Author: oldwaverider

Thurs, Friday, Saturday surf coming … , SHANE DORIAN BEST WAVE EVER, BIGGEST BARREL PADDLE IN MAYBE EVER VIDEO!, Tuesday night October 29 , 9:45 PM Surf Update , Surf Report ,Surf forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach , October 29, 2013 posted

by oldwaverider, posted in Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Hawaii - Jaws, Maui ; Pipeline

Will there be a glassy juicy day with size coming this week?  3 days running now, Saturday holds to be the glassy rib to maybe a chest high day down south only, and Friday appears to be the biggest day with a chance of glassy from South winds but only South of around 13th Street, where the South winds breaks start.   More reporting down below the video…

January 11, 2013, Shane Dorian paddled into the Biggest Wave and Ride of his life at Jaws.  Breaking further outside than the lineup, and he was further out than the others;

Wednesday, the winds swell is rolling in, but weak and onshore in the 12 mph range and building thru the day, but, it will be a little rideable, and show waist high sets once in a while.

Thursday, thoughout the day, an East-Northeast windswell rolls in, probably giving us some thigh high waves at the Cape, and waist high down south with ESE winds starting probably 10 mph at daybreak, and increasing to 15 plus thru the day.  Nothing to get excited about, but hey there will be waves.

Friday, late morning or early afternoon, an almost groundswell or a groundswell pushes in the back of the windswell and should give us waist to chest high waves at the Pier, and rib to some shoulder high sets in Satellite Beach.  Direct South winds, in the 8 to 15 mph range, up until afternoon, and then the winds turn SSE.  Playalinda , Sebastian, Spanish house it will be total offshore winds.  At the Cape and North CCB, it will be onshore winds.  From 13th Street South, it will be 5 to 10 degrees offshore depending on your break.  South is the only place to go 🙂

Saturday, should be solid waist high, with some possible chest high sets down South.  Winds should be offshore in the 10 to 15 mph ranges, Westerly mostly, and increase in late afternoon turning more NNW.  But it is still early to call the winds until 48 hours out, so we’ll keep you posted.

Enjoy, looks like at least two solid fun days of waves!

Oldwaverider

HAWAIIAN: THE LEGEND OF EDDIE AIKAU Directed by Sam George was on ESPN , so watch when it comes on again, posted October 01, 2013

by oldwaverider, posted in Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Hawaii - Jaws, Maui ; Pipeline, Miscellaneous Stories n Articles, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc.

Wonderful story of a Man with so much guts, inspiration, love of people, and a great Surfer.  If they show this again, be sure to watch.  The image below is from ESPN here:

10-01-13-espn-eddie-aikau-documentary

Oldwaverider

Sunday morning, perhaps, thigh to waist, and glassy :) , Saturday night September 21 , 8:30 PM Surf Update , Surf Report ,Surf forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach , September 21, 2013 posted

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, A Video collection of Surfing in Brevard, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., Walk On Water Productions - Surf Videos and More :)

Today was Awesome, Waist to Shoulder high, depending on how far south you went 🙂    Johnson Ave had one of those rare days, where the form held tight and perfect for 3 or 4 hours, and very light onshore winds, with long lines, and a few hundred yard rides to be had,  well, on a longboard.  Below is a video I shot of the pier this morning from 9 to 10 AM.

Waves Sunday?  Down below…

Weather.com is showing 6 to 8 mph offshore winds, SSW turning SW by maybe 9 or 10.  MSW is showing twice that on wind speed, so I guess we’ll see which model shows up first.  I go with weather.com   Anyhow;  Sunday should be some knee to thigh high for the Cape, and waist high plus down south.  Enjoy, I believe it’s the last day of this swell 🙂

Oldwaverider

Saturday morning with light 3 to 5 mph NNE winds should be fun! Humberto will still provide, Friday night September 20 , 10:30 PM Surf Update , Surf Report ,Surf forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach , September 20, 2013 posted

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

Saturday morning, light NNE winds in the 3 to 5 mph range, and it could be offsore N to NNW up North here until 8 AM,  and catch this!  17 hours ago, the 20 mile buoy said 5.2 feet at 11 seconds, well, at 9:50 PM tonight (Friday), it also said 5.2 feet at 11 seconds!  And the nearshore buoy said 2.6 feet at 11 seconds at 1:30 this afternoon, well, at 9:50 tonight, it also said 2.6 feet at 11 seconds. The Fort Pierce buoy has held the same too, St. Augustine has dropped from 5 feet something at their 40 mile, to 3.6 at 11 seconds, but they get most North or South swells first anyhow.  So, with the longer period coming in at midnight tonight,  at 10 seconds, we should see some waist to chest high waves Saturday with some nice lines.  Low tide at 3:10 am is the low low tide for the day, and the 9:35 high tide is the high high tide for the day, so that may , hold back some, but my best guess, is dawn patrol gets the biggest stuff, then it drops some, and then in late afternoon, it will pick back up, but with 5 to 7 mph winds.  Should be fun!

Sunday should still have thigh to waist high plus sets and offshore in the morning 🙂

Today was really fun!  Waist to Shoulder high, with a few 6 inch to 1 foot overhead faces on the drop in Satellite Beach.  Nice lines, lots of close outs, but you just had to let em pass by.

Humberto will provide, maybe not glass, but waves… Tuesday morning September 17 , 10:00 AM Surf Update , Surf Report ,Surf forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach , September 17, 2013 posted

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

Upcoming Surf from Humberto, arrives Wednesday, starting in morning, (well it’s actually trickling in as we speak), but the 13-14 second period actual ground swell should hit sometime Wednesday morning… more on that down below;  (it may be like 7 PM tonight, when I get the surf report in here)

The video below, is in preparation of the upcoming Big Wave tour event in Punta de Lobos Chile, and a shaper that is older than me, who still surfs big waves 🙂

 

Wednesday

Kelly Slater in the Stands, hey, I had the camera in my hands for the Bikini contest, timing is everything :) posted Monday, 10 PM September 02 2013

by oldwaverider, posted in A Video collection of Surfing in Brevard, Local Events in Canaveral or Cocoa Beach, Miscellaneous Stories n Articles, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., Walk On Water Productions - Surf Videos and More :)

Kelly Slater, in the judges stands, 11 time ASP World Champ,  so yeah, I was excited even if I am 55 🙂

Oldwaverider

Heidi’s Jazz Club, and my buddy Les playing Saxophone Friday nights, “In the Mood” song by Glenn Miller and Surf Report Update n Forecast for the Cape and Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, …posted August 25, 2013

by oldwaverider, posted in Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Local Events in Canaveral or Cocoa Beach, Miscellaneous Stories n Articles, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., Walk On Water Productions - Surf Videos and More :)

If you ain’t 50 or older, then you may ask, what the _ _ _ _?  Why is this guy posting a Glenn Miller song, “In the Mood” on Johnson Avenue Surfers?  We do have waves coming for Monday! See below…

My buddy here in Cape Canaveral, plays the Saxophone, and nails this classic Big Band Jazz song by Glenn Miller.  (Jimmy Stewart played the movie, which was black and white, haha).

My buddy Les is about 80 years old, and you’d never know it;  hope you enjoy it below:  (ps – I also added the original Glenn Miller band video below my buddy Les so you could compare)

He also gave me a 40 year old “Infinity” surfboard from Ocean Beach Surf Shop, where I took a surf trip back in 1979 🙂

And here is Glenn Miller, it’s a low rez video, so that’s why it’s smaller:

UPDATE: The Surf Report Below was done 2 hours ago, when the swell model was “bigger”.  Now it looks like maybe Monday afternoon it will wait to hit even CCB , and waist high is now the size call, sorry, models change every 6 hours, and the report below was from an earlier model, at the tail end of it, if u will 🙂  (This update was done at 7:38 PM EST Sunday night)

We have a very steep angle swell, a Northeast swell, that will be blocked out by the Cape, but should hit Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach well, and by late Monday, it may trickle in to us finally.  Should be a wind swell, no ground swell, but will give us some waist high waves here by Monday night, and should give us some chest high waves Monday late morning in Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, with NE winds in the 8 to 10 mph range in the morning, so it could be fun.

Tuesday should be more of the same.  Have Fun!

posted by Oldwaverider

Small almost medium Swell on the way for Sunday ! The Pier to Patrick video by Walk on Water Productions, Clean your board for the Hurricane season ! Saturday afternoon August 17 , 3:15 PM Surf Update , Surf Report ,Surf forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach – August 17, 2013 posted

by oldwaverider, posted in All The People and the Surfers, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Chad, Miscellaneous Stories n Articles, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., Walk On Water Productions - Surf Videos and More :)

Tropical Storm Erin should give some waist to possible chest high chop waves Sunday thru Wednesday, and maybe a Waist high glassy morning on Thursday, or Friday, or somewhere in there, if the storm doesn’t weaken anymore.  🙂   As soon as it gets 150 miles North of Central Florida, those winds could blow offshore and give us some glass.

Compliments of Magicseaweed.com hurricane tracking screenshot
Compliments of Magicseaweed.com hurricane tracking screenshot

CLEAN YOUR SURFBOARD !  Yes, I just stripped my Winter wax off my board, and yes, it was melting before I got it into the water during the last swell 🙂

Below is a link to a great article about cleaning your wax.  And for the final touches,  Turpentine or Gasoline works to get the residue off.  NO ACETONE OR MINERAL SPIRITS !  THAT WILL DAMAGE THE FINISH ON YOUR BOARD !

Clean your board article here:

The Pier to Patrick – Candid footage of locals n friends – Oct n Nov 2012 from Art Hansen on Vimeo.

So long to brother Chuck! Teahupoo Bad Ass Kite Surfing Video from July 30 2013 swell, Wednesday and Thursday AM maybe something, Tuesday afternoon August 06 , 1:10 PM Surf Update , Surf Report ,Surf forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach posted August 06 2013

by oldwaverider, posted in All The People and the Surfers, Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Chuck, Teahupoo

Small swell coming in Wednesday and Thursday morning, maybe thigh high down south, with 8 to 10 mph onshore winds Wednesday morning, and maybe light SSE winds Thursday morning, and a slight chance of offshore Thursday morning.  Nothing much, but the right tide, you might get a few fun little rides !

Chuck, on a sweet bomb in Nicaragua, back in 2012.
Chuck, on a sweet bomb in Nicaragua, back in 2012.

 

Chuck got a shot off of Oldwaverider, with his Go Pro Camera, at our favorite break, Hightowers
Chuck got a shot off of Oldwaverider, with his Go Pro Camera, at our favorite break, Hightowers

 

THIS IS ONE BALLSY TEAHUPOO KITE SURFING SESSION BY A FEW CRAZIES!

Have a Great Week!   And so long to brother Chuck McDonald, 18 months of balls to the Water and a Good Friend 🙂

Oldwaverider

Best Video of Garretts epic Wave! Thursday evening August 01 , 9:30 PM Surf Update , Surf Report ,Surf forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach – July 30, 2013 posted

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., Portugal - Nazare

Wednesday afternoon, the swell delayed by probably 5 hours finally came in with 5 to 7 foot faces in Satellite, though the winds did pick up a bit in the late afternoon, but I’m sure it was a lot of fun. We did a late 4 PM session at J-Ave, but it was pretty much totally unrideable.  I was kooking severely, but the form was all messed up with sections coming at different angles onto the face of each wave, so only a few percentage of waves, really had a line up here.  My neighbor and a couple of short boarders, go the best results from it.  It was not a good session for longboards, and especially, for a guy kooking at his worst.  But, my morning session in waist to occ chest high waves in Satellite Beach, very clean, was a blast, and the kook was not out then 🙂

This is the best video I have seen of Garrett Mac’s, massive record wave.  Very clean, fairly close up footage by the videographer, and it appears some go pro footage was in there too.

Friday, should have some knee to thigh high leftovers, with maybe some waist high sets in Satellite Beach.  Should be semi to glass early morning.