
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mega day at short sands. the first peak was going off this afternoon, though I imagine it was bigger this morning. SW breeze was offshore and big sets in shallow water.
where is that pic from ott?
Down the shore :D
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wait there's a fuckin chairlift by the ocean? or should i say, wait, that wave is fuckin empty
Near you.
And we have a chairlift on the beach here as well.
pow turns right by the beach
If we only had more daylight
http://cinnamonrainbows.com/surf-cam-report
Ben Gravy is cool.... kick ass vlog.
Just stumbling across this sleepy little thread. Now I'm not a surfer, just a garbage man, but friends tell me that yesterday marked the 1st day in 3-4 weeks that the surf hasn't been great.
One friend sent me this pic from this past week of empty 6-8 foot long running faces and he was "forced" to surf it alone. He didn't sound too upset about it. Maybe I'll have to try out this surfing thing some day.
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Naw man. You'd probably suck at it. No way you can learn at this age of yours. You need to be at least 16 to get a job hauling garbage. That is way too old to learn.
lol "6-8ft" that must be by the East Coast scale :fm:
Well, it is an EC thread, so...
Lol. 6-8 ft.
EC - head high-ish, to lips flaring upward toward above you head. 2' backs.
SoCal - head high to 2' OH. 4' backs
NorCal - 2' to well OH. 6'+ backs
Hawaii - DOH to DOH+. 8'+ backs.
It is all about scale. Kind of the same for deep powder. That starts at about 50" in my neck of the woods.
Wow sounds complicated. He did say 6-8 foot FACES. Not the back. So whatever that means.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
Not complicate really. Just gets bigger the further west you go.
I know you are not a surfer, so it probably does seem troubling.
Tell your buddy no one else was out cause it probably sucked. That will really get his goat.
Hey, btw, do you go by the name bear?
I know it has sucked around here. Has not even been good enough for me to get off the coach for a few hours at a time.
Bear? Creepy. How'd you guess that?!
Ah man, that is just the lemon next to the pie. I know a whole bunch of stuff.
You were born old Barlow.
Humpday afternoon surf report from the garbage man. I think I'm getting a handle on this whole wave size/quality thing.
Based on the buoy the swell was between 5-6 feet at 9-11 seconds with N to NE winds today. Not our usual clean, just a slight bump on it at times. Waves were waist to chest with shoulder and occasional bigger sets. So I guess that would equate to 4 inches Hawaiian or 8 inches by Cali standards, so weird. And as usual deserted.
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I mean this afternoon's report not yesterday haha. Edited it.
is that LS? knew it was good, but could not get there before the sunset...at 419...hoping to jump out this afternoon for a few minutes before it gets dark, assuming its not too messy. daddy needs his fix
Yes up north of the general store. SE/SSE moderate winds today. Going to go have a look at a NE facing spot in a few minutes. Will report back.Quote:
Originally Posted by alev
Anything? Would be nice to get out today, even if small. Ive got the time and the motivation, and I just wolfed down too big of a lunch so I need the exercise.
I like surfing south of there, mid beach, right in front of the restaurant. Not convinced it's the best spot on the beach, but I've been able to figure it out a bit and know where the peak is gonna be given the tide etc
Solid swell in the water today. NE facing was the ticket. SE winds. Not perfect, but serviceable, and the only game in town. Meaning the only game between Gloucester Mass and Portland Maine pretty much. Head high plus drops on the peak. Decided to try my hand at the sport of kings and had the place to myself for over an hour and a half except for one friend that joined me for 45 minutes. The lefts were running fast. The pic is from high tide. It got better as the tide let out some.
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South of there isn't an option when winds are blowing NE like yesterday. Even N winds you want to be north of the bath house. Just because that noob with the Jeep always surfs between beacon and the restaurant, doesn't mean it's the place to surf. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by alev
n00b = le banned? I dig the rights as the area in front of the restaurant fills up with the tide with a big enough swell. s or e swell, nothing northern
Ok thanks for the update, I'm peacing out of work at 3:05 and hoping for a quick dip before dark. hope to bowl a strike to two
1. BS. The inside right bowl on Moody Point. Even JLand can make something of that. Not to mention two island breaks just outside of The dolphin headlands. Oh, and don't forget the ledge south of goosefare. And we are only talking a short portion of that mass to Portland claim. Clearly you have a lot to learn before losing that garbage man title. Maybe the only game along your collection route.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMan
2. So, like chest high waves?
11 days to go in my cast, and I become a better, nicer human being. Until then it is beat up on the JONG. And yes, Alev, you are correct.
Key words=pretty much. With the seemingly endless breaks from Mass to Portland, there are only a handful that work well with SE winds that also benefit from almost a straight east swell angle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
NOOB tip: Anything north of Moody may as well be Portland. IMNOOBO.
Most waves today were above chest. Head plus on set drops with walls at chest to shoulder, some head.
made it out to SS for a quick piss n paddle. Shoulder, head high quick drops with more texture than I preferred. time change killing my surf schedule. I'm sure there was some surfing on cape ann, but not much between cape ann and SS. sure some of ott's secret spots were solid ass well.
Tide was too low for SS to be good when you went. Gets really mixed/crossed up at lower tides. I should've recommended not going there when you got out of work. I was there from just after dead high to about 2 hours after high today. Wind had a bit more east in it as the day went on as well. A friend went to SS about 130 and said he missed the tide window so he drove north a bit and caught good size but not great conditions. Tomorrow looking fun with straight offshore winds. Will be at the beach between 845-1030am then again after 1pm if the wind hasn't knocked it down too much.Quote:
Originally Posted by alev
No I know that SS doesn't do well with low outgoing tides like that, but that was the only window I had to go, and its the closest place to me. I wanted to maximize the surfing time in the water and minimize the drive time. Hard when I can't get out of work till 3 most days.
I hear ya. I wasn't thinking you'd drive all the way from Mass (Mass right?) to hit SS with such limited window of daylite (dedication!) which is why I didn't speak up. I only went to SS today because it's just 1 mile from my driveway haha.
Wait how'd you know mass? No I'm living in So Berwick. so 25 mins. I'm from gloucester though, and I think some spots were working down there.
Well in my lurking life I had seen you mentioning surfing in Mass quite a bit if I remember correctly. South Berwick, well hell we'll cross paths regularly I'm sure. Make some time tomorrow if you can.Quote:
Originally Posted by alev
Copy that. Well I've got an older black subaru outback, mass plates, alta sticker. If its mid week surf, I'm usually at LS or SS. I'm still only a couple months into a new job, so getting out first light and making it to work by 750 hasn't been too easy the last few weeks.
Tomorrow am could look like this. This is from a recent swell by the house. No one surfs anymore ha. Solo sessions fo dayz.
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Ford wagon with Maine plates. Bike rack on back window and no stickers. My work schedule gives me 4+ hours off daily from 830/9am to 1pm off Monday thru Friday with weekends off unless I want to pick up a weekend shift. No dawn patrols or late day sessions till spring. We'll hook up.Quote:
Originally Posted by alev
must be nice to have that as backyard. i like that spot. I'll try to get out in the am, and ill be stressed if I do, and regret it if i don't.
It can be a gem as you know. Just don't tell anyone lol. Enjoy the morning. Working at 750 you should be able to surf from 6-7 and grab a coffee on your way to work. Free coffee at Anthony's on Fridays if you have a free Anthony's card. Plus free large pizza on your birthday and credits every time you buy anything that Anthony's makes. You heard it here first!:yourock: