November 2011 – Johnson Avenue Surfers

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Wednesday November 30th 10:30 Am morning Surf Report Update, Big Northeast Swell coming, more Photos from Hurricane Ophelia at Johnson Avenue, Surf Report and Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted November 30, 2011)

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It doesn't get any better than this. Perfect size glassy waves, Sun, Fishing. Hurricane Ophelia delivered the perfect swell angle on Johnson Avenue. Sunday October 2nd, 2011. Image 1 of 3 in sequence. Photos by oldwaverider

Hurricane Ophelia keeps coming back……….it was one of those swells that took perfect form at Johnson Ave. We have a finicky beach, and when the swell angle is just right, the winds are just right, and the picky tides are right, it provides us some incredible days, without crowds; typically.

This day, October 2nd, 2011 which fell on a Sunday had perfect Sun, perhaps good fishing, and perfect chest to shoulder high waves, depending on your height 🙂 Unfortunately, I don’t know who most of the surfers were that were out in the water for the two sessions of photos I did, except Dr. John. I was nursing an injury (broken record, yeah I know, this one was the back 😉 so it was a good

Same guy, same wave, Image 2 of 3 shot sequence. Hurricane Ophelia, at the Cape.

day to catch some shots. The guy in this wave perhaps someone can identify him for me, and as you can see he had the cleanest, most user friendly wave that let him even stall a bit while I snapped off a 3 shot sequence. (just kidding, actually the guy fishing was pulling in a 34 inch snook and the surfer was watching him, no, just kidding again)

INCOMING SURF!!!…………………………A fairly large NE ‘ster is on the way, but first has a small SE swell in the 2 to 3 foot range that may throw a little something for us to increase swell size today, tonight, and by late Thursday afternoon, the NE swell piggybacks the SE swell. The NE swell is kinda sloppy with an ill-defined fetch (small patchy areas of varying wave height), until sometime Saturday. Then the NE ‘ster turns ground swell and with a nice evenly distributed fetch. (fetch is just the area of the ocean that a storm covers and blows wind that creates a particular swell)

Thursday is looking to be glassy in the morning until around 11 AM, chilly, around 50 ° at daybreak, hopefully thigh high at the Cape and maybe chest high for Satellite. It turns NNE into 10 to 15 mph winds after 11 or 12, and goes to weak chop.

Friday, the size jacks up head high plus down South, and then whatever it chooses to let squeak by the Cape 🙂 It may take until Saturday for us to get some rideable chop to roll in, hard to say. Strong onshore winds NE Friday.

Saturday, Sunday and Monday, it looks to be powerful a few feet overhead chop with decreasing winds on Monday (yeah, it’s early to predict winds, but this is what the general model suggests), and the winds wrapping around toward the SE and then maybe (with strong probability) that it will turn offshore sometime between Monday night and Wednesday morning to deliver us our big offshore day.

This NE ‘ster should throw waves for at least 5 to 6 days for us. What a great year.

And I intend to be back out in the water again for this one. 30 days on land is brutal , especially when you missed 1 massive epic day (Nov. 10th), and 2 or 3 waist high 100 yard plus ride days.

oldwaverider

Saturday night update also, Friday night Surf Update 10 PM, more Surf Photos from Thursday November 10 2011 Big ENE Swell , Surf Report and Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted November 25, 2011)

November 25, 2011December 7, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach

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My bad, it was the 2nd wave. This was the only wave that this guy got during the 45 minutes I was there. It was one of those days, where you only take 2 or 3 waves during a session, and you gotta be real picky. I was stoked this guy finally got a wave. He made it look fun. Image 1 of 5 shot sequence. Photos by Oldwaverider

Saturday Night ~~Afternoon~~ update…….. This new system is going nuts. Now it looks like no offshore winds until the swell has dropped to almost nothing on Tuesday. Wind swells only give a 4 hour window for offshores anyhow, but this thing is changing it’s mind every 6 hours. Cancel everything I said below about swell size and form. Let’s just go with, a very weak wind swell with onshore winds the next 2-3 days probably, size may be unrideable at the Cape by Sunday some time. We’ll just have to see. The fetch of this swell is in so many small pieces of differing swell period periods, it’s very hard to tell if there will be anything ridable. The structure of this swell is falling apart like a Seagull at an all you can eat, Alka Seltzer party 😉 What can I say? Back to last nights update below;

The Swell just added 2 more days to itself, go figure 😉

It appears that an easterly swell moved up it’s time table and kinda collides with the exiting NE ‘ster. It’s a low period swell, but as y’all know, not in the last month, maybe 6 weeks ago, but we’ve had a number of 7 second period wind swells that have had some nice kick to them. You can beat your head against the wall if you let these changing swell models beat up on you.

Hey, we have our Sunday offshore winds canceled unless it throws a little SSW early, but that’s side shore for us up North anyhow. Winds probably South in the 10 to 15 mph range. The size should hang around the waist to shoulder high range, North going South.

Monday could now blow offshore, same size as Sunday. The period is 7 seconds, so it could pull great surprises, or it could be watered down. I’ll give it a 60% chance of having more size and kick to it then this past Wednesday swell.

Image 3 of 5 shot sequence. Photos by Oldwaverider

Tuesday may have some thigh to chest high leftovers, North going South again. Possibly offshore winds again. To soon to tell.

The photos are more that were taken on the Thursday November 10th large ENE Swell that kicked up some 8 to 10 foot plus faces in Satellite Beach with NW winds. The swell was like a 6.5 foot swell at 11 seconds. So it had some big old lines and walls.

A nice medium size right of the day. This was image 4 of a 5 shot sequence.

The guy in this photo had a friend that was supposed to be taking pictures of him, but the friend on the boardwalk, might not have had enough coffee that morning, it happens 🙂

The funny thing was, on a day like this, young or old, you really have to be total picky on your waves when you’re out in the water. As far as I can recall, this was the only wave this guy got in the 45 minutes that I was on the boardwalk at Hightowers. My bad (update 11/20/11) , it was the 2nd wave. I noticed that he also took the kamikazee wave on this day, scroll down to the 3rd sequence of pics, and it is the 4 foot plus overhead closeout here. Hopefully he’ll see them but if not, it was still fun for me to see the nice ride and save it here.

He used this re-entry off the wall to take an exit in. Image 5 of 5 shot sequence. To get one ride on a day like this in Florida is more than enough to make the session a high for a week. That's a hard one for those never initiated to the sport to ever get a grasp on. hah

The guy from the photo sequence. He's playing down the adrenaline rush he's feeling, but to get just one wave for a day like this, was enough to satisfy the soul :) — He's playing down the adrenaline rush he's feeling, but to get just one wave for a day like this, was enough to satisfy the soul :The guy from the photo sequence. )

It wasn’t one of the bigger waves of the day, maybe an 9 foot face on the drop. The guy walking in is the one on the wave. There was only 3 or 4 people out in front of me and one guy kind of North toward Perkins. But it was still a day and a wave that was to be respected by anyone. It was painful enough to have to stay out of the water for as long as I have. This was 1 of 6 awesome swells that we have had this kind of size this year 🙂

oldwaverider

Friday morning update for this post; How the Waves Were and Surfing photos from Wednesday before Thanksgiving (11/23) in Satellite Beach, Thursday Thanksgiving Day Surf Report update 12:30 PM (11/24/11), Surf Report for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Thursday Thanksgiving Day November 24, 2011)

November 24, 2011February 5, 2012 by oldwaverider, posted in A Candid Capture of Models/Babes on the Beach, A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Hightowers and RC's

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The best weapon choice for the day, a Longboard. Wednesday before Thanksgiving, perfect waist high plus longboard peeling waves. Photo by oldwaverider

FRIDAY MORNING 10 AM UPDATE……Much of the swell is coming in. The 120 buoy hit 9.5 feet at 11 seconds at 5 AM this morning (Friday morning) of which every reading shows 11 seconds, which will take about 7 to 9 hours to hit the beach, so expect a jump in size and power of the swell by around Noon to 2 PM. The swell maxes out from around Noon today until Noon Saturday, and then starts to fade away, however,

it still looks like Sunday will have offshore winds down South, maybe Sideshore to Offshore up North by mid-morning (SSW to SW by 9 or 10 AM) with chest to shoulder high waves down South. Down South will again be best, but hopefully, hopefully it will be waist high plus at the Cape. If the winds do turn and stay SW, then by late morning, the Cape ought to glass off too. Either way, Saturday will have some fun choppy, waves here at the Cape.

The pier will most likely be really, fun Sunday, but let’s hope the Cape delivers better than last weeks offshore day. This ends my Friday morning update. Below is my update from last night…

Perfect longboard waves on Wednesday, not the best for short boarders 😦 The photos are from mostly Perkins in Satellite Beach. And one shot at O’ Club (I’ll let y’all figure which one 🙂

Count your blessing folks, this is the best year of waves in many years, in my humble opinion. Consistent waves all summer (before any Canes), plus in the spring before summer, then 4 great Canes back to back. But, unlike last year when Danielle, Earl, and the first one, whatever, but last year, all 3 Canes were so close that they messed up the big big offshore wind day, except for Earl.

100 yard plus ride, nice workable wall to carve a little, but kinda boring maybe for shortboarders...but they were out. Image 1 of 7 shot sequence. Photos by Oldwaverider

But this year, we had 4 Canes with 10 to 12 foot faces (Irene , onward), and with perfect glass for each one, and Katia had 2 each 10 foot face days down South. Then, we had 2 each NE swells with 10 to 12 foot faces on October 10th and then on November 10th another 8 to 10 with some bigger 11 or 12 foot faces on the drop (bothon the huge clean up sets. Man, what a year.

Anyhow, in regards to Wednesday’s surf call, Size was way down from what I thought, oops, my bad 🙂 , whatever…………….

But it sure looked fun out there (still licking my wounds as a surf watcher), down South. It didn’t really happen up North, except some fun at the pier, I heard it was real fun at the pier.

At Perkins, it was pretty much all long-boarders out, and at 10 Am, the size had dropped maybe a foot on the face as I was told, but it was still really glassy, long peeling waist high waves. There was certainly some fatter set waves, but mostly a bunch of 100 yard plus, long-board rides.

Continued saga of 100 plus yard ride. Image 3 of 7 sequence.

How about incoming waves? …… Well, tonight (Thursday night), we have an incoming NE ‘ster rolling in, which ought to be viewable on the beaches just before dark. Waist high to head high (North to South) by dark or shortly thereafter.

Only about 5 or 6 surfers out at Perkins. This guy continues on Image 4 of 7 in sequence.

Friday, overhead down South, with brisk ENE winds in the 15 to 20 mph range.

Saturday, more of the same but more Easterly winds, winds slack off some, maybe in the 10 to 15 mph range.

Sunday, shows a chance of the final day of the swell, could be waist to head high depending on the break, so this may be the offshore day. We’ll know by Friday night.

This swell looks like a repeat of the NE ‘ster leaving us today. After Sunday, it’s hard to say if anything will be left.

Image 5 of 7 shot sequence. The day before Thanksgiving on Wednesday.

It’s great to have waves Thanksgiving weekend eh? Nice thing too, is not much cool weather, all weekend highs in the mid-70’s each day. Gotta love it!

Happy Thanksgiving 🙂

Image 6 of 7 in the ride :) — Image 6 of 7 in the ride 🙂

oldwaverider

Tuesday update for :) Monday night Surf Report update 8:30 PM (11/32), big Wind Swell continues thru Tuesday w/ almost an incoming groundswell but now not quite on Tuesday, offshore for Wednesday, Surf Report for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Monday November 21, 2011)

November 21, 2011November 22, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach

Based on what I have seen so far at the 120 buoy, I have a little change below…

Tuesday, hopefully by Tuesday late afternoon or early evening that is because of an additional incoming swell push maybe thigh to waist high on the set waves, and chest to head high down South. Winds, 5 to 10 mph SSE to SE winds.

Wednesday, waist high at the Cape and chest to head high down South. Winds are looking to be SW in the 8 to 14 mph range. Get excited.

Thursday may have some leftovers, but mostly rideable down South.

Friday morning, another NE swell rolls in with high onshore winds all day Friday and Saturday.

Saturday the size may start to hit the Cape once the swell gets some time to clear the Cape’s blocked out point.

oldwaverider

Friday Afternoon Surf Update Report 1 PM (11/18) Big Wind Swell continues Saturday thru Monday morning followed by an overhead groundswell Tuesday (11/22), Surf Report for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Friday November 18, 2011)

November 18, 2011November 18, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach

Be kind to sharks week :) — Be kind to sharks week 🙂

Saturday may be semi-clean with 10 to 12 mph onshore winds and chest high plus at the Cape and head high to overhead down South.

Sunday, the winds look even better, in the 6 to 9 mph ENE range so anytime just before , during and after high tide could even be cleaner though size may be a foot smaller than Saturday.

Later,

oldwaverider

Thursday Afternoon Surf Update Report 1 PM (11/17) Big Wind Swell arrives Friday morning followed by possible overhead groundswell next Tuesday (11/22), Photos from Thursday Big ENE Swell Hightowers in Satellite Beach, Surf Report for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Thursday November 17, 2011)

November 17, 2011December 7, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in Brevard Barrels - Photos collected, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach

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The Paddle Out. Hightowers, Satellite Beach , ENE November 10 2011 swell, photos by oldwaverider

What do ya do when you don’t have working ribs? You learn how to hack WordPress themes using Hooks. Duh 😉

Guess you had to be there. I’ve been in school, if you will, learning how to tweak, hack, modify stuff since I can’t be out in the water. (note: hacking is legal and friendly, cracking code is non-friendly). Man, I’ve been sittin here to long. Cause this is a blog kinda, I can rant like that since it’s not a “traditional” website.

Nice overhead backside barrel/cover. Image 1 of 3 in sequence. Photo by oldwaverider

INCOMING SURF! Our big NE windswell starts coming in after dark tonight. It ain’t gonna be pretty, but it is waves. The swell period only climbs to 8 seconds, so no groundswell here, but like I said, waves……………

Friday, it should bring in some head high waves somewhere by noon, most likely down South, with 20 plus mph NE winds.

Image 2 of 3 sequence. Quest for a little sunlight blockage.

Saturday, a little bigger, overhead South, and hopefully, it starts to hit the Cape with some size by then. ENE winds, maybe drop under 15 by Saturday morning here at the Cape, so dead high tide could be fun and semi-clean. (semi is the operative word :))

After that, More of the same, a little smaller until next Tuesday if our thankful surf models hold true.

A ground swell comes in from the ESE, and as it stands Wednesday morning could provide the wrap around of winds for us, but that is wayyyyy to far out to make any calls yet. So, just prepare for a day between Tuesday and Thursday for a head high plus day with offshore winds.

Some nice coverage, but the roof was coming in early so he took an early exit on image 4, so I skipped that one. Image 3 of 3 at Hightowers on November 10 2011

The photos are from last Thursday, November 10th, 2011, at Hightowers in Satellite Beach.

When I was posting some pics for Satellite on Seaweed, I found a really good video from the huge NE Perfect Storm swell that hit on November 14, 2010. Gulfster.com (if you click on this link, scroll down to the last half of their images to get to the large wave photos) posted the most amazing photos from Satellite Beach that day which I also posted one of their 6 or 8 shot sequence out of a 20 shot sequence in Satellite Beach posted in my blog here. Man, I cracked my rib in October of 2010 and missed that epic swell. And then cracking it again a couple weeks ago I missed the one year anniversary storm. Moral; no more shorebreak with epoxy longboards 😦 Oh, check out this awesome video from that Nov. 14 2010 day, taken at RC’s. If you never saw it, it’s less than 2 minutes, but nicely done, and nice quality footage.

I had to put that first photo of the PADDLE OUT. Hey, when you click on the thumbnail to see the blow up photo, click on it again and scroll your browser window. I posted the pic 2500 pixels wide so you could get the feel of the paddle out. (except for my lousy aperture settngs & lack of filters and aiming the camera right into the sun, rookie, yeah, i know 🙂 Most of us having surfed the Pacific at some time or other know that most of the time, you have a channel to paddle out thru so you don’t have to take relentless pounding on the head. My times were California, along with Baja Mexico, and down by Acapulco an hour or so above Escondido. But this guy paddling out, granted doesn’t have to duck many waves, but it still is humorous to see that 10 foot face including whitewater that he has to gauntlet thru 🙂 The other photos are a 3 shot sequence of a nice few foot overhead barrel that does dump on him, but he did escape.

Enjoy the water folks.

oldwaverider

Sunday night 5:45 PM Nov 13 Surf Update, More Photos from Thursday Big ENE Swell Johnson Ave at the Cape, Surf Report for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Sunday November 13, 2011)

November 13, 2011December 7, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in All The People and the Surfers, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Unknown : Johnson Avenue Surfers

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This guy was catching waves 3 to 1 out there, and shared a really nice style. Image 1 of 6 in sequence. Classic ENE swell on November 10th Thursday, Photos by oldwaverider

More Photos from Epic Thursday ENE swell on November 10, these were of a guy who I don’t know who he is, I took them on Johnson Ave. mid-morning, and this guy was shredding it with the most waves taken and with the style of a normal foot Sunny 🙂 Okay so whats up with incoming swells ?

Monday starts bringing in a week wind swell, maybe chest high down South, and waist at the Cape. It’s kind of an East Swell with a taste of South. So we should get some of it at the Cape. Choppy Monday and waist at the Cape, Tuesday the same, maybe a head bigger.

Wednesday, it may turn offshore down South (south winds anyhow) with a waist to chest high, depending on the Cape or South.

Thursday for now does look offshore (but we’ll know for pretty sure Tuesday on the winds) for early morning, again, waist to chest probably.

Same Guy, Same wave Image 3 of 6, Johnson Avenue, Thursday Nov 10

Johnson Ave. vs. Hightowers - take 2. It's fun doing the merged comparison. oldwaverider

Friday morning a large wind swell rolls in with overhead big chop, and there’s no telling yet when the offshores will blow for this one.

Later,

oldwaverider

EPIC WAVES TODAY ! 8 foot faces to rare double over-head sets in Satellite Beach, Hightowers, Thursday Afternoon 1:15 PM Surf Report of How the Waves Were Today, Surfing Photos of Hightowers (posted Thursday November 10, 2011)

November 10, 2011December 7, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Barrels - Photos collected, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach

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This guy was relentless out there today. And he got his Satellite Beach barrel. This is actually Image no. 4 in a 6 shot sequence, which I'll drop in below, it was just so beautiful to see :) November 10 2011 epic ENE swell. Photos by oldwaverider — This guy was relentless out there today. And he got his Satellite Beach barrel. This is actually Image no. 4 in a 6 shot sequence, which I'll drop in below, it was just so beautiful to see 🙂 November 10 2011 epic ENE swell. Photos by oldwaverider

AWESOME, TOTALLY AWESOME Waves today in Satellite Beach…

It was beautiful everywhere, but this ENE swell really delivered at Perkins, Hightowers and RC’s. The consistent sets came in around 7 to 8 foot faces, and I’d say every 5 or 10 minutes a 9 to 10 foot face came in, and I believe I saw a rare 12 foot face set come in, (unless the guy in the photo I’ve posted in the second sequence of photos below, was only 3 feet tall 🙂 This first sequence was probably a 9 foot face at the peak. I love the third sequence, it’s like he’s saying, crap, I guess I should’ve let this one roll by 😉

I had to do one ridiculous photo merge. Johnson Avenue vs Hightower on a 6 foot at 10 second ENE ground swell with offshore winds. Photo merge by Anonymous :) — I had to do one ridiculous photo merge. Johnson Avenue vs Hightower on a 6 foot at 10 second ENE ground swell with offshore winds. Photo merge by Anonymous 🙂

Image 1 of 6 shot sequence, dropping in late and chasing a barrell. Hightowers in Satellite Beach epic November 10 2011 ENE swell. Photos by oldwaverider

Anyhow, it was really nice sitting on the deck, watching only 5 or 6 guys out on the most beautiful powerful, glassy swell, maybe just a slight texture to the water since it was NW winds coming in on a South wind break, but heh, who cares 😉 Oh, and the Sun was coming down nice too. Most people were doing rash guards or a vest, and that’s it. The water temp is 71 now so that is a peg below Spring Water.

Friday, don’t expect much. No forecast today cause the wind swell coming in looks kinda weak, sloppy, no real size or offshore winds. Am I being a snob discussing the future here ? My bad. I was just so stoked today, and also crying at the same time since I couldn’t paddle out do to the necessity of licking my rib wounds from last Friday 😦

Image 3 of 6 shot sequence. This guy is relentless on chasing a barrel.

Image 4 of 6 in sequence. Same as the "Cover Photo" , sorry couldn't resist. I wish I knew who this guy was just to compliment him.

Florida barrels are kinda finicky; they just want to boot you out all the time :) Image 5 of 6 in sequence. Photos by oldwaverider — Florida barrels are kinda finicky; they just want to boot you out all the time 🙂 Image 5 of 6 in sequence. Photos by oldwaverider

Giving it one last effort to climb ahead back up onto the face. I believe Kelly Slater or CJ or Damien Hobgood, might have worked their way back up top, but this guy did a stellar job of setting up and getting into the barrel and out of the sunlight :) Image 6 of 6 shot sequence DSC04536 — Giving it one last effort to climb ahead back up onto the face. I believe Kelly Slater or CJ or Damien Hobgood, might have worked their way back up top, but this guy did a stellar job of setting up and getting into the barrel and out of the sunlight 🙂 Image 6 of 6 shot sequence DSC04536

Nice perhaps double overhead on the dropin face. Image 1 of 3 in sequence. Hightowers, Satellite Beach. November 10 2011 , ENE ground swell. Photos by oldwaverider.

Nice big left. Image 2 of 3 shot sequence.

Guess it's best to exit this puppy...just in case :) Image 3 of 3 sequence. — Guess it's best to exit this puppy...just in case 🙂 Image 3 of 3 sequence.

Huh, maybe I shoulda gone left...not . He chose a head butt exit instead of a white water chase exit, this guy was not frail :) Image 1 of 2 — Huh, maybe I shoulda gone left...not . He chose a head butt exit instead of a white water chase exit, this guy was not frail 🙂 Image 1 of 2

Part 2 of honey I got dumped. Image 2 of 2

It’s all good 🙂

I’ll post some pics of some nice rides at the Cape too, here probably Friday 🙂

Later,

oldwaverider

Wednesday night Surf Report update 9:30 PM for Thursday morning Epic Surf day, oldwaverider surfing pictures Photo Gallery, Thursday morning still shaping up to be a great J-Ave epic photo day, Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Wednesday November 09, 2011)

November 9, 2011December 7, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in All The People and the Surfers, Art, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc.

ART/oldwaverider – PHOTO GALLERY

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A really fun head high day at Perkins, back in the 2nd week of November 2009. Photos taken by Erika Masterson . Image 1 of 7 in sequence.

Yeah I know, dredging up 2 year old photos so I can be in the Johnson Ave. Surfers Gallery is humorous enough, but then recycling these photos, oh well. It’s kinda sentimental for me, cause these photos were taken the second week of November of 2009 at Perkins which was my old favorite break. Photos by a photographer friend Erika. Though it was a little chillier for that November 😉 Oh, and anyone that hasn’t seen my favorite surf stunt on image 7, hasn’t ever watched me surf 🙂

All is well on this sweet sized left...Image 2 of 7 in sequence.

So what up with Surf Thursday? As if anyone within 100 miles of Brevard doesn’t know 🙂 The cool thing is, it’s shaping up to be a foot bigger then I thought at the Cape. Before 10 Am, I think we’ll see chest to head high waves, plus, on the bigger sets with NW winds in the 8 to 12 mph range until 10 or 12. After that the size will drop through the day, but actually pretty slowly. From dark Thursday till daybreak Friday morning, it will go almost flat, but we should have a pretty clean condition surf day all day.

Image 3 of 7 of oldwaverider at Perkins.

High tide is 7 AM, so a paddle out at 9 Am would be perfect for the most power, best form, best size and best winds. Satellite Beach should be 2 to 3 foot overhead with some bigger sets until 10 or 11, and then only drops maybe 2 feet in face size by late afternoon. They may have WNW winds at daybreak till around 9 Am and then NW winds for them, so Satellite Beach will be the best place to be for size, form , power and photos.

Really fun bottom turn, all is well...Image 4 of 7

But, since I can’t surf :(, for another 3 weeks, I will have a surrogate surf day, I’ll take some photos. So hopefully, the Johnson Ave. crew is out and about. I may sneak down for 20 minutes of bigger wave pics down South but then back home for the real photo session 🙂

Now it starts to get interesting...Image 6 of 7 in sequence.

Kaplunk! I call it, my Bad Back Bend on the frame before. Whenever I favor my blown disc and I hit a ripple on the face, Kaplunk! haha, Image 7 of 7. Oh well, I had some other fun ones to last a little longer :) — Kaplunk! I call it, my Bad Back Bend on the frame before. Whenever I favor my blown disc and I hit a ripple on the face, Kaplunk! haha, Image 7 of 7. Oh well, I had some other fun ones to last a little longer 🙂

Friday, at daybreak, maybe something for an hour or two but that’s about it.

Saturday, wind swell blowing in but not much.

Get pumped for Thursday Am!

oldwaverider

Thursday morning still shaping up to be a great J-Ave epic photo day, Ron Photo Gallery – Surf photos of Ron from Hurricane Maria on Johnson Ave from Tuesday September 13 2011, Surf Report Tuesday morning for Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach 10:45 AM, Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Tuesday November 08, 2011)

November 8, 2011December 7, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, All The People and the Surfers, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Ron

RON – PHOTO GALLERY

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Ron the Bouncer (but actual better Medical Device Mousetrap Designer) chasing a sweet but hard to outrun waist high glassy face. Image 1 of 3 in sequence. Photo by oldwaverider

The photos here of Bouncer Ron (actually a high-tech guy) were from Hurricane Maria, Day one here as the first wrinkle of the storm hit our coast at Johnson Ave. on September 13. Ron, Dr. John and Chad were out for a good session, nice thigh to waist high lines coming in…but as far as the Surf call to be expected for Wednesday (11-9) thru the weekend surf, here’s what we have shaping up;

Wednesday, still looking to be a couple feet overhead in Satellite Beach with lousy winds for them. The Cape could be chest to head high and clean to semi-glass because of the morning North winds around 12 mph starting out. I wouldn’t be surprised if we get a small gift of NNW winds for a while, but definitely not for long, till maybe 9 or 10 if it happens at all.

Ya gotta admit, he pushed it as far to the nose as he could to chase ahead of the lip, but mother nature just wasn't co-operating :) Image 2 of 3 in sequence. — Ya gotta admit, he pushed it as far to the nose as he could to chase ahead of the lip, but mother nature just wasn't co-operating 🙂 Image 2 of 3 in sequence.

Thursday is still looking to be awesome, probably chest high plus or minus here at the Cape, with NW winds less than 10 mph, so we could have a good entertaining photo session for me, since I’ll be nursing a cracked rib for 3 more weeks :(, ah well s _ _ t happens…

The race of the chase is done. Fun ride though. Image 3 of 3.

It ought to be head high to 2 feet overhead down South also on Thursday, and the NW winds will probably give them some epic waves too. Funny how that works. When we get SW winds it just don’t look as pretty here as NW wind do down south, something about the angle of the coast thing 🙂

Friday at daybreak there may be some slight offshore winds here at the Cape with possible waist high waves, but by early to mid-morning the swell will be gone as a new NE ‘ster, not quite as pretty nor near as big as this last one will start coming in, with mostly sloppy wind chop with no ground swell element to it as it becomes total weak wind chop by Sunday.

A perfect backside assault. Enjoying the speed of a perfectly lined up wall. Image 1 of 3 in sequence. Photo by oldwaverider

After Friday daybreak, not much to talk about. Man we’ve had a run.

Continuing to enjoy all the real estate a longboard has to offer :) Image 2 of 3 — Continuing to enjoy all the real estate a longboard has to offer 🙂 Image 2 of 3

Image 3 of 3, staying up high to milk it for what it's worth.

Hopefully Thursday, we’ll have the regular J-Ave crew off work, out in the water so we can gather a collage of local friends talent in still semi-warm water. Maybe even the local skateboard park can watch itself for awhile 🙂

later,

old-temporarily-broken-waverider

J-Ave Surfers Blog Stats

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Month: November 2011

Wednesday November 30th 10:30 Am morning Surf Report Update, Big Northeast Swell coming, more Photos from Hurricane Ophelia at Johnson Avenue, Surf Report and Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted November 30, 2011)

Saturday night update also, Friday night Surf Update 10 PM, more Surf Photos from Thursday November 10 2011 Big ENE Swell , Surf Report and Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted November 25, 2011)

Tuesday update for :) Monday night Surf Report update 8:30 PM (11/32), big Wind Swell continues thru Tuesday w/ almost an incoming groundswell but now not quite on Tuesday, offshore for Wednesday, Surf Report for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Monday November 21, 2011)

Friday Afternoon Surf Update Report 1 PM (11/18) Big Wind Swell continues Saturday thru Monday morning followed by an overhead groundswell Tuesday (11/22), Surf Report for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Friday November 18, 2011)

Thursday Afternoon Surf Update Report 1 PM (11/17) Big Wind Swell arrives Friday morning followed by possible overhead groundswell next Tuesday (11/22), Photos from Thursday Big ENE Swell Hightowers in Satellite Beach, Surf Report for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Thursday November 17, 2011)

Sunday night 5:45 PM Nov 13 Surf Update, More Photos from Thursday Big ENE Swell Johnson Ave at the Cape, Surf Report for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Sunday November 13, 2011)

EPIC WAVES TODAY ! 8 foot faces to rare double over-head sets in Satellite Beach, Hightowers, Thursday Afternoon 1:15 PM Surf Report of How the Waves Were Today, Surfing Photos of Hightowers (posted Thursday November 10, 2011)

Wednesday night Surf Report update 9:30 PM for Thursday morning Epic Surf day, oldwaverider surfing pictures Photo Gallery, Thursday morning still shaping up to be a great J-Ave epic photo day, Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Wednesday November 09, 2011)

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