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Photo Gallery from Hurricane Leslie, photos by Mike Melito, and one anonymous Boynton Inlet, FL massive wave.
Incoming ground swell for Friday morningshould be bringing in some Chest high plus waves. Maybe not at the Cape, but the Pier or a couple miles South of the pier should see increased size the further South you go. The swell angle is so steep, at 9 AM Friday, 49 °, and straight offshore is 90, so our launch pads may block out a lot of this swell, at least the first day. (see rest of update, below photos)
Boynton Inlet, Florida, Hurricane Sandy, either Saturday or Sunday, October 27 or 28 2012, photo by AnonymousSurfer Girl at Hightowers, photo by Mike MelitoMe (Oldwaverider) doing pushups before the paddle out, unbeknownst to me the photo was being taken :), by Mike MelitoPerfect medium size right at Hightowers in Satellite Beach, Hurricane Sandy, Sunday around 12 PM, October 28 2012, by Mike MelitoSouth Cocoa Beach, Hurricane Sandy, solid 12 foot face (3 feet above and below the surfer), photo by Mike MelitoSouth Cocoa Beach, Sunday , October 28 2012, Hurricane Sandy, photo by Mike MelitoNice big left in South Cocoa Beach, Hurricane Sandy, by Mike MelitoAlmost in the pocket, South Cocoa Beach, Hurricane Sandy, by Mike Melito
We should see chest to shoulder high ground swell type power surf with onshore winds most of the week thru Saturday, and Sunday and Monday, more of the same but less power and a wind swell, however;
Friday morning , the winds switch from NNW at daybreak, toNorth at 8 to 12 mph until around 10 AM, so we could have some semi-glassy waves, thigh to chest high in the morning, at least somewhere between the Cape and 4rth Street North. South of Minuteman CSWY, North winds are onshore.
ART HANSEN (OLDWAVERIDER) – PHOTO GALLERY, Hurricane Sandy overhead photos
Oldwaverider at Hightowers for Hurricane Sandy on epic Sunday October 28 2012, Image 1 of 4 shot sequence. Photos by a kind Lady 🙂
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.
Hurricane Sandy delivered some epic waves on Sunday. Image 2 of 4 shot sequence.Oldwaverider (Art Hansen), enjoying an epic right at Satellite Beach, Sunday October 28 2012, Image 3 of 4 sequence.Image 4 of 4, Oldwaverider at Hightowers.
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.
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.
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 🙂
Wednesdayshould 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.
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 🙂
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Chuck on a nice Shoulder high drop, it closed out in the 2nd photo :(, but great late drop. Photo by OldwaveriderChuck on a nice clean, rib high right, image 1 of 4 shot sequence
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.
Image 2 of 4 sequence, Chuck, on of many nice rides today, Monday , October 15 2012, the day before Hurricane Rafael sends us waves. Photos by Oldwaverider, Art HansenChuck on the same right, image 3 of 4 in sequence, photos by Art HansenChuck, image 4 of 4 shot sequence, Monday morning at Johnson Ave.Nice waist high left for Chuck, that turns into a nice right 🙂 Image 1 of 7 in sequence, Monday morning, October 15, 2012Chuck rolling left, on a nice shoulder. Image 2 of 7 in sequence. Photos by Art HansenChuck, image 3 of 7 in sequenceShould I keep left into boredom, or roll right into more size? Image 4 of 7 sequence. by OldwaveriderStill looking better right, humm ? Image 5 of 7 sequence.Chuck, taking advantage of The Beauty of the Longboard, the choice of riding the re-build of a wave, and going left, then right 🙂 Image 6 of 7 sequence.Okay, back to a waist high wave now 🙂 Image 7 of 7, Chuck closing the deal.
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)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 morningcould 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.
SUNDAY MORNING AND MONDAY MORNING, COULD BE SIZE AND GLASS!…………..More in a few minutes!
CHAD PHOTO GALLERY
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Glassy lineup, with the whole neighborhood out in the water!
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 🙂
Chad on a perfect right. Image 1 of 6 shot sequence, from Johnson Avenue, Hurricane Leslie, September 9 2012, around 6:30 PM . Photos by Oldwaverider,Chad, image 2 of 6 in sequence, enjoying a perfect Sunday evening Hurricane Leslie swell , the whole neighborhood was out. Photos by OldwaveriderChad, image 3 of 7 (not 6) shot sequence 🙂Chad, image 4 of 7 shot sequence, Hurricane Leslie, Sunday night.Chad still going, many 100 yard plus rides were had this Sunday night. Image 5 of 7 in sequence. Oldwaverider photosImage 6 of 7 , Chad carving a glassy chest high face.Chad riding a Hurricane Leslie perfect wave, image 7 of 7 shot sequence. Photos by Oldwaverider
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.
TUESDAY MORNING MINI-CAM LIVE VISUAL UPDATE, SEE BELOW SLIDESHOW ->
OLDWAVERIDER – PHOTO GALLERY
Tuesday morning still looks good, maybe semi-epic again almost like last Monday…more in a minute…
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The Pier, July 14, 2012, Saturday night at dusk, an attempt at coverage, photos by Mike Melito
These photos my buddy Mike took of me while he and Steve shouted In-sensitive comments to me down below as I attempted to grab a few waves as a Senior Citizen amongst the younger crowds 🙂
Pretty fun session for sure, from Saturday night the 14th of July 2012.
Same night, same time, Oldwaverider at the Pier
Tuesday looks to be Waist to Chest high going from the Cape to Satellite Beach. Winds start blowing South by Midnight it looks, which is offshore about 8 or 10 degrees in Satellite Beach, but onshore here at the Cape. But by daybreak, it turns SSW around 5 to 8 mph, and I bet we get an hour of SW winds, so the Cape should be clean and fun, and down South , glassy and chest high.
Oldwaverider at the pier on a Saturday night
Below is the Tuesday morning 7:30 AM, mini cam update.
Wednesday ought to have NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We had to drive South after checking out the end of the street. I mean, come on, how often do we get a solid chest high plus ground swell in the summer in Florida? 🙂 , Don’t get me wrong, J-Ave looked fun, but if we were gonna film a ground swell we might as well film it a couple feet bigger on the face so………………………we headed down to Satellite Beach to my favorite break, we did paddle out late 😦
But we pulled up at 8:45 AM, offshore SW winds 5 mph, a ground swell rated at 3.5 feet at 10 seconds, and we could see plenty of chest high waves (shoulders) with quite a few shoulder high sets.
It was time for a double take, what!!!!!!, NO ONE OUT! So what does any normal person do, they hurry out before the winds change. What a great session, yeah 90% closeouts, so that just meant, you let 8 waves pass you by, and take one close-out for the insane bottom turn and kick-out, and hope the next one will give ya a 100 yard ride or more. But, I confess, there was only a couple of those which is rare under these conditions, but the plentiful 50 to 75 yard plus rides with quick walls made for a great session and day. I only surfed one hour, and then came in to start filming, by then the winds switched out of the South, but still had really clean semi-glass conditions.
Surf Update……….We should have some knee to waist high waves for then next few days Wed thru Friday maybe, with an offshore breeze for a couple hours. This Low Pressure system is kind enough to linger so enjoy it while it lasts 🙂
Hope you enjoy the video, and the surfing by Chad and Luke.
DR JOHN SURF AND A DAY AT THE BEACH ON JOHNSON AVENUE VIDEO
SUNDAY NIGHT UPDATE FOR MONDAY MORNING!!!
Still looks like glass, nice lines, however the size I will downgrade as of 10:00 PM tonight (Sunday). I am calling thigh to waist high glass at the Cape, and waist to rib high down South, with 4 to 7 mph SSW winds. So it should be glassy South of Minuteman causeway, and semi-glass North of it. But………..the winds will probably turn SW for an hour or two, which means glass for everyone, but we will see. If it stays light SSW, it will be fun everywhere. Either way, have fun an enjoy the Summer Swell!
Dr. John I caught a few rides, one nice 10 second plus ride, but I confess, shooting into the sun and other things I have to learn yet 🙂
I did get a collage of people in the film, a Skate-Kite Boarder, Para-Sailing, Runners, a Bi-Plane and a little bit of everything. The smooth jazz piece to go along with it, kept me within my legal boundaries for copyright complainers 🙂
The ground swell actually just started to hit the 120 mile buoy at 11 AM this morning, so it was definitely delayed by a good 6 hours maybe. So the surf we saw this morning, even though it showed 3.5 feet at 9 seconds on Seaweed (the 20 mile buoy is down, so it’s real hard to tell), but my guess is it was 2 foot at 8 seconds.
I do believe that we will have solid waist to rib lines at the CapeMonday morning, and chest high or better in Satellite Beach. The winds are showing South to SSW for daybreak until 11 ish, in the 4 to 6 mph range. I suspect that they will turn SW for an hour or two, but don’t wait until 10 AM to paddle out. High tide will be going low which is perfect around 6:10 AM, so an 8 or 9 AM paddle out should be the best time.
Tuesday appears to have some size leftovers with a slight drop, probably thigh to chest, North to South, and also offshore winds.
FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH VIDEOAND THE 747 PIGGYBACK RIDE WITH SHUTTLE TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTEplus a little Surfing in it on the same launch day with Scooter and some still shots of Chad on our epic day in April or May of this year (2012, for future readers 🙂
SATURDAY NIGHT 10:30 PM SURF UPDATE FOR SUNDAY MORNING! The winds are supposed to lay down to around 5 mph East in the Am, instead of the 10 to 15 mph that I thought would be here, and the winds may stay light until after lunch. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Well, this looks like a ground swell, so we could have some lines with nice form and rib high waves at the Cape and chest to shoulder high maybe down South with very nice form.
The music is by the Phenomenal “Jack Johnson” , Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Surfer, Videographer, need I say more about Jack? 🙂 The track is titled “Traffic In The Sky”, and the Insane photo is by the great PhotographerMalia Johnson and her husband Stu Johnson, Photographer, they both live in Fiji and shoot the epic “Cloudbreak” and “Restaurants” surfbreaks in Tavuara, Fiji. I have them mentioned in my Links page on this site.
Coming Surf! For 2 days running, it still appears that Monday is the potential Epic Day with chest high waves down South and maybe bigger sets, and waist high plus at the Cape (from a ground swell), with offshore winds maybe all morning. Today the swell starts rolling in slowly, peaks on Sunday with median onshore winds maybe chest high at the Cape, so Sunday at the right tides (high going low), it could be really fun! Tuesdaymay also have some morning offshore winds with the size dropping off some.
When I look at the buoys tonight, I will probably do an update for Sunday and talk about the wind speeds a little more accurately.
Have a Great Weekend and Enjoy Summer Waves! Three summers in a row we have had waves (not including Canes), so our God has been gracious 🙂
Johnson Avenue Surfers 