East Coast Surf

[Ottime]

Can RCs handle 18s periods? There are only a few spots in NE I can think of that might handle that kind of period. Most other spots would basically just close out.

10.5'@17 is a pretty damn big swell. That would make Mavs break at about 20' anything picking that up directly should be massive.

Got in the water today. Was working on my terracing and the heat kept building all morning. Finally called it quotes when I lost my shade and the temp passed 90. Grabbed boards and headed to the beach. Super small steep 14s south and a few feet at 8s NW. Made for some fun knee to occasional chest high waves. Sure better than working in the heat.

[WaistDeepGroomers]

Yeah, looking that way.

My oldest got out almost every day all summer long. Mostly on the log, but he was out there. Of course he had to work on the RI day...which was the best day of the summer. Bummer. My youngest was leaving yesterday for the trip west back to SC, but delayed to see what this brings.

Meanwhile, Crop gave me a new board to use and I haven't even gotten the thing wet yet.

Stopped by Cinnamons for the first time last night after seeing a buddy up from NYC. Ran into Crop which was great to catch up. Thinking about picking up one of those super short, super thick foamies for the slop days. You played around on any of those yet?

[jackstraw]

Stopped by Cinnamons for the first time last night after seeing a buddy up from NYC. Ran into Crop which was great to catch up. Thinking about picking up one of those super short, super thick foamies for the slop days. You played around on any of those yet?

No, have not.

So. many. people. in the water! My boys were at the rocks on thursday and it was agro.

[WaistDeepGroomers]

No, have not.

So. many. people. in the water! My boys were at the rocks on thursday and it was agro.

Man I'm sure! Jenness looked like a zoo Sunday. I'll be grateful we have relatively fewer people in the water up this way!

[Ottime]

no way jose.

[happytimefunbox]

Can RCs handle 18s periods? There are only a few spots in NE I can think of that might handle that kind of period. Most other spots would basically just close out.

10.5'@17 is a pretty damn big swell. That would make Mavs break at about 20' anything picking that up directly should be massive.

Got in the water today. Was working on my terracing and the heat kept building all morning. Finally called it quotes when I lost my shade and the temp passed 90. Grabbed boards and headed to the beach. Super small steep 14s south and a few feet at 8s NW. Made for some fun knee to occasional chest high waves. Sure better than working in the heat.

The outer rockpile can handle it. It was the only truly rideable spot other than monster hole and reef road during hell swell. It has the bonus of doing well on most angles whereas the other two are mainly N swell spots. The shorepound will still be a motherfugger though. Inner Port Canaveral jetties used to be the spot when everything was big n sloppy but they redid the jetty and killed it. I surfed it during the Andrew swell.

[alev]

no way jose.

looks like jose is just gonna kinda hang out and chill for a lil while...

[Ottime]

Yeah. All eyes on Irma, which will provide some decent small groundswell for mid Atlantic states northward, with maybe ideal conditions for long and rhode island, but does not have an ideal track at all for surf generation.

Jose on the other hand is showing some real potential and might be able to take advantage of the agitated sea surface conditions left by Irma.

Rockaway looks small but fun on the cams right now.

There is some wind swell lurking around parts of New England as well.

[WaistDeepGroomers]

Anybody got a good rec for quad fin setup for average knee-shoulder east coast days? Trying to figure something for my quad that'll make it faster while pumping in crap surf but still loose for tight turns. Have Future Vector 2s which have been fine but the stiff Fiberglass ain't doing any favors in building speed. This is my fun setup:



Far up the board as all kneelo setups are, close to the rails and fairly tightly spaced.





After a fair amount of research I still am pretty overwhelmed but thinking it might be best to start with a small or medium pair of something like these F4's: https://futuresfins.com/fins/f4-blackstix-3-0.html

And then go from there. Wide base, good amount of foil and pretty soft flex. Would love to try some smaller rear fins that are closer to the front two but hard to tell as most of the info I found was from perspective of stand up surfers whose fins are more spaced out.

[Ottime]

Blackstix?

I run Solus and Sometimes Rusty foils in blackstix and they do a great job of generating speed. Not sure if the dynamic is different on the quad, but they are quick rail to rail and that generates a lot of speed even in flatter waves.

Edit: maybe try a subscription like from surfboardwharehouse. Try out different fins. Buy what you like.

[WaistDeepGroomers]

Blackstix?

I run Solus and Sometimes Rusty foils in blackstix and they do a great job of generating speed. Not sure if the dynamic is different on the quad, but they are quick rail to rail and that generates a lot of speed even in flatter waves.

Edit: maybe try a subscription like from surfboardwharehouse. Try out different fins. Buy what you like.

Yeah the Blackstix seem awesome. Did you mean finatic? I had no idea about a subscription service like that. Super cool! I'll have to try it...

[Ottime]

That sounds correct. They offer a few different levels. I used the basic level for two months when I was figuring out fins. I went from glass on to fcs cheapos and always missed glass ins and then years later discovered good fins. I have two sets for my shortboard and step up just because they make such a difference.

I like the blackstix for smaller, lumpier, bumpier, mushier, flatter section surf as they really do seem to rebound and create speed well. I keep them in my shortboard until we get real swells from the NW. Maybe when we cross the 6@14 line. I'd use blackstix for almost every day on the east coast. Maybe move to a stiffer, more traditional fin when you get solid tropi or NE swell.

[WaistDeepGroomers]

That sounds correct. They offer a few different levels. I used the basic level for two months when I was figuring out fins. I went from glass on to fcs cheapos and always missed glass ins and then years later discovered good fins. I have two sets for my shortboard and step up just because they make such a difference.

I like the blackstix for smaller, lumpier, bumpier, mushier, flatter section surf as they really do seem to rebound and create speed well. I keep them in my shortboard until we get real swells from the NW. Maybe when we cross the 6@14 line. I'd use blackstix for almost every day on the east coast. Maybe move to a stiffer, more traditional fin when you get solid tropi or NE swell.

Cool thanks for the suggestion! Any idea what you'd recommend in the back? Same fins? They make a quad tear set for those blackstix.

[Ottime]

I've ridden a quad exactly two times in my life. Once 29 years ago, and again about 26 years ago. No idea really how they work.

[WaistDeepGroomers]

I've ridden a quad exactly two times in my life. Once 29 years ago, and again about 26 years ago. No idea really how they work.

Haha word. Ended up ordering a set of quad and thruster Ho Stevie! Fins since hey have rave reviews and were $25/set. Seem approximate to my needs and a crazy cheap upgrade for the quad and the foamie and good reference point for seeing what I'd like to move to afterwards.

[jackstraw]

What is ho Stevie? From The Rog?

[WaistDeepGroomers]

What is ho Stevie? From The Rog?

Sounds like Le Rog in disguise...

[Ottime]

I understand la rog is scoring on the vineyard right now.

Buoys looked good this morning so I ended surfing again. Smaller, chest high or so, but still some super fun waves coming through. That is a week straight at Ropes. Fun pre season we have going on.

Things go quite from here, but I could chase a S swell tomorrow and wind swell Thurs and Friday. Might just wait for next week but this surfing daily thing is feeling nice.

[happytimefunbox]

My good friend Diego on 9/11 at RCs. Jose is giving up the goods before he fucks us. About the only time of year I miss being in Florida.

[Ottime]

Saw that in the Irma thread. Looks like Jose is delivering and will keep on doing so. Nice pic. Looks fun.

[Ottime]

Bueller...

Looks like Jose is gonna stick around and move back south. If it gets back into warm water and re intensifies it will be amazing.

[WaistDeepGroomers]

Forecast outta Rhode Island right now...

8 feet at 13 seconds with offshore wind. Wuhat?!?!?

Can't find any photo evidence but I imagine Ruggles is out of control right now.

[alev]

Jose has been a strange one. Stalled down south for 4-5 days and now is taking his damn time up to NE, where it looks like he'll be spinning for a few more days. This could be good.

Maria looks heavy, and bad, but could take a similar trajectory and produce some good swell for the entire eastern seaboard. tropical storm to category 5 in about 24 hours!?!? Thats f*cked.

Hoping the protected south facing spots hold up over the next few days. Need to balance patience with still learning places to surf around here

[Ottime]

Looks like NE to N winds for the most part up there right now. parsons to gooches and even maybe n end of wells. Not 100% sure of the winds for timber, but I think it can handle a good amount of east at outer leftys. Thats a gamble tho.

As per Ruggles. i believe it faces SE, so it might be pretty crossed up. I've surfed there once when it was truly big and as the cross wind came up it became pretty horrible. It is a thick steep drop on the right swell and you really want a smooth surface. One of the juicier waves I've surfed back east for sure.

Just check on a map. And Sheep Point (been thinking it was Green pt for 20+ yrs), just south of Ruggles, goes when it is big. Much taller wave than Ruggles, and less thick. A frame peak, with a short left and a quite long right. If memory serves me correct, it is had a nice big barrel section.

Reports of OH at O yesterday.

Yeah, Maria is amazing. She is forecast to make a good turn, but again inside Bermuda which leaves NH/ME in the shadow. NH more so. No matter what is getting past the cape with these, once they are west of Bermuda, it is diminished. With M, she starts to weaken as she turns NW, but will start at 145, dropping to 115 as she pushes NNW. More giant swell for the outer banks, then Jersey and the south facing coast. Bam.

Looking at this you can see why ME is doing well right now. That wind field is combo-ing with another to push swell into the gulf of ME, but local winds are lighter than in RI. Lucky bastards.

[jackstraw]

It is more like SC here lately...we're in the fog! Storm surf building. We'll see what happens.