Category: A summary of How the Waves were

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.

Merry Christmas again.

oldwaverider

Beautiful waves this morning at O-Club!

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.

Later,

oldwaverider

Friday morning (12/10/10), the waves were a perfect longboard, chest high, pretty chilly, but awesome.  I checked out the pier, and it was thigh to waist-high, and figured for the cold, I head to the Satellite Beach rock breaks.

There were 2 other guys out, I joined em, and we had plenty of waves, even at high tide.

Saturday, a buddy of mine came from Lakeland, and we looked at Johnson, and it was waist to chest, and actually barreling pretty nicely.  But it looked like a lot of close-outs.   So we went down to Hangers, and it was solid head high, with an ocassional 1 foot plus overhead.  Throwing really hard, awesome shoulders, definitely some close-outs, but you could judge them coming, and let em pass on by.

Awesome head high day !