DOUBLE OVERHEAD FOOTAGE VIDEO , BY PURE OCEAN TV FILMED AT RC’S, HURRICANE SANDY ON SUNDAY
We had a small but powerful ENE groundswell coming for Friday thru Sunday. Expect almost no waves because the swell that is out there is further than the 120, and the NW winds at the 120 won’t let the swell in anyhow 😦
ART HANSEN (OLDWAVERIDER) – PHOTO GALLERY, Hurricane Sandy overhead photos
Being in the right place at the right time, and a prayer. This photo sequence was one of the small to medium size sets from Epic Sunday at Hightowers, with face heights jumping up to 14 every so often. My friends Mike and Cathy, were talking to a woman taking pictures of the perfect swell, and she asked the woman if she would take some shots of me if I paddled out for a few minutes. So we were defintely in the right place at the right time.
I wasn’t going to paddle out, because I am old :), but a young friend (Seth) I met in the water there a couple months ago in a rib high day, said he would paddle out if I did, so with some perspiration and Old age prayer, I decide to go for it, just to get one wave, and try and avoid the clean up sets (14 to 15 foot faces) on the paddle out, that came thru every 15 or 20 minutes.
I got very lucky with my timing, made it out in 7 minutes with my hair dry, paddled for 2 or 3 waves, but to far out, so I came in a bit, and found one that looked like it was lining up, and then just started the crazy laugh 🙂 It was about a 10 or 11 foot face, I took off more parallel, cause straight bottom turns were almost a guaranteed pounding. I tried to get ahead of the lip, and eventually, just carved up thet wall to get a boost of speed , shot out in front after it broke, and belly boarded in, and back up to the boardwalk in 22 minutes. What a fun Ride, thank God for delivering perfect Hurricanes 🙂
Surf for Tuesday, there should be a little left, waist to chest high from the Cape and going South to Satellite Beach. Winds should be West in the 15 to 20 mph range, thanks to this wonderful cold front.
Monday should be overhead glass down South, and the Cape and CCB are very hard to predict. This swell today was 41 degrees, so the Cape was blocked out from half the swell, and Monday, the angle goes 38 degrees with the falling swell, so I will go with, waist to chest high at the Cape, maybe shoulder high at the Pier. The winds should be around 15 to 20 mph WNW at daybreak and kick up to 25 mph by noon, so get out early. Satellite Beach ought to see some 2 foot overhead sets.
Awesome waves everywhere today, Epic surf for J-Ave, this afternoon for me was amazing fun with nothing but sick long rides from chest to head high, and Chilly! (with only a rash guard, though some crazies were skinning it)
Satellite Beach was the most perfect I have seen it in size and form. High tide this morning, was solid 9 to 12 foot with 14 foot sets, I got 2 video clips of rides, one was double overhead, and doubled on the guys head, but I’ll share that another day.
At low tide Satellite was slamming around noon, solid 8 to 12 foot faces, with 14 foot plus sets, showing up every now and then, so I had to go out for just one wave, since it was the biggest and cleanest I have ever seen by RC’s and Hightowers. A-frames, in the morning with 200 yard ride shoulders, and at low tide, just as clean, but with a lot more closeouts. But I got my one wave 🙂
The photos are of a guy on a double overhead wave (thought he’s hanging at the top but you can see his own body height under him and a spare 2 feet up top, so maybe more than 12 foot face), and the other is just an insane wall towering over 3 guys.
CHUCK – SURFING VIDEO – ONE NICE 12 SECOND WAVE
Sunday swell fades, doubtful anything will be left for Sunday, but we have an incoming windswell on Monday, that may turn ground swell on Friday with some serious overhead size possibilities.
The video was taken of Chuck down south, and was a nice left, about a 12 second ride peeling nicely, semi-glass, Satellite Beach.
CHUCK – SURF VIDEO OF ONE NICE LEFT
UPDATE AT 4:30 PM, OCTOBER 16TH , TUESDAY AFTERNOON/NIGHT! The waves jumped 50% in size since this morning and doubled in power, from 6 feet at 10 seconds at 8 AM to 9.5 feet at 14 seconds, at the 120 mile buoy.
The Rafael swell should be building a little today, it was sluggish at high tide this morning, but we tried to catch the winds offshore down south for the early size. It was almost flat at the Cape this morning, and very small at the pier. But south of 2nd light, it was waist to chest high, with a few bigger drops. I took some video of Chuck, and will compile a full video, but for now, this is a nice left that he caught on semi-glass waist high wave 🙂
Wednesday should be bigger, shoulder high at the Cape to 1 to 2 foot over head down south in Satellite Beach, with MAYBE, NNW TO N WINDS UNTIL 9 AM WHICH IS OFFSHORE FOR THE CAPE (as of 7 PM tuesday night weather channel for the Cape), THEN NNE to East winds in the morning, in the 4 to 6 mph range which should be fun and clean for the Cape. It would definitely be worth a trip down south to catch it a foot or two bigger with the light onshore winds.
Thursday morning, it should be a little smaller probably waist high at the Cape, and Shoulder high on the set waves in Satellite Beach, but we may have some glassy SSW 6 to 10 mph winds, so down south of 6th street south is your best bet if you want offshore winds. SSW is sideshore for the Cape.
Enjoy the swell.
Oldwaverider
CHUCK – PHOTO GALLERY
Hurricane Rafael should be sending us some Chest to Head High waves with some glass Tuesday…more in a minute
These photos I took at J-Ave from around 11:30 to 12:30 Pm. Monday morning October 15, 2012 , they are the remains of our outgoing swell, with the piggyback of Hurricane Rafael coming in. I got pictures of 3 or 4 people but these were a range of thigh to shoulder high drops/waves. Chuck had some really nice long rides come thru on this session 🙂
Tuesday morning at DAWN PATROL, we should have some NW to NNW winds in the 6 to 12 mph range from chest to head high from the Cape going to Satellite Beach. By 10 AM (here at the Cape), the winds turn North, so anywhere South, the winds will be sideshore to onshore. Best best is the Jetty to 4rth Street North. Minuteman causeway, NNW winds are usually onshore winds or sideshore at best.
Anyhow Tuesday, I am calling Rib to Chest high at the Cape, and Head High down South. It is hard to tell if the long period part of Rafael has hit the 120 mile buoy, I don’t think it will really hit till late tonight. Winds start offshore SW at around 4 mph at 11 PM tonight, and by 8 AM tuesday moring, they wrap around to NW and NNW by 9 AM, so DAWN PATROL IS CRITICAL! Plus, the tide will be low going high (high tide around 8:45 AM Cocoa Beach), so a 7 AM paddle out is best, else, high tide with onshore winds is your option by 10 AM 🙂
Wednesday morning should be bigger than Tuesday 5 foot at 13 second period, so that’s a powerful swell, with Shoulder high at the Cape (with bigger sets), and Overhead sets in Satellite Beach. (Satellite Beach could see some 2 to 3 foot overhead rogue sets)Â The winds are North for Wednesday morning, up until maybe 8:30 to 9 AM in the 8 mph to 10 range which is slight offshore for the Cape down to 4rth Street North, and onshore South of Minuteman Causeway.
Thursday morning could be rib to chest high from the Cape to Satellite, with offshore winds for the Cape to 4rth Street North.
We should have waves thru the weekend, but it’s too early to tell on the winds. Tonight, if I see any wind change for Tuesday AM, I’ll do a quick update.
I hope you enjoy the photos/surf pictures of brother Chuck here at the Cape.
Oldwaverider
SUNDAY MORNING AND MONDAY MORNING, COULD BE SIZE AND GLASS!…………..More in a few minutes!
CHAD PHOTO GALLERY
Sunday, September 9 2012 was a spectacular Surf Day! Hurricane Leslie gave us great surf for 5 or 6 days I believe. Yeah, Saturday was the huge glassy day in Satellite Beach with some 10 foot face sets, see the photos here from my buddy Mike Melito, but the best day (which I missed cause I was out of town, ouch), but the day for 30 to 50 rides per person (or more), was Sunday. It was closing out, and poor form Sunday up until 2 or 3 PM, and then conditions changed big time! RC’s was shut down, but at 3 PM, I was at Officer’s Club watching with my buddy Mike Melito, and within 30 minutes, the form cleaned up, the winds got perfect, 3 guys were out, so Mike and I paddled out at O’Club, with some awesome head high waves and and occassional 1 to 2 foot overhead cleanup set. I surfed 2 hours at O’club, easy paddle out, no hair wet, but it was slamming hard if you got caught inside. I caught at least 3 each 150 yard rides at O’Club.
But then I suggested, he let’s check out Johnson Ave, and see if we have less slamming, and more waves for the taking. So we went North, and it was one of those Classic Johnson Avenue days. It was perfect in form, yeah a foot or two smaller on the face, but the left’s and rights were so User-friendly, the whole neighborhood was out, so we surfed another 1 1/2 hours, and then I came in to take some pictures.
This sequence is of brother Chad, a 6-shot sequence, taken about 5:30 PM or 6 PM, my settings on the camera were a little off, but you can still see what an epic session Chad had. He was definitely one of the stand-outs making this epic Hurricane Leslie Johnson Avenue Sunday night session, look easy 🙂
Okay, upcoming surf, REMINDER, with my crazy schedule, I am only posting surf reports when we have a solid ground swell in the making. So that’s why the infrequent reports.
But we do have a solid long period swell that will start to hit our beaches tonight (Saturday night), and should see some thigh high glass or semi-glass for Sunday morning at the Cape here. Maybe some waist high stuff, and by later in the day, chest high at the Cape, and some Chest high in Satellite Beach. Winds look to be offshore up until maybe 11 AM with mostly a NW wind (4 to 8 mph) turning North by 11, which still would be offshore if you stay at Lori Wilson or North of it.
Monday morning, if you surf North, Lori Wilson or the Pier, should have some chest high plus sets with semi-glass until 9 or 10 AM. The winds should be 5 to 10 mph out of the North, so it could be fairly big and semi-glassy.
This ground swell should be with us thru Tuesday, and then we should still have a solid 3 to 4 foot wind swell with us thru Friday at least.
Make sure and get in the water early Sunday to get the perfect glass and at low tide.
Have a great weekend!
Oldwaverider
HURRICANE NADINE WAVES WILL HIT OUR BEACHES BEFORE DARK!………..I HOPE 🙂
RC’S PHOTOS FIRST
In the morning, Sunday, we should see some chest high waves here at the Cape and Shoulder high in Satellite Beach, but more on that in a minute………….
These photos are from the epic Saturday surf provided by Hurricane Leslie, and they were taken in Satellite Beach at RC’s and also at the Cocoa Beach Pier, by my friend Mike Melito.Â
Size seemed to range from 8 foot faces to very close to double overhead, but maybe not quite. Conditions were glassy, and those that crave big Florida Hurricane waves in Brevard, like to head to RC’s, Hightowers, and that’s what these lucky folks did! I was out of town, ouch, but very lucky that my friend Mike took the time to get these incredible photos. First RC’s and then the Pier.
Sunday surf;Â Chest to Shoulder high with light 5 to 10 mph East winds switching to SE, but as it stands right now, they aren’t showing much more than 10 mph, so it could be very clean in the morning.
Monday, still chest high plus, with light onshore winds
TUESDAY LOOKS TO BE THE SEMI OR POSSIBLY EPIC DAY! Rib to Shoulder high, from the Cape to Satellite Beach, with offshore SW winds, the speed, I can’t say yet, but probably less than 10 or 12 mph.
Wednesday could be a waist to chest high day with offshore winds also.
We have been blessed 3 summers in a row for waves, and of course, the Hurricanes are that special gift, so enjoy it while it’s epic.
Oldwaverider
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What’s going on with Saturday and Sunday morning with Hurricane Leslie part two, building?.…………………Morn in a second on that;
These photos are from Satellite Beach from Thursday morning, after the glass took a turn when the winds switched to South or SSE. It was perfect chest high to head high waves, and my buddy Mike and I, caught a number of 150 yard rides from outside, all the way in. PPPPPPPPPPerfect surf!!!!!!!!!!  The surfer is an unknown, but this was the size on the set waves.
The swell will definitely build back up a bit by Saturday, and appears to peak Saturday after dark thru Sunday morning. The storm has de-intensified some, meaning, the double overhead surf for Saturday night or Sunday is gone, but…………………………………. I believe we will still have some 3 foot overhead rogue sets on Saturday and Sunday.
Today is chest high to maybe some head high sets down south (from a morning visual report I got around 8 AM, and very glassy with SW winds. The winds ought to stay offshore until Noon.
Saturday, should be shoulder to head high at daybreak and building thru the day, with 3 foot overhead rogue sets by evening and for Sunday. Winds are SW for Saturday morning in the 5 to 8 mph range, and increasing to 10 or so by Noon. It may stay SW until well after Noon, and then the typical switch to onshore.
Sunday, head high to 2 or 3 foot overhead on the rogue sets with SSW winds, maybe SW winds until late morning, at over 10 mph, so it won’t be as carefree as Saturday, but still should be great.
Monday, should also be overhead and have offshore winds (down south at least on the winds), but by 9 or 10, they may go onshore as the new swell from Hurricane Mike starts sweeping in.
Tuesday and Wednesday, should be big and overhead, but hard onshore winds.
One week of chest to overhead surf with morning glass;Â when’s the last time that happened from one particular swell/storm?
Enjoy the weekend, and catch the morning epic glass. A gift from God I call it 🙂
Oldwaverider
EPIC SURF ON THE WAY FROM TS/HURRICANE LESLIE…the ground swell just hit the 120 buoy at 9 PM, 2.5 feet at 11 seconds.
Blue Moon from August 31, 2012 video by Walk on Water Productions…
Sunday, Leslie starts to trickle in a little, and should send in some waist high solid waves with light 3 to 5 mph onshore winds until Noon, and then only up to 10 mph later in the day for the NKF Surf Fest, so at least they will have a little more waves to show their stuff 🙂
Monday ought to bring some chest high waves at least down south, with very light onshore winds.
Tuesday, will have some head high waves in the early morning when the winds are offshore for a couple hours probably, so get out there at dawn patrol if you want the glass. The size will kick up to probably 1 or 2 feet overhead down south, and head high to slight overhead here at the Cape.
Wednesday, morn, should have 2 foot overhead waves down south and head high to slight overhead here at the Cape. Winds should be offshore till 10 maybe 11 Am, and then go onshore for sure.
Thursday morn, maybe shoulder to head high at daybreak (little size/swell drop), but then it builds in the afternoon, to definite overhead by maybe 2 feet. Winds should be offshore in the morning until 10 Am +, then onshore, but by 5 Pmish, they may turn offshore again, so those of you missing the morning sesh, here’s your chance to catch evening glass with overhead waves for shore at dinner time.
Friday, it builds again throughout the day, and we could very well have some 3 to 4 foot waves overhead by 11 or 12, with winds offshore until maybe 12 or 1.
We will update any wind or swell changes that appear significant 🙂
Enjoy the Surf Fest and the upcoming Hurricane Surf. The storm is around or will be around 900 miles offshore which is the best position, we get more days of surf when it is far enough away like that.
Have a great Labor Day Weekend!
Oldwaverider (Art)
Johnson Avenue Surfers 