Nov. 2010 gave up to 60 ft. wave face heights for Oregon, South Reef and Nelscott breaks. This image was submitted as an XXL Big wave award entrant, Eric Akiskalian, on the magical shaped behemoth 🙂
Saturday night, maybe afternoon, the huge Nor’easter engulfing most of the Northeast, may throw some leftovers our way.
I wish I could say we’ll get more than that, but it looks like most of the swell will be pushing west to east sending the brunt of the swell toward England. However, the swell direction does seem to turn toward us with the strength of a small ground swell sometime Saturday late, and possibly light , very light onshore winds for Sunday morning.
Right now it’s looking like waist to chest high waves for South Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach. It looks as though the Cape may be blocked out of most of the swell, but….I won’t say that definitively. As the swell approaches further, we’ll be able to make better determinations.
In the meantime, enjoy the XXL entrant photo from November, 2010, which was Eric Akiskalian I believe, photo complements of MagicSeaweed.com here.
Well, I see nothing for at least a week.  If what is see 7 or 8 days out turns in to something, we’ll let ya know. I know some small waves come and go , but ya’ll have figured out that I just track solid swells (small or big), but at least solid.
Below is a fun session I had by myself at Hangers, back on Dec. 10 or 12, 2010.
Fun little right, from a thigh to waist high swell on 12/10/10, at Hangers, taken by a friend.
You all already know me, I’m always scoping out huge wave videos, especially anything at Jaws/Peahi, Maui.
“One of the massive wipeouts, I understand was Greg long. He had just won the Eddie Aikau at Waimea. I read that he said this was one of the worst wipeouts of his life, but I don’t know how bad he was hurt. Didn’t look like much fun to me.  nevans97 post”
THIS NEXT ONE IS CALLED: JAWS MAUI 2010 PASSING THE TORCH , pretty killer music too!
Laird Hamilton passes the torch to the newer huge wave tow-in surfers, he’s over 45 years old, and still out there one more time!
2010 JAWS PEAHI EPIC GIANT SURF. FILMED 1/10/10. LAIRD HAMILTON, IAN WALSH, BILLY KEMPER. MUSIC BY GUERRILLA JAZZ!
I hope to get the Peahi tow in session on Nov. 10, 2010 hear too, but so far I have only found it at MSW.com, and it’s not for public embedding.
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December 10, 2010 I think, at Hangers. Taken by a friend.
It was really awesome surf at Hightowers Christmas Day. I didn’t get out till 11, but it was calm and mega glassy in the morning, but it was still offshore winds and chest to shoulder high and a whole bunch of fun waves.
Minimal crowds, maybe 15 people out, the sun was rockin, the nut surfing next to me from the West Coast (of Florida), was skinnin it.  People think I’m nuts cause I only wear a springsuit, so that’s why I have the right to call him nuts for skinning it. We got a bunch of waves, so what an awesome gift for Christmas, with some shoulder high waves!
I don’t see anything to talk about yet for sure, there is some activity out there but we’ll give it a day or two for this could Monday and Tuesday coming up to pass by.
A sesh at hangars 12/10/10, fun even with the chop. Photo taken by a friend.
It looks like our surf remains consistent (we hope) with last nights anal retentive data check 🙂
I believe we’ll see thigh to maybe…..waist high in the Cape, and chest high plus in Satellite Beach. The swell looks to be 3.5 feet at 11 seconds, maybe 4 feet, it’s been hanging around 7 to 8 feet at 12 seconds at the 120 buoy so we should have a pretty strong ground swell in the morning. The winds in CB are showing 3 to 7 mph from the SSW, so with the land warming up quicker than water, we may still see some pressure generated to push those winds more like SW. (I’m optimistic anyhow)
Water temp is 60 and should hold at that for the day.  Dawn air temp is 45-48, low tide, around 7, high at 10:30 AM. The high temp for the day is around 74, sunny with partly cloudy times.
The tides not ideal, but if you paddle out at daybreak it should be awesome, but chilly, I have a spring suit, so I’ll wait till 10 Am and hit a high tide break in South Cocoa, unless the rocks are breaking in Satellite.
Have a wonderful Christmas, and a great Christmas Day surf sesh!
Friday we have a 4 to 5 foot 10-11 second period ground swell coming in. (Actually we will see some in the AM, but the full force in late afternoon).  At daybreak, The first part of the Nor’easter swell, probably North winds, at 10-15 mph turning NNE by 8 or 9 Am. Size ought to be maybe thigh high at the Cape, with chest high plus down South. In the afternoon the winds should be strong onshore 15 plus mph NNE winds. The winds may start to slow down by evening. Saturday should be the glass.
Christmas morning, Saturday at daybreak, should be glassy, thigh high waves I hope at the Cape, and chest to shoulder high waves in Satellite Beach. We should have some SW winds 2 to 5 mph until maybe 10 am, increasing to 10 mph by noonish, turning toward the South.
The tough choice is when to paddle out.  Low tide is 4 Am, so daybreak would be mid-tide, the air temp should be 50-52 degrees (not to bad) , and WSW winds around 5 mph. The best tide will be for a noon paddle out (high tide at 10:30, high going low which is best), but by noon the winds could already be out of the South. But maybe they’ll hang in there from the SSW.
Merry Christmas and have a great Christmas surf session!
Okay, now we’re caught up on the Billabong XXL Big Wave videos.
Check out the new entrant. The boys from Ireland have a lot to show for the emerging monsters. Between some of the breaks around LaHinch Beach around the NNW point of Ireland, they have had some mega 40 to 50 foot face waves in the last 12 to 18 months of La Nina surf season.
Also, check out Shipstern Bluff.  I have asked myself, why do those guys surf there, since the moment they hit that part of the wave were it seems like a big chasm or black hole in the ocean floor appears, and thus they have the most incredible wipeouts cause they’re not expecting a sudden free fall at the peak of the barrel of the wave.
Then it dawned on me; that’s why they like it, it’s like having a cinderblock laying at the bottom of a skatepark bowl, forcing them to “think on their feet” if you will.  So watch the different way these crazies choose to respond to the “black hole” part of the wave at Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania.
Also, “Cloudbreak” in Fiji, is a new entrant. Another 40 foot face entry, and especially the paddle in wipeout in what looks like a 40 foot plus face.  I bet that one wins the wipeout of the year award. Anyone that has the balls to keep on paddling for that one, then goes one step crazy further by grabbing the rail of the board in order to make the straight/angled drop, they have my vote for the best and most ballzy calculated attempt and then wipeout !
Last, Chile had a massive year, that 45 – 50 foot face in their freezing cold water gains the same respect as freezing Mavericks, Prowlers and Oregon’s last 50 – 60 foot wave video shown on Seaweed not long ago.
Enjoy, and I hope ya don’t mind me posting these things.  I love watching huge waves.
Now that the rumor is out that Kelly Slater may start participating in some of this kind of surfing, I’m even more fired up.  Anyone that can terrorize the competition in the ASP regular surf tour, and then turn around the next week and paddle into a 30 – 40 foot face at the “Eddie”, is certainly one ballsy individual.
About a foot or so bigger than yesterday (surfed O-club Tuesday also), for me (6’3″ tall) on the bigger sets, the drop was shoulder-high and maybe a few head high drops, and then the shoulders were waist to chest high and really glassy.
Definitely some close-outs, but many you could see and let em on by. I got out 2 hours after high tide, heading toward low, so it was really nice and plenty of power.  Some nice barrels (I got none, but they were there). Many waves were unmakeable on a long board and even short board, but if you did a rail-grabber, you could make a bunch of em. I saw some awesome short board rides out there!
Looks like Thursday morning may be some decent size still, but as it looks now, some stiff offshore winds.
Then late Thursday, looks like the winds whip around from the NE bringing in that big Nor’easter, with strong onshore waves all day Friday Christmas Eve, and then Saturday morning sometime, it looks to turn offshore from the NW, and throughout the day, the wind looks to be swinging around to the SW, and picking up to the 10 mph plus range.
So, Christmas Eve, if you want to have a soulful evening, take a visit to Christ Lutheran Church for our 7:00 PM Candlelight Service.  Then go home, and have an Egg Nog with a splash of quality Brandy, wrap your kids presents (if you have any :), I don’t, and then catch a mid-morning surf session Christmas Day, after you do the present thing and the breakfast thing.
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