Author: oldwaverider

Tuesday morning (9/28/10)

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

Screenshot taken Tuesday morning for Thursday morning moving swell chart. (9/30/10)
Screenshot taken Tuesday morning for Thursday morning moving swell chart. (9/30/10)

This is the 3rd day now, that the models are showing a 5 ft. at 9 or 10 second period swell with offshore winds for Thursday morning. Probably waist to maybe chest high in Canaveral,  and shoulder high to overhead down south in Satellite Beach at my favorite breaks.  But if it’s chest high here, I’ll be at the end of the street, yeah!

The Bahamas at the Abaco break of Elbow Cay (Indicas and Rush Reef, point break 😉  I bet will have 8 to 10 foot waves breaking at the beach. Ouch!

See the moving swell chart model screenshot for what Thursday morning 9/30/10 looks like.   If you want to see the animation that shows you the progression of the incoming swell, check it out on the link below (Don’t forget to use the browser back button if ya wanna come back here for more ) : http://magicseaweed.com/Florida-MSW-Surf-Charts/20/   

 Right now weather channel plugin on my Internet browser (used Internet Explorer, yeah I actually can’t stand Firefox except when testing new sites I am creating and developing), the plugin shows that the winds for Thursday morning are now down to 5 – 6 mph out of the NW, but remember that’s from daybreak till maybe 10 am-ish, then NNW to onshore, NW which is great for us at the Cape, and actually everywhere: http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/USFL0089?begHour=20&begDay=272

   Note: We know how nature works,  this swell can speed up, slow down, or worse dwindle down.  But I’m going with better than 60% chance that we’ll have some nice glassy waves Thursday morning. 
We’ll try to give an update tonight to see how the models are being user friendly 🙂
Later,
Oldwaverider

Hurricane Danielle big clean chop 8/28/10

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc.

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Hurricane Danielle putting up 8 to 11 foot faces
Hurricane Danielle putting up 8 to 11 foot faces

Hurricane Danielle provided a few fun days,  though we had to deal with some choppy conditions, that would be a thanks to Hurricane Earl sneaking up from behind keeping the onshore winds constant.   These pics were taken again by, yep you guessed it, Central Florida photographer Mike Melito from Lakeland.  Enjoy the pics and we’ll be uploading more from Hurricane Earl too!

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Older guy going left :)
Older guy going left 🙂
Nice Air Left
Nice Air Left
Chase from a closeout
Chase from a closeout
Clean overhead left wall
Clean overhead left wall
Late drop in
Late drop in
Big foamy left...
Big foamy left...
My spray on tan from the pool job.
My spray on tan from the pool job.

Monday Night (9/27/10)

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

For 2 days now,  data hints at chest to head high surf for Thursday morning (9/30/10), with glassy conditions.  The winds are looking pretty fierce offshore (over 15 mph) so wear your goggles or leave your contacts at home.

Wednesday evening late, maybe before dark it could turn offshore (no bets on it ;),  and Friday morning could be clean and chest high conditions early.   (early means dawn patrol for you oldtimers)

As conditions change we’ll try to update here.   On down the road, we will get more in depth on our gambles (I mean surf predictions), but for now it’s the short version.

Thanks for paying attention 🙂

Oldwaverider

Photos from Hurricane Earl on 9/2/10

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc.

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Taken at Cocoa Beach Pier mid morning
Taken at Cocoa Beach Pier mid morning

These photos were taken mid morning Thursday of Hurricane Earl’s awesome swell.    Taken by Mike Melito, an old high school buddy from Lakeland.  And yeah, he also surfs.

Another from Thursday morn. Yup, same photographer.
Another from Thursday morn. Yup, same photographer.
Probably the reason why he missed taking the one wave that I rode ...
Probably the reason why he missed taking the one wave that I rode ...
Don't know if he got a barrell out of this one or not.
Don't know if he got a barrell out of this one or not.
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Yeah, a few lefts are coming.
Yeah, a few lefts are coming.

 

 

 

There's room for two, maybe.
There's room for two, maybe.
Clean right ...
Clean right ...
Taken by Gulfster.com, a photo at the pier also
Taken by Gulfster.com, a photo at the pier also

We hope to have some update photos if I can get Mike to send them to me 🙂

Hello from Johnson Avenue Surfers Blog

by oldwaverider, posted in Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos

I hope to capture the personalities of the folks that live just North, just South and on Johnson Avenue in Cape Canaveral that like to surf, or just plain enjoy watching us surf out there. 

We have a few old timers , over 60 that bring California, Hawaii and a bunch of other flavors to the surfing at the end of our street. 

We have middle age guys like myself that like to see how many times I can smash the water with my face under the excuse that I’m trying new moves. 

Young female surfers that put us to shame in many ways, but we don’t worry about it too much, cause they’re real friendly and great help at keeping the attitude mellow out there 🙂 

Excuse my excessive or non-clear verbage here,  I am kinda new at the blog thing, however I’m sure that eventually I’ll get the hang of it.  

Picture of me with the hat on while watching some hurricane Danielle surf.
A rainbow behind me on Cocoa Beach Pier

Long wind cut short,  we hope to provide surf pics, videos and the personalities of the folks who live and surf here, along with an occassional visitor from down south, when the surf is to big and choppy for them to get out.    We welcome them as most of them seem to know the surf etiquette that we use up here at the Cape.

Enjoy our updates, and we’ll keep try to keep things friendly, hopefully entertaining and maybe even helpful.

Later,

Oldwaverider (Art)