Least Coast: Get ready for tropics!

[My Pet Powder Goat]

bumpity-bump

things are starting to look pretty good!

c'mon irene!

[hop]

c'mon irene!

Fuckin' IRENE!!!!

[icelanticskier]

oh yeah almost forgot.

surfs been pretty damn good weekly for months now.

sunday and tues/wed look good maybe so long as winds cooperate. we shall see.........

rog

[jayfrizzo]

I had eye surgery 4 weeks ago and need to sit this one out. Bummed...but maybe I'll get some pics.

[Ottime]

^^^ and you may be the only ones who get size from here, unless she jogs east a bit.

Good luck all you leastcoasters.

[jayfrizzo]

FUCK. SHIT. PISS.

South Florida may get the best of this come late Friday and Saturday. Mmm, reefs. And I gotta sit it out. I was in great shape before my stupid surgery. Weighing in the 160s again, paddling a couple times a week. Hungry. Ready.

I'm 2-3 weeks away from surfing, actually in a very tenuous post-op stage. NFW should I get in the water.

Le sigh.

/blog.

[Ottime]

Plastic wrap your head and go surfing. Damn.

This set up is looking interesting, with all the power behind this thing. If only it could steer further right, and ride it slow. Everything would go off.

Instead... Looks like south Florida could be some of the best. Out of the wind pocket. Sure, it is get the brush by, and back side of the trajectory, but look at the size and organization of that thing. It will be like a wave pump.


Everything north of the storm will get the surge and push. More big surf style. Just need a spot that can handle it. Outer Banks are going to get steam rolled.


Rhode Island is well position for the brunt of the swell (if a bit slight too west), but will be dealing with winds. One model suggest an off shore. A stiff offshore. Or NY. Maybe Rockaway with be far enough west to have a moderate NNW wind.


North of the Cape should get a brief swell and a brief beating. What is left of Irene pulls north, and a moderate offshore flow lightens through the day.


What ever swell actually makes it into the Gulf of Maine, should be fun.


And there is that other blob coming off the continent.

[jayfrizzo]

Wind switched recenntly down here. Just nabbed this off the Deerfield Beach cam.

[jayfrizzo]

Fart Louderdale after the wind switch (not my pic, duh).

[Ottime]

Rockaway cam looks decent, if a bit crumbly. Forecast below. It is funny how these swells are so local that the can be huge on day and tiny the next. At least the window is on the weekend. Find some wind shelter and get out there.


Friday
8/26 Up some SW 15 early South windswell 4.0 ft @ 6.0 sec early/Building southeast swell 2.6 ft @ 13 secs late
Irene is to be positioned just 175 nmiles off Jacksonville mid-day with 105 kt/120 mph winds mainly in it's east quadrant aimed north towards the Carolinas and 25 kt north winds impacting the Fla coast. A 25-30 kt southeast flow is forecast moving into the Cape Hatteras area late afternoon. Finalize storm preparation plans in the Northeast. 2.0/3.0 ft 185/165 degrees

Saturday
8/27 Up E 5 early Southeast swell building to 6.5 ft @ 13-14 secs late afternoon
Irene to be moving directly over Cape Hatteras late afternoon with winds 100 kts/115 mph and the west quadrant of the storm becoming landlocked. But south winds on the east side of the storm are to still be producing fetch aimed up at the Northeast Coast. 30 kt easterly winds moving into the New Jersey area late. 7.0 ft 155 degrees

Sunday
8/28 Up, UP, UP NE 35 early Southeast swell peaking at 18 ft @ 12-13 secs in the afternoon
Irene is to be moving into and over Long Island late in the day with winds down to 75 kts/85 mph. No rideable surf is forecast with nearshore winds at hurricane force through the day. Seek adequate shelter. 20 ft 150 degrees

Monday
8/29 Down NW 10+ early Residual southeast swell 3.1 ft @ 9 secs
Irene to be moving over Quebec and accelerating in forward speed, heading off to the northeast. Winds fading from 30-35 kts over Maine early in the day. No swell producing fetch expected relative to US interests. 2.5 ft 165 degrees

Tuesday
8/30 Down NE 10 early Southeast windswell 2.0 ft @ 9 secs
Irene is to be out of the picture. The Bermuda high is forecast to surge west filling into the Gulf of Mexico. No immediate swell producing fetch is forecast. 1.5 ft 130 degrees
Extended

Outlook Down --- Long term the models suggest a new low pressure system of tropical nature trying to build just off Cape Hatteras by Wed (8/31) with 15-20 kt north winds starting to impact the coast there. Also the next tropical storm is forecast pushing west towards the Windward Islands on Friday (9/2). Both of these systems, if they progress as forecast, offer some potential for providing swell. It is the season.
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[icelanticskier]

today was fun for 4 hours on the little board. swell had nothing to do with irene so nobody out. gorgeous day. tues-sat look good winds willing.

rog

[Breakwater]

I've been on a pizza & beer regimen since April. I'm fucked.

C'mon Irene, make up for this bullshit summer!

[Breakwater]

Pizza is on speed-dial atleast. And I'm stocked on Sam-Adams

C'mon Jose, throw us some lumpy burritos!

[snowmonster]

Spent Saturday morning in the water in Eastham, MA. Flat. Couldn't stay for the afternoon session and low tide which would have been pretty good. Tomorrow out there should be excellent but I have to be in the office.

This just in on Boston.com:

Surfer arrested on Mass. beach


HULL, Mass.—State police say a surfer who refused to leave Nantasket Beach in Hull has been arrested.

State police spokesman David Procopio says they went to the beach Sunday to clear several surfers and all of them agreed to leave, except one, who was taken into custody on a disorderly conduct charge. He is being held at a state police barracks. His name was not released.

Heavy rain and strong winds were reported in southeastern Massachusetts.

[Breakwater]

I'ts going to be 3ft at 10 seconds tommorrow morning when the wind cranks west, and then it'll be flat by Noon.

I hope atleast.. otherwise it's back to cold-pizza breakfast.

[jayfrizzo]

Couple pics I took since I couldn't surf.

[icelanticskier]

seacoast nh was solid chest/head with bigger sets this am till noon. winds cooperated. tons of folks out chasing the hype machine. overall a big nothin when everything was factored in. didn't even make the top 10 of my days this summer. it's all about the sleeper sessions/swells for me.

tomorrow should be better with folks back at work and a wave still present.

rog

[Piggity]

Couple pics I took since I couldn't surf.

Mind surfing that first wave has led me to the nicest little double barrel a goofy foot could ask for. Too bad my real skills don't equal my mindsurfing skills

[Tunco]

Nice pics Jay.

[Ottime]

Jay - what are you shooting with? That last pic is pretty crisp. Looks like it was decent for you guys.

Did anything happen in R.I., or did the winds fuck it all up. Seems like there is plenty of variety in exposure. Jersey looks like it got good later in the weekend, with offshore - but still nothing too big.

[jayfrizzo]

Ottime, shooting with a canon T1i with 250mm zoom and polarizing filter. The last 2 shots were a "point" that breaks pretty close to shore.

[Piggity]

Hello Katia

[My Pet Powder Goat]

Jay - what are you shooting with? That last pic is pretty crisp. Looks like it was decent for you guys.

Did anything happen in R.I., or did the winds fuck it all up. Seems like there is plenty of variety in exposure. Jersey looks like it got good later in the weekend, with offshore - but still nothing too big.

me and a friend hit up Judith point friday and saturday, It was good through sat afternoon, till wind picked up onshore, cool thing about that point is you can go to the other side and surf k39 etc and get some protection there. the waves never got terrible big, maybe 3-4ft overhead, on good ones...We drove over to newport later in the day just to look at ruggles, it really goes off in big swells, but was getting wind jacked too.

[My Pet Powder Goat]

Hello Katia

here's hoping this one stays offshore, could be a descent wave maker.

[Ottime]

Ruggles. Surfed it once. Thick. The submerged point outside of it was breaking. On the few drops I made some of the best EC waves ever. Someone told me it was called Green Point and only broke in huge surf. It was a huge day for the easy 10 foot, lined up barrels for over 100 yards. I love RI. Spent plenty of days at Judith and one at K...

Katia. Looks perfect. That trajectory will send ground sell to NE even if it does wash ashore. A slow, progressive arc to the right would be killer. Good luck in that one.