Month: January 2012

Violence in Schools, here’s one way to end it :) Incoming windswell, Sunday evening Surf Report update 6:30 PM January 20 2012, Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach (posted January 29, 2012)

by oldwaverider, posted in Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Fiji - Cloudbreak, Restaurants, Tavarua, Peace of Mind, Anxiety Reduction, Spiritual (risky)

Incoming wind swell, probably will hang on for 3 or 4 days, with 4 to 6 foot face heights, depending a North or South break. More on the swell in a minute and down below…

Cloudbreak, Fiji photo by Stu and Malia Johnson. I dropped in the Poem. Art
Cloudbreak, Fiji photo by Stu and Malia Johnson. I dropped in the Poem. Art

This photo was taken by Stu and Malia Johnson, where they are Professional Photographers in Fiji,  right by the famous break of “Cloudbreak”.  Their website for a great variety of their work is here.   (Yeah, I added the poem enhancement because it is one of the best pictures of a wave I have ever seen)

A friend posted the poem below to help stop violence in schools.  For my Christian and Atheist friends and those in the middle,  it certainly is food for thought when all the Public Schools had the “Neon Sign” reminder if you will removed from Public;  (Christian Prayer in Schools, 10 Commandments taken from Courthouses and the Pledge of Allegiance diminshed )   Without a constant reminder,  kids don’t have that deep down message that can get thru with them 🙂

I placed this in here because , well this is a blog 🙂  , and also because I see it’s wonderful power…

Mary had a little lamb his fleece was white as snow and every where that Mary went the lamb was sure to go. He followed her to school one day, it was against the rules. He made the children laugh and play to see a lamb at school. And then the rules all changed one day, illegal it became; to bring…. the Lamb of God to school or even say his name. Everyday got worse and worse, and days turned into years. Instead of hearing children laugh we heard gun shots and tears. What must we do to stop the crime thats in our schools today? Let the Lamb come back to school and teach our kids to PRAY!!!!

Back to Incoming Surf…

The swell starts rolling in Monday morning really steep from the NE.  But by Tuesday, the angle turns from the East, on thru Thursday at least.  We should see 4 to 6 foot faces depending on a North break or a South break.  (obviously , the closer to Satellite Beach the bigger 🙂  Mostly medium East winds (probably 10 to 15 mph)  until Thursday or Friday.

Possible offshore day on Thursday or Friday.  We’ll keep ya posted.

Oldwaverider

Sunny Photo Gallery from May 14 2011 ground swell, Wednesday morning Surf Report update 9:30 AM January 25 2012, Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach (posted January 25, 2012)

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, Sunny

SUNNY PHOTO GALLERY

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Sunny making his relentless barrel pursuit on a waist high gem. Image 1 of 3 sequence. Photos by Chad.
Sunny making his relentless barrel pursuit on a waist high gem. Image 1 of 3 sequence. Photos by Chad.

Incoming NE ‘ster windswell for maybe Monday thru Wednesday…I’ll get into that in a minute;

The photos here of Sunny were from a May 14 2011 ground swell that kicked up waist to shoulder high waves, perfect glass and barrels.  These three shots were taken by Chad , and of Sunny on a nice left.

Sunny. Image 2 of 3 shot sequence.
Sunny. Image 2 of 3 sequence.

As far as incoming swell, other than the 2 foot fairly consistent knee to thigh high stuff we have had for the last week, we do have a Nor’easter that is predicted to blow from land to sea at a NW angle,  so it looks like it will give us a steep NE windswell for perhaps Monday thru Wednesday. 

Sunny, image 3 of 3.
Sunny, image 3 of 3.

There could be some head high faces, but mostly onshore winds, and by Tuesday afternoon, the models show the swell coming in more East than North which could allow some of this baby to hit the Cape, instead of letting Satellite Beach hog the whole show 🙂

As it progresses, we’ll let ya know.

Enjoy this awesome weather that the last two winters denied us.  Oh,  the water temp is the same at the Trident pier which hugs close to the barrier islands  just west of  the one mile buoy both showing showing 69 ° which you gotta love.

It’s hump day Wednesday, enjoy the remainder of your week and the weekend 🙂  A week from Friday is the Cape’s Friday Fest, so don’t forget about that street party!

Oldwaverider

Tuesday night Surf Report update 8:15 PM January 17 2012, How the Waves were today at the Cape, Surfing Photos from a similar swell, Forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach (posted January 17, 2012)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells

A small 2.5 to 3 foot winds swell at 7 seconds, at Hightowers/RC's. Image 1 of 4 in sequence. Photos by Oldwaverider
A small 2.5 to 3 foot winds swell at 7 seconds, at Hightowers/RC's. Image 1 of 4 in sequence. Photos by Oldwaverider

10:30 PM Tuesday night update from 8:15 PM Report.  The 120 is shrinking out there, to 3.9 ft at 6 seconds.  I’m giving 11-12 AM waves in the morning about a 30 percent chance, as far as the size stated below.   If it starts something after 3 or 4 Am and keeps rolling in, then we may be good, but I’m not optimistic.  Read on below on my 8:15 PM report just so we’re on the same page, in case it does kick in some waves.  Here endeth the 10:30 PM update.

There is a slideshow of these images below, but these you can at least click and see them closeup/higher rez if you want.

I skipped the pre-noon glass cause the size or pseudo-power wasn’t in yet, for the Cape.  I had a fun 1 or 2 hour sesh on Johnson, with some fun semi-clean knee to thigh high sets with maybe a waist high coming thru.  Lefts seemed to be working best.   At least I didn’t have to do a wetsuit since the water was still 65° and the air temp 70 ish.

Image 2 of 4 sequence.
Image 2 of 4 sequence.

I was fortunate enough to be surfing with Leo, a guy visiting from Holland.   He said they have to wait quite a while for waves, and said the water temp over there right now is 0 to 4 degrees Celsius.   The guy had a style I could only hope to achieve, especially when he told me he hadn’t been out for 5 months, due to getting over an injury.

Image 3 of 4
Image 3 of 4

(But he’s still under 35 or 40 so he’s still yougn 🙂     Couldn’t pass that one up Leo, if you’re reading this.   It was a great time, even if the waves were small.

Wednesday Surf;  Right now (8:00 PM) the 120 buoy is telling me lousy waves for the morning, because the swell period out there is 6 seconds which provides no swell or power.  But……….I suspect/believe after midnight, we may have an 8 or 9 second period start to push out there bringing us a 7 second period 2 to 3 foot swell by 9 Am ish.   I believe that a paddle out at 11 AM could be fun down South and maybe at the Cape.   The pier will fall in the middle.    The winds will be 7 to 10 mph westerly mostly at 11 or 12 and picking up thru the day, and low tide is at 9:20 AM so a paddle out at 11:30 will have more water,  the full 7 or 8 second period strength of the overnight push.  The swell will have it’s last push out of the East instead of the NE like it was coming in today.  So that should help for the Cape and the Pier and the Streets, the way they get blocked out by NE, and make the best impact of swell from 2nd light to RC’s.

Image 4 of 4 of a nice long cruiser left in Satellite Beach.
Image 4 of 4 of a nice long cruiser left in Satellite Beach.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The photos here are from a similar 2 to 3 foot 7 second period type of swell.  Mostly longboard stuff , down South, but probably some short board fun.

I’ll skip Thursday or Friday for now.

Have fun, it’s hump day, Wednesday!

Oldwaverider

The Best Surfing Video I have ever seen; 25 to 40 foot face waves, of perfection at Cloudbreak , Fiji July 2011 with Jeff Rowley and his 1 Million dollar goal of raising funds for Breast Cancer. Posted Saturday at 3:15 PM (January 13, 2012)

by oldwaverider, posted in Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Fiji - Cloudbreak, Restaurants, Tavarua

SURF REPORT UPDATE SUNDAY JAN. 15, 6 PM…Incoming windswell Mon and Tues, waist high plus, with chance of offshore winds on Wednesday and maybe late Tuesday afternoon, but Wednesday right now looks best 🙂 End of Sunday update

Be sure to click on the 720 resolution and full-screen to watch this masterpiece…

Surfing and windsurfing Fiji Cloudbreak Massive Surf

This video is the best Surf Video I have seen;  1st the footage of the most epic day/swell to hit Fiji of 25 to 40 foot face waves with perfect glass,  most everyone is paddling in, not all.

2nd, then the production quality by Tim Bonython Productions with editing by Corey Maynard, using Piano music by Tripswitch, LR-60 & Mr. Moods, and Echelon Effect, the piano magnifies and defines the epic perfection of the clear Blue Water of Cloudbreak , Tavarua, Fiji.

Jeff Rowley is on a goal to raise $ 1,000,000 for breast cancer and he intends to do this by surfing massive surf all over the globe.  I am sure there is a personal part to his life that has him totally passionate about achieving this goal, though I haven’t found out who affected him for this drive.  I recently saw a new video of his first paddle in session at Maui/Jaws-Peahi for 40 to 50 foot face waves.

Jeff was born with club feet and had to have surgery just after his birth.  His mother was told that he may never be able to walk.  But I guess he was very stubborn, because if you watch the way he carves 30 to 40 foot faces at Cloudbreak with no fear, he obviously adapted to his life born disability.

Midway or more into the video,  a Kite-Surfer performs incredibly on a 35 foot +/-  face wave.

Near the end of the video Jeff Rowley takes off on a massive wave at the same time Jason Polakow drops in with his Sailboard,  and then they carve the face of this massive wave at the same time as if the act was practiced and performed many times before.  Impeccably orchestrated, all of the footage.  Then at the very end,  Jeff solo, takes what looks to be the wave of the day 35 to 40 foot face and handles it like an 8 foot wave.  Followed by Jason on a solo with his sailboard on a similar size wave going vertical with the sailboard down the face.

I can’t use enough adjectives to describe the quality of the filming, the surfing, the massive glassy perfection, the choreography of the surfing and sailboard, the music and the goal of Jeff Rowley to raise money for breast cancer.

Did I mention magnificent?

Enjoy 🙂

Oldwaverider

Todos Santos January 5th, 2012: Big Wave Surfing, posted Wednesday night January 11, 2012

by oldwaverider, posted in Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Mexico - Puerto Escondido, Pascuales, World Big Wave Events and Articles

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This was so awesome to watch, this big swell that hammered the entire Pacific Coast it seems.  Y’all know my obsession with big wave video.  Yeah, the camera shakes a fair amount (the guy apologizes on his YouTube page because the boat was shaking so much), but just grab the rush of the drop in for these guys.  And drool, except for the fact that cold water does , well, it stinks.   Funny thing is,  a few hundred miles further South, below the Ecuador line,  like Acapulco, the water is warm pretty much year round, like no wetsuit in November.

A glimpse of Todos Santos , Mexico's coastline map, and the long road the surfers had to get there.
A glimpse of Todos Santos , Mexico's coastline map, and the long road the surfers had to get there.

Here is a little map I found on a blog that discusses Experiencing Baja , Mexico.  It’s kind of cool to take a minute out of our normal obsessive pace, and read about other people that have a simpler life.   I got side-tracked when looking for a map to show you where these guys drove all nite to get this incredible surf session.   This blog which has nothing to do with the surfers in this video, is great for looking into the lives of the people who live along the rode to Todos Santos.  If you have ever surfed along this part of the Mexico border (as opposed to the Gulf of Mexico side, like Cancun) or even further below (like 250 miles further South even), along the non-Baja Southern border such as   Acapulco,  Escondido, Mexico Pipeline,  it is a pretty sparse area, and back in the late 70’s and mid-80’s when I surfed there,  we American’s weren’t received as gracefully as we might be now;  I should also say, not received by the bandito population, cause the Mexican folks are wonderful people to the core 🙂

Incoming Surf; Not much to pass on with incoming swells.  We’ll look at it to see if this less than 5 foot wind swell coming Monday does anything for us.

Oldwaverider

Johnson Ave Photo Gallery 2011 Year in Review, sort-of :), Friday night update/surf report (Jan. 6 2012) 5 PM, Incoming East swell, Friday Fest at Cape Canaveral, Forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach (posted January 06, 2012)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, All The People and the Surfers, Art, Brevard Barrels - Photos collected, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Chad, Dave L., John L., Local Events in Canaveral or Cocoa Beach, Mike M., Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., Ron, Sunny, Unknown : Johnson Avenue Surfers

JOHNSON AVENUE SURF GALLERY – 2011 YEAR IN REVIEW, SORT OF (Sept thru Dec.)

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John thanking our Creator for these gifts :)
John thanking our Creator for these gifts 🙂

SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE AT 8:30 AM;  THE SMALL INCOMING SWELL WAS 3.5 FT AT 11 SECONDS AT THE 120, BUT……….it stopped coming in at 11 PM last night (Saturday night), which means about 8 or 9 hours travel time to our beaches, so it was here at maybe 8 AM, and then dropped to 2.5 ft at 10 seconds at the 120 at Midnight  which is not the minimum we need for a swell to hit the beach.  We need about 2.6 to 3 feet at 10 or 11 seconds to get a ground swell that is ridable here (Ross at CFL surf figured that one out). Sorry folks, no waves.  Maybe a ripple for SUP’s and big long boards when the tide gets lower, but the winds turn onshore by noon.  But have a great Sunday anyhow with the nice weather 🙂 Back to Friday nights update post below……..

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Slept thru the New Year…;)>

A few Johnson Avenue Surfers, 2011 year in review………………photo gallery 🙂

Big, No.  ……….Possibly fun and rideable, yeah 🙂    Tonight an Easterly Swell is creeping in and kicking out the steep NE swell we’ve had.

Thursday was great, waist high plus in Satellite, perfect glass, light 5 to 7 offshore winds.  It was even comfortable without any suit.  Yeah, I did have a rash guard on and it was 1:00 and a nice 60 degrees, so yeah that did help.

Brother Chad...
Brother Chad...

Anyhow, Saturday morn should bring some knee to rib high waves from the Cape to Satellite.  Light offshore winds SW to West most of Saturday around 3 to 6 mph.  I’d say, if it ain’t big enough

Oldwaverider....T.S. Maria
Oldwaverider....T.S. Maria

here at the Cape, pick your spot in Satellite at mid-tide high going low and you should have some waist high long lines somewhere.It will be 52 at daybreak, but by 9 AM sunny and 60 ° , so if you don’t want the suit to bog ya down, it will be rash guard-able.

Dr. John...
Dr. John...

Sunday, should be 6 to 9.5 inches bigger on the face, same air temps, offshore from the NW,

Dave the Ripper.......
Dave the Ripper.......

but……………………….., it will turn onshore by Noon or earlier.  So if you’re gonna do Church,  do it at 8, and be in the water by 9:30.  May have some rib high waves down South and maybe some thigh high at the Cape.

Sunny (Daniel)....
Sunny (Daniel)....

DON’T FORGET CAPE CANAVERAL FRIDAY FEST TONIGHT!  The band is “Vilifi”  and they are damn good.  (scuse the french).  The Fest goes from 6 to 10 PM, great food, great beer, awesome local Art

Bouncer Ron (Mr. High Tech actual :)..............
Bouncer Ron (Mr. High Tech actual :)..............
Unknown Gator Girl.........
Unknown Gator Girl.........
Brother MIke from Lakeland..............
Brother MIke from Lakeland..............
Unknown female at Johnson Avenue............
Unknown female at Johnson Avenue............
Unknown guy Johnson Avenue Surfer...
Unknown guy Johnson Avenue Surfer...
Same unknown guy, but just a nice J-Ave line to see............
Same unknown guy, but just a nice J-Ave line to see............
A shameless 2nd shot of Oldwaverider, going left................:)
A shameless 2nd shot of Oldwaverider, going left................:)
Dave the Ripper, going backside, prepping to get some air before this puppy closes out :) Photo by Chad
Dave the Ripper, going backside, prepping to get some air before this puppy closes out 🙂 Photo by Chad
Sunny (dave the rippers - protege:)) making a "made easy" re-entry, from a nice glassy day in South Cocoa Beach. Photo by Chad
Sunny (dave the rippers - protege:)) making a "made easy" re-entry, from a nice glassy day in South Cocoa Beach. Photo by Chad

talent, Vendors, and ya may meet your future companion, hey whatever !

Have a great weekend!

Oldwaverider
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