Category: All The People and the Surfers

From time to time, we may see an awesome ride, someone wins a contest, anything positive about the folks in the neighborhood, we may make a comment or compliment

Saturday night 6 PM Surf Report plus Hurricane Ophelia surfing photos from Johnson Ave. on Sunday October 2 2011, Big Huge/ENE Swell here, Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Saturday October 08, 2011)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, All The People and the Surfers, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., Unknown : Johnson Avenue Surfers

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Nice shoulder high left, Image 1 of 3 sequence, Johnson Ave - Hurricane Ophelia- Sunday Oct 2 2011, photo by oldwaverider
Nice shoulder high left, Image 1 of 3 sequence, Johnson Ave - Hurricane Ophelia- Sunday Oct 2 2011, photo by oldwaverider

Sunday afternoon, Cape Canaveral waves;  Slightly windy and clean medium size lines…….hah, in some other part of the world 😉

Today its big, it’s choppy, the wind will blow the hat right off your head,  but the dark sky and intense ocean were really cool…

Nice shoulder high left, Image 2 of 3 sequence, Johnson Ave - Hurricane Ophelia- Sunday Oct 2 2011, photo by oldwaverider
Nice shoulder high left, Image 2 of 3 sequence, Johnson Ave - Hurricane Ophelia- Sunday Oct 2 2011, photo by oldwaverider

Back to surf update in a minute;  The 3 photo sequence are from Johnson Ave at the Cape on Sunday October 2nd 2011 Hurricane Ophelia, round two.  The size jacked up a foot or two on the face from about 10 Am to 11 :30 Am, and these pics I took at around 11:40.  I don’t know who the guy is out there, but he looks like middle-aged, and he knows how to surf well.

Today around 11 AM or so, It looked like 8 foot plus faces outside at the Cape, but since no one’s out there, that’s just a guess.   I do know that it is at least 4 foot bigger on the face in Satellite Beach.   At 25 to 40 mph ene winds, who cares ?  🙂

>>>At 9:15 PM tonight (Saturday), the 120 mile buoy reading showed a climb to 16.5 feet at 10 seconds in the late afternoon, and 15.5 at 8 PM.  At 6 PM the 20 mile buoy hit 19 feet at 11 seconds,  and 17 feet at 11 seconds at 8 PM, so we ought to see some double overhead waves in Satellite Beach for sure on Sunday.<<<

Same wave, Image 3 of 3 sequence, Johnson Ave.
Same wave, Image 3 of 3 sequence, Johnson Ave.

Monday, right now the surf site models are conflicting with the weather channel, but there’s always a 6 hour lag on huge swells.   Monday is showing a possible offshore SSW to SW winds day of 10 feet at 10 second period for Satellite Beach, which translates to 10 to 12 foot faces.   The winds look to be in the 12 to 15 mph SW range.

Playalinda, would be the place to be, because the weather channel model shows South winds at daybreak turning SSE, and S winds are totally offshore at Playalinda (32 degrees),  which is the equivalent of NW winds at the Cape.

Tuesday looks to be 1 to 2 foot overhead in Satellite Beach with light SW winds.

KEEP THIS NOTE FOR COMPARING SURF SIZE OF SATELLITE BEACH TO THE CAPE ! :

The surf models from Surfline, SurfGuru, Surfer, Magicseaweed  all reflect Satellite Beach. (no they don’t actually say that) And Never the Cape and really never Cocoa Beach.    Why,  because 97 % of the time,  South Swell or North Swell or East Swell,  Satellite Beach receives the best angle of the swell.    So even for South Swells you’d think the Cape would reflect better, but my rule of thumb is take the face size of Satellite Beach and mulitply it by .60  and you get the face size at the Cape.   Some may argue this.   But I sit here 5 times a day looking at data a many sites, both swell data, wind data, moving storm models;  then I get in the car, and look at Hightowers,  Hangers,  O’ Club/2nd light   and sometimes one of the streets,  the Pier, and then the Cape.  Visual is the best data source that I know of.   I also try to take pictures of Satellite Beach and then come North and get Cape pictures witin the hour (when I can do this work permitting),  so we can all learn the differences.    Sorry for the long wind,  but since this is a blog, and a school of learning for me perpetually,  I want to post this information also for the world to see  🙂

Have a great Sunday,  if you want to hear some kind words about Grace, Peace and Forgiveness, then check here:   My Church 🙂

Hopefully, we’ll have our massive offshore winds day on Monday!

oldwaverider

Wednesday night Update, Johnson Avenue Photo Gallery from Sunday October 2 2011 Hurricane Ophelia, Cape Canaveral Friday Fest Street party on October 7th, plus we have an Incoming ENE Huge swell, Surf Report Monday night, Tropical Storm Philippe, Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Monday October 03, 2011)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, All The People and the Surfers, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., Unknown : Johnson Avenue Surfers

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Image 1 of 6 shot sequence. The Florida Gator Girl rips a shoulder high backside left. I don't know her, but she tore it up out there. Hurricane Ophelia delivered some beautiful waves for the Cape and Johnson Avenue, Sunday October 2 2011. photos by oldwaverider :)
Image 1 of 6 shot sequence. The Florida Gator Girl rips a shoulder high backside left. I don't know her, but she tore it up out there. Hurricane Ophelia delivered some beautiful waves for the Cape and Johnson Avenue, Sunday October 2 2011. photos by oldwaverider 🙂

WEDNESDAY NIGHT UPDATE!  No update 😉  Not really, I’ll go with whatever I wrote below.  Good news on the offshore winds day.   It should be 12 days from today ;(  no,   Just kidding!

But,  Saturday and Sunday both like they have a potential to be double overhead days depending if your willing to do a session in Satellite Beach, and paddle out into 20 to 30 mph ENE winds 🙂

I have no doubt that with a few of the days that its a little smaller, like 2  feet overhead,  and a paddle out right at dead high tide,  there could actually be a fun session with especially long rides (more of a longboard type session mentality that is saying this 🙂

Anyhow, no changes in the report. 

DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE CAPE CANAVERAL FRIDAY FEST THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7TH. 6 to 10 PM.  Live entertainment will include “Mo Geetz” on Taylor Avenue & “Lonnie & Delinda” on Poinsetta Avenue.

Thursday morning, looks like chest high at the Cape with some shoulder to head high drops, getting a little more mellow in power toward late afternoon, winds are showing at the Cape to be less than 20 mph ENE before Noon.  Realistically, I make the call that a 2 PM paddle out would be the most user friendly paddle out getting close to High Tide with winds still less than 20 mph. (provided the Thunder Showers don’t kick in around then)

Monday nights report from 2 days ago starts below….

From Monday…Huge ENE swell starts rolling in Tuesday night which should show some substantial stomach to chest size waves on the beach by Wednesday morning at the Cape.  More on the incoming swell in a moment…

The photos here are from Johnson Avenue Sunday October 2nd (for archiving purposes the date was yesterday) taken at 2 times, around 10 Am and then after church around 12 PM,   from round two of Hurricane Ophelia.  We had some waist to stomach high waves early to mid-morning, and by 11 or 12 the size jacked up with some chest high waves with a few bigger rogue sets, here at the Cape and Johnson Ave.

Image 2 of 6 shot sequence. Little bowl section behind the Florida Gator Girl. Hurricane Ophelia brought beautiful waves for the Cape and Johnson Avenue, Sunday October 2 2011. photos by oldwaverider :)
Image 2 of 6 shot sequence. Little bowl section behind the Florida Gator Girl. Hurricane Ophelia brought beautiful waves for the Cape and Johnson Avenue, Sunday October 2 2011. photos by oldwaverider 🙂

Most of the folks in the water were unknown to me except Dr. John who was out during my 10 AM photo session, whom some of you saw his photo gallery posted Sunday afternoon.  Most of the shots I got were from the 12 PM session, 3 people including some girl dressed in Florida Gator colors,  an older guy (at least he looked older , like me :),  and one other person.  Some shortboarders were riding the shorebreak but the waves barely broke 50 feet before total dump closeout.

My apologies to any of the shortboarders,  the waves just weren’t breaking for any even halfway decent quality pictures to show up.  (quality as far as wave, not the surfer ability or photographer 😉  At least the winds were NNW to NW, and stayed glassy until Noonish.

Image 3 of 6 shot sequence.
Image 3 of 6 shot sequence.

Okay, Wednesday, waves should be waist to chest high at the Cape and head high down south, and building thru Thursday morning with NE onshore winds 10 to 15 mph;  then it gets weird.   The period of the swell weakens, and changes from ground swell 12 seconds to a 6 second period.  The size builds Friday and Saturday to possible double overhead down south,  and a little smaller at the Cape.   The power of the swell starts climbing late Friday night and on Saturday and Sunday to 9 seconds.

Most of that was meaningless I know,  because the winds will be mostly NE in the 15 to 25 mph range from  Thursday into the weekend, and mostly less than 15 mph on Wednesday.

Image 4 of 6 shot sequence.
Image 4 of 6 shot sequence.

Once we have an idea of when the winds may turn offshore we’ll fill ya in on that.  For now,  enjoy the huge chop,  and try to catch it, around high tide ,  a couple hours before during and a couple hours after.  At least the paddle out will be most gentle when it’s close to high tide.

Image 5 of 6, The Gator Girl continues on her long glassy wall...
Image 5 of 6, The Gator Girl continues on her long glassy wall...
Image 6 of 6, The Gator Girl ...
Image 6 of 6, The Gator Girl ...
A little reading and Solitude?
A little reading and Solitude?
Image 1 of 3 shots. A nice wall and the KSC in the background, it doesn't get much better for a place to be :) oldwaverider
Image 1 of 3 shots. A nice wall and the KSC in the background, it doesn't get much better for a place to be 🙂 oldwaverider
Johnson Ave has its great days , 2nd shot of 3
Johnson Ave has its great days , 2nd shot of 3
3rd shot of 3
3rd shot of 3

Later,

oldwaverider

Dr. John Photo Gallery, How the Waves Were for round two Hurricane Ophelia on Sunday, October 2 2011, Surfing Photos for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Sunday October 02, 2011)

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

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Dr. John on a really clean right, Image 1 of 3 shot sequence. Johnson, Hurricane Ophelia round two, Sunday, October 2 2011, photos by oldwaverider :)
Dr. John on a really clean right, Image 1 of 3 shot sequence. Johnson, Hurricane Ophelia round two, Sunday, October 2 2011, photos by oldwaverider 🙂

DR JOHN PHOTO GALLERY

Really nice waves today,  I had the next best thing to surfing them…taking photos.  My back wasn’t working, oh well 🙂

Anyhow,  our Surf Report yesterday said we had a stomach to shoulder high depending on the spot,  and I would say we had waist to chest high at the Cape today, with some shoulder high drops.  Probably a foot or two bigger down south, but anyone will tell you,  these waves were really nice.

Dr. John , Image 2 of 3 shot sequence. Johnson, Hurricane Ophelia round two, Sunday, October 2 2011, photos by oldwaverider :)
Dr. John , Image 2 of 3 shot sequence. Johnson, Hurricane Ophelia round two, Sunday, October 2 2011, photos by oldwaverider 🙂

There were quite a few people out, though a lot of faces I didn’t recognize, except Dr. John.   I took shots at 10 AM and then came back after church at 12 PM, and man, the size kicked up 1 to 2 feet on the face size,  the shoulders were holding up a little better, but both sessions were really nice for a glassy wave, beautiful sunny, cool day at the Cape on Johnson Ave.

Anyhow, enjoy the pics of John, and in the next few days, I’ll be posting some more pictures of some unknown faces, including the Gator Girl (who wore orange and blue, and she looked athletic, she got some really killer rides).

Beautiful waves, and a lot of closeouts. Image 3 of 3 shot sequence. Dr. John enjoyed the sweet spot of this wave before taking his exit.
Beautiful waves, and a lot of closeouts. Image 3 of 3 shot sequence. Dr. John enjoyed the sweet spot of this wave before taking his exit.
John slotted perfect. Image 1 of 3 shot sequence. Hurricane Ophelia provides a nice one day round two at the Cape on Johnson. Photo by oldwaverider
John slotted perfect. Image 1 of 3 shot sequence. Hurricane Ophelia provides a nice one day round two at the Cape on Johnson. Photo by oldwaverider
John working the wall, Image 2 of 3 , Hurricane Ophelia provides a nice one day round two at the Cape on Johnson. Photo by oldwaverider
John working the wall, Image 2 of 3 , Hurricane Ophelia provides a nice one day round two at the Cape on Johnson. Photo by oldwaverider
Dr. John, Image 3 of 3
Dr. John, Image 3 of 3
John obscured by the morning sun, Image 1 of 3 shot. Photo by oldwaverider
John obscured by the morning sun, Image 1 of 3 shot. Photo by oldwaverider
John, trimming the top of a mid-morning gem, Image 2 of 3 shot sequence. Photo by oldwaverider
John, trimming the top of a mid-morning gem, Image 2 of 3 shot sequence. Photo by oldwaverider
This gem seemed to hold up for the duration:) Image 3 of 3 shot sequence.
This gem seemed to hold up for the duration:) Image 3 of 3 shot sequence.

Later,

oldwaverider

Chad Photo Gallery, Surf Report Friday afternoon, Hurricane Ophelia update, Tropical Storm Philippe, 1 week till Cape Canaveral Friday Fest Street party, food, artists, kid rides, etc., and Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Friday September 30, 2011)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, All The People and the Surfers, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Chad, Local Events in Canaveral or Cocoa Beach, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc.

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Chad, on the shoulder high wave of the day, Image 1 of 6 shot sequence, Tropical Storm Maria Day One at Johnson, photo by Oldwaverider
Chad, on the shoulder high wave of the day, Image 1 of 6 shot sequence, Tropical Storm Maria Day One at Johnson, photo by Oldwaverider

CHAD PHOTO GALLERY, but first our Surf update…

QUICK SATURDAY 2 PM AFTERNOON UPDATE,  Sunday is still showing NNW winds in the 10 mph range in the morning until noonish, so up North is the place to be.   Okay, back to Friday afternoons report below…

Hurricane Ophelia a Category 3 Hurricane is projected to start moving Northward tonight, which is why we have more groundswell waves coming in Saturday night/Sunday morning. 

(A Cat 3 cane only 1100 miles out would normally throw much stronger waves our way, Ex. Hurricane Florence in 2006 a Cat 1 threw double to almost triple overhead waves between Playalinda and Satellite Beach, which was 950 miles offshore.  Hurricane Bill in 2009 a Category 2, about 900 miles away through triple overhead waves to Daytona and double overhead here in certain spots,  but I believe Ophelia having lost its lateral push after falling apart, may only be giving us some breadcrumbs 🙂

Chad, image 2 of 6 shot sequence, Tropical Storm Maria Day One at Johnson, photo by Oldwaverider
Chad, image 2 of 6 shot sequence, Tropical Storm Maria Day One at Johnson, photo by Oldwaverider

Saturday night the ground swell rolls in with some pretty substantial onshore winds…but, Sunday morning at daybreak,  size should be stomach to shoulder high depending on your spot.   The winds at the Cape look to be offshore around 10 mph NNW (based on the models of Ophelia moving North again), so that should be a no brainer as to where the best place to surf would be based on winds.  Sunday should be fun, granted NNW at 10, don’t necessarily mean mirror glass, but it does mean glass for the Cape 🙂

Chad, image 3 of 6 shot sequence, Tropical Storm Maria
Chad, image 3 of 6 shot sequence, Tropical Storm Maria

The winds could hold Sunday until Noon or 1 PM,  so you can still thank God and surf in the same morning;  however you choose to do that is your call 😉

Chad, image 4 of 6 shot sequence, Tropical Storm Maria
Chad, image 4 of 6 shot sequence, Tropical Storm Maria

Okay, Monday, still looks like decreasing size with strong onshore slop, but we won’t know for sure until Saturday morning. (we can only call winds 48 hours or less before the surf time )

Tuesday looks like another swell Correction:  A Nor’easter not Philippe starts rolling in bringing those huge waves you see on the charts,  ENE (Tropical Storm Philippe starts rolling in from the ESE and by Wednesday mid-day it gets big with big onshore winds.  It looks like Thursday the big gets bigger with a few feet overhead in size with 15 to 25 mph ENE winds, depending on surfing South or at the Cape maybe shoulder high.

Chad, image 5 of 6 shot sequence, Tropical Storm Maria
Chad, image 5 of 6 shot sequence, Tropical Storm Maria
Chad, image 6 of 6 shot sequence, Tropical Storm Maria
Chad, image 6 of 6 shot sequence, Tropical Storm Maria

The photo gallery of Chad here is from Day one of Tropical Storm Maria here at the Cape on September 13 2011.

They don't have any pictures of the beautiful 3 choice draft beer and wine trailer, but just so you know, the Fest is Kid friendly :)
They don't have any pictures of the beautiful 3 choice draft beer and wine trailer, but just so you know, the Fest is Kid friendly 🙂

Oh, Don’t forget, next Friday is our Cape Canaveral Friday Fest,  so you get to support our local Artists, Vendors, public schools when you buy their draft beer at the beer-booth 🙂

The next Friday Fest is scheduled for October 7th from 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm.

Activities will include a variety of food vendors, an assortment of novelty & craft vendors, children’s activities including bounce houses, a giant slide & a rock climbing wall, live entertainment along with beer & wine.

Live entertainment will include “Mo Geetz” on Taylor Avenue & “Lonnie & Delinda” on Poinsetta Avenue.

The fun will take place on Taylor Avenue & Pointsetta Avenue.

Have a great Friday 🙂

oldwaverider

Tropical Storm Ophelia update, Photos from Lori Wilson last day of Maria, Surf Report Sunday night (at 9:30 PM) and Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted September 25, 2011)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Art, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc.

A fun little thigh high left, taken by Jenna, Sept. 9 2011, Tropical Storm Maria last day.
A fun little thigh high left, taken by Jenna, Sept. 9 2011, Tropical Storm Maria last day.

NOTE AND APOLOGY;  WHEN I DON’T CHANGE OR UPDATE MY BLOG REPORT WHEN WE HAVE A MAJOR SWELL COMING (the last one was Friday), ITS BECAUSE NOTHING HAS CHANGED.  I’LL TRY TO MENTION THAT WHEN I LEAVE A POST UP FOR A FEW DAYS LIKE THAT….oldwaverider

Ophelia says she will be on schedule…the big glassy day still looks like Tuesday, then Wednesday.

The wait...
The wait...

Monday morning ain’t looking as pretty for up North.   The Cape ought to see waist high plus waves in the morning, and chest to shoulder in Satellite.  Winds are whats not pretty.  Expect South winds around 8 to 10 mph at the Cape and Cocoa Beach same, but a 2 or 3 hour window of SSW, surprisingly, Satellite Beach is showing SSW winds from daybreak till 11.  For the Cape, that’s sideshore/onshore, but maybe we’ll get a surprise of a SW gust or two.  By evening it ought to be cranking overhead down South and kicking up maybe chest high plus at the Cape.

A re-entry, photo by Jenna, Sept 9 2011, Lori Wilson Park
A re-entry, photo by Jenna, Sept 9 2011, Lori Wilson Park

Tuesday, ahhhhhh, I hope it holds.  It has been showing head high to overhead for 4 days now for down South, so maybe chest to shoulder high plus at the Cape.  The winds look to be SW at daybreak around 8 mph swinging West down to about 3 or 4 mph, and then onshore by Noon or 1.

Wednesday still looks West in the morning, and shoulder high down South, waist to stomach at the Cape.  The winds ought to be pretty light, like less than 6 or 7 mph.

Thursday could also be totally ridable because the animated swell period chart which always follows the swell moving chart with a day of delay, tells me that we will still have a little waist high power.

The pics are taken by my friend Jenna with a water camera, on the last day of Maria at Lori Wilson Park.   It was chest high plus down South, but I figured Lori would be a good place to learn.  Jenna and her brother Travis tried surfing and both got up and rode in numerous times, pretty awesome.  I’ve been wanting to get Jenna to try it for a while, and hoorah, she nailed it 🙂

Anyhow, enjoy Ophelia and take pics and videos and feel free to send em to me.

oldwaverider

JOHN L. GALLERY – Cape Canaveral Surfing photos from Tropical Storm Maria Day 1 on Monday September 13 2011, Tropical Storm Ophelia update, Surf report and surf forecast for Thursday (9/22/11) thru Saturday (7:30 PM) for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted 09/21/11)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, All The People and the Surfers, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, John L., Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc.

JOHN L. – Photo Gallery  

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Image 1 of 3 sequence, John on a nice waist to stomach high right, first day of TS Maria at the Cape, September 13 2011
Image 1 of 3 sequence, John on a nice waist to stomach high right, first day of TS Maria at the Cape, September 13 2011
Image 2 of 3 sequence, John on a nice waist to stomach high right, first day of TS Maria at the Cape, September 13 2011 , photo by Art
Image 2 of 3 sequence, John on a nice waist to stomach high right, first day of TS Maria at the Cape, September 13 2011 , photo by Art

WE HAVE MORE WAVES COMING! … I’ll give the update down below after a couple words about the photos here.

The first actual day of Tropical Storm Maria brought some pretty fun thigh to waist high waves around the Cape and Johnson.  I got out late, did a quick sesh, and then wanted to get some pics of Dr. John and some others.

I hope ya enjoy the pics, it was a good time taking the photos, and I do apologize again, I left the zoom on to high, oops, my bad 😉

Dr. John was having a good day, with both great lefts and rights to even out the morning.

Friday surf is the first day I’ll talk about.  Thursday,  small wind chop, go south if you want waist high or bigger chop.  Save your energy.  Friday,  may get a small additional push of a SE swell, very small push, but…it could very well be waist to some chest high sets depending on where you go.  The wind should be West , 4 to 6 mph at daybreak switching to SW before Noon, and then onshore.  Could be a fun day, maybe not much power, but a fun morning sesh.

Image 3 of 3 sequence, John, first day of TS Maria at the Cape, September 13 2011
Image 3 of 3 sequence, John, first day of TS Maria at the Cape, September 13 2011

Saturday and Sunday may be similar to Friday.   Offshore in the morning, remants of a lingering wind, non-ground swell. I could be way off base thinking this little wind swell that came down as a NE’ster could be hanging like this, but it seems to be coupling up with a little SE swell being pushed ahead of Tropical Storm Ophelia.  It’s not actually part of Ophelia, but it seems to be keeping a constant low pressure working out there just enough to push in some mild wind swell waves.

A nice left cruiser, Image 1 of 2 sequence, John on a nice waist high left, first day of TS Maria at the Cape, September 13 2011 , photo by Art
A nice left cruiser, Image 1 of 2 sequence, John on a nice waist high left, first day of TS Maria at the Cape, September 13 2011 , photo by Art

Sunday, late,  TS Ophelia, starts really making it’s push from the SE, and should be around 1000 miles East/Southeast of Miami by Monday afternoon.   Sunday may have some weird waves from both swells, with offshore winds so it could be fun for most of the day.

Monday morning, could be chest high plus down South, and maybe waist plus at the Cape with offshore winds in the morning until maybe mid-morning.  BUT…WINDS ARE IFFY THIS FAR OUT TRYING TO CALL, UNTIL WE ARE 48 HOURS BEFORE THE DAY OF SURF, AND THEN THEY ARE ONLY ABOUT 80% ACCURATE!

Image 2 of 2 sequence, John on a nice waist high left, first day of TS Maria at the Cape, September 13 2011
Image 2 of 2 sequence, John on a nice waist high left, first day of TS Maria at the Cape, September 13 2011

Tuesday could be some shoulder to head high waves and possibly Wednesday. This all could change easily, but I just wanted to share what the models are showing right now.

A sweet large set wave for the day and Dr. John driving a nice hard right. Image 1 of 3 shot sequence. Tropical Storm Maria Day one at the Cape. Photo by Art
A sweet large set wave for the day and and Dr. John driving a nice hard right. Image 1 of 3 shot sequence. Tropical Storm Maria Day one at the Cape. Photo by Art
Image 2 of 3 shot sequence. Tropical Storm Maria Day one at the Cape.
Image 2 of 3 shot sequence. Tropical Storm Maria Day one at the Cape.
Image 3 of 3 shot sequence. Tropical Storm Maria Day one at the Cape.
Image 3 of 3 shot sequence. Tropical Storm Maria Day one at the Cape.

We’ll stop there.  Ophelia as the models show right now, may never become a Cane, but it could give us the same beautiful waves that Maria did.

Keep your fingers and prayers up for a good day Friday, and then especially Monday and Tuesday.

Later,

oldwaverider

Photos from Thursday Tropical Storm Maria (taken Thursday, 9/15/2011) and How the Waves were, Insane 20 foot overhead barrels Teahupoo video from the BILLABONG PRO TAHITI 2011, Surf Report Saturday afternoon (at 1:00 PM) and Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted September 17, 2011)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, All The People and the Surfers, Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Mike M., Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., Old Friends Lifestyles - from the Early Surf Days, Teahupoo, World Big Wave Events and Articles


Music by the Fyoogs http://thefyoogs.com

(That’s the kind of music that should be in a surf video, as opposed to rap 😉

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Image 1 of 5, MIke on a shoulder high right at 4rth street, Tropical Storm Maria, Thursday September 15, 2011, taken by yours truly :)
Image 1 of 5, MIke on a shoulder high right at 4rth street, Tropical Storm Maria, Thursday September 15, 2011, taken by yours truly 🙂

Okay, you know my obsession with huge wave video…This was the contest that Kelly Slater won (as I mentioned in a post a week ago), where Kelly skipped the J-Bay ASP event to catch the Epic 30 foot plus Fiji surf back in July at Cloudbreak, which gave him the warmup that he wanted or needed to explode at Teahupoo Billabong Pro.  Some of the waves in this video have 20 foot plus overhead barrels, and some brutal looking wipeouts. Okay, my digression is over, back to Maria photos and incoming surf…

Image 2 of 5, MIke on a shoulder high right at 4rth street, Tropical Storm Maria, Thursday September 15, 2011
Image 2 of 5, MIke on a shoulder high right at 4rth street, Tropical Storm Maria, Thursday September 15, 2011

We have our incoming windswell Nor’easter rolling in, it just hit at 11 AM,  4.5 ft at 9 seconds at the 120 buoy and the 20 mile is showing 3.5 feet at 10 seconds, so we should be seeing some waist high choppy waves at the Cape and some chest high chop down South.  It appears that this wind swell is gonna hang for the next 3 to 5 days, around the same size, and with onshore winds.  At least we’ll have something rideable, though I’m just gonna let my wounds heal from the last two hurricanes/tropicals 🙂

Image 3 of 5, Tropical Storm Maria, Thursday September 15, 2011
Image 3 of 5, Tropical Storm Maria, Thursday September 15, 2011
Image 4 of 5, Tropical Storm Maria, Thursday September 15, 2011
Image 4 of 5, Tropical Storm Maria, Thursday September 15, 2011
Image 5 of 5, Tropical Storm Maria, Thursday September 15, 2011
Image 5 of 5, Tropical Storm Maria, Thursday September 15, 2011
Image 1 of 3, Mike on a shoulder high left, Thursday September 15th, 2011, Tropical Storm Maria, photo by Art
Image 1 of 3, Mike on a shoulder high left, Thursday September 15th, 2011, Tropical Storm Maria, photo by Art
Image 2 of 3, Mike on a shoulder high left, Thursday September 15th, 2011, Tropical Storm Maria, photo by Art
Image 2 of 3, Mike on a shoulder high left, Thursday September 15th, 2011, Tropical Storm Maria, photo by Art
Image 3 of 3, Mike on a shoulder high left, Thursday September 15th, 2011, Tropical Storm Maria, photo by Art
Image 3 of 3, Mike on a shoulder high left, Thursday September 15th, 2011, Tropical Storm Maria, photo by Art

The photos are from Slater Lane/4rth street North on Thursday (9/15/2011) taken by myself of my old surf buddy from Lakeland Mike.  The first set is a sequence of 5 shots of a nice shoulder high right.  The next is a shoulder high left of 3 shots.  Really fun, epic day!

I’ll be posting more photos from the Cape and the neighborhood, and some more photos from Katia down at O’ Club, in the next week.

Later,

oldwaverider

How Maria’s waves were the first day at the Cape, Photos from Tropical Storm Maria, Maria waves for Wednesday, Sea Lice and Jellyfish Alert, Surf Report Monday night (at 6:00 PM) and Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted September 13, 2011)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Alerts for Johnson Avenue beaches, All The People and the Surfers, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Chad, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc.

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Dr. John pulling a hard right bottom turn, the first real day of Tropical Storm Maria, at the Cape.
Dr. John pulling a hard right bottom turn, the first real day of Tropical Storm Maria, at the Cape.

The photos here are from the Cape today.  It was thigh to waist high and glassy early at the Cape, but we all got out late…Or at least I did, okay, had some work to do 🙂  Down South I haven’t heard but I assume it hit chest high solid today.  Dr. John for the first two pics, then Ron, followed by Chad.

(My apologies, I left the camera on full zoom from taking 250-300 yards out pictures down South from Hurricane Katia last Thursday,  so the centering got screwed up on a lot of these pics, still learning my friends camera 😉

What is Maria gonna bring us for Wednesday and Thursday ?  Besides Sea Lice and Jellyfish? (actually I didn’t find them to annoying but for some, the reactions to the Lice were more intense)

Wednesday will be close to chest high for the Cape and Head high plus down South.  RC’s will probably have a few one foot overhead drops…yeaaaawwwwwwwww!   The Cape should have 8 mph NNW winds until around 10 AM, then onshore.  Satellite Beach is showing NW winds until 10 AM so actually, Satellite Beach with light NW winds,  that is the place to be.  It will have some overhead drops and shoulder high lines.

Dr. John on a medium size left for the day. Maria day one at the Cape.
Dr. John on a medium size left for the day. Maria day one at the Cape.

Thursday, about the same, the period of the swell drops a bit and maybe the size 6.4  inch drop, almost chest high Cape, head high down South.  The winds though are better,  4 to 8 mph WNW winds at daybreak so down South will have the size and form.  The winds swing around to NNW by 11 ish so don’t wait around to get out 😉

Friday, who cares?  Just kidding;  Probably waist to stomach at the Cape, and chest to shoulder high down South, and probably a few hours of offshore winds until 10.  Wednesday night I’ll have a fix on the actual wind direction and speed.

We may have a NE’ r wind swell coming in Friday and Saturday but don’t expect much from it.

The pics are from the neighborhood taken late around 9:30 to 10 AM, it was already blowing N, but still fun waves and the shoulders held up great so we may be in for a really sweet session Wed and Thurs if the swell gives us that kind of

Chad on the wave of the day...with no wax on board ;)
Chad on the wave of the day...with no wax on board 😉
Ron on a perfect medium size 'backside' right.
Ron on a perfect medium size 'backside' right.

foreshadowing 🙂

oldwaverider

DAVE L. – GALLERY – How the Waves were (Saturday morning swell May 14, 2011) and Surf report and surf forecast for Thursday (6/10) for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted 06/09/11 at 7 PM & updated Friday 6/10 at 10 AM)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, All The People and the Surfers, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Dave L., Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc.

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Dave throwing back a fan while surfing a waist to stomach high glassy day in South Cocoa Beach. May 14, 2011.
Dave throwing back a fan while surfing a waist to stomach high glassy day in South Cocoa Beach. May 14, 2011.

This was Saturday morning May 14, 2011 in South Cocoa Beach.

Sunny and his Dad,  Dave the Ripper as Chad likes to call him :),  along with Chad and Jim (Johnson Ave. group) caught a great surf sesh from a 3 or 4 day swell, nice and glassy for Saturday morn, yeah there were  close-outs, but definitely some great waves in the waist to stomach high range.

Here is 6 or 7 pictures of Sunny Dave ripping up the best to be had that day.   A couple of the photos below are 2 sequence shots.  I hope you enjoy the gallery, and as we get more pics, we’ll get them up here for ya.

Surf report for Friday morning is a ridable wind swell at the right breaks 🙂

Okay,  well, what we have is a wind swell (without a significant low pressure system to call it anything better than that), and as Ross at CFLSurf.com   says,  we’re gonna have 3 foot plus face

A nice backside wave, the 1st pic of a 2-shot sequence of Sunny Dave. May 14, 2011, Saturday morning.
A nice backside wave, the 1st pic of a 2-shot sequence of Sunny Dave. May 14, 2011, Saturday morning.

waves, and the further south you go (to like Satellite Beach),  the bigger and better form you’ll have.

The two days to tune in for are now Saturday and Sunday morning.   Friday could bring in some waist high plus waves south with 8 to 10 mph east winds until around 9 or 10.  The form could be fairly decent, and with low tide at 9:15 approx.,  if the 2nd punch of the swell gets here before 9,  then it could be light 9 mph winds and waist high plus.  By late morning, the winds will be increasing to the 12 to 20 mph range out of the east.

Saturday and Sunday morning it could be a little bigger with some stomach high plus sets, and close to calm winds with a chance of offshores for an hour or so from before daybreak on Saturday until 7 or 8.  By Friday night I should know the Sunday morning winds within a reasonable accuracy. (50 to 80 % ha)

Second pic of a two-shot sequence. Dave making the guys half his age look tentative by comparison. Dave the Ripper :)
Second pic of a two-shot sequence. Dave making the guys half his age look tentative by comparison. Dave the Ripper 🙂

For Saturday it’s looking moderate 10 to 15 mph winds by afternoon.   But it may be ridable and fun at the right tides.  As of now (Friday 10:00 am) I have an update from Thursday, the models show NNE winds in the 4-6 mph Saturday morning, very good for the North wind breaks like the Cape, 4rth Street North.   It shows 8 mph N winds from 7:30 to 9 Am Saturday, which means offshore winds for the Cape ranging from 3 to 7 degrees offshore depending on where you go at the Cape.  4rth street North is about 6 degrees offshore with North winds if your car is running ;(

Sunday morning, as the models stand right now (Friday 10 Am), shows 8-10 mph WNW winds at daybreak which if it doesn’t get blown flat overnight, could be an awesome waist high glassy session.   The caution is, the winds are supposed to turn NNW at midnight Saturday and slowly turn NW in the 8 mph range, and winds like that blowing all night on a wind and not ground swell could go either way on flattening out the swell or not, we’ll see.

The models change every 6 hours, and keeping in mind that this is a wind swell and not really a low pressure system to speak of,  we will have to update this tonight after 8 Pm when the models have change again.

Hey, we keep sounding like a broken record/8-track/cassette/cd/dvd/blue-ray, but we’re not supposed to have waves this time of year,  and like last summer we weren’t supposed to have pre-hurricane waves all summer but we did.  So enjoy what we get.   For now, no jellyfish except an ocassional Cannonball or a Disc (white and flat, whatever they are).

The Pacific Coast is getting a Hurricane right now Adrian, with 115 mph winds (the update is the hurricane strengthened to 135 mph but as it gets close to the San Diego parallel it starts to hit colddd water), it’s just under 400 miles west of Acapulco, so Acapulco, El Salvador and maybe Baja Mexico will be getting some great waves.  Now the Cane is only heading west at 9 mph, so Escondido must be slamming.  Acapulco rocks, deep and nice warm water.  I surfed Acapulco in November a long time ago, warm water, unlike  Baja Mexico such as Ensenanda, K-38, K-55 close to San Diego.  There it was like 57 to 60 degrees in July – August, when Cliff and I surfed there a longggg time ago 😉

Later,

oldwaverider

Another nice sequence, Chad catching a nice reflection on the face, the one that Dave is going to deliver an aerial or close to it, on the 2nd shot. May 14, 2011
Another nice sequence, Chad catching a nice reflection on the face, the one that Dave is going to deliver an aerial or close to it, on the 2nd shot. May 14, 2011
2nd shot...I hope Dave doesn't mind, but, Not Bad for an Older Guy :) ...Sunny? What up?
2nd shot...I hope Dave doesn't mind, but, Not Bad for an Older Guy 🙂 ...Sunny? What up?
Another nice backside sequence of Dave, nice shots by Chad.
Another nice backside sequence of Dave, nice shots by Chad.
Pic 2, Dave refusing to let the white throw him off the board till he can make good with the leftover face.
Pic 2, Dave refusing to let the white throw him off the board till he can make good with the leftover face.

How the Waves were today and the Jelly Fish update (Wednesday morning 4 to 6 day wind swell) Surf report and surf forecast for Thursday for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted 06/01/11)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, All The People and the Surfers, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Dave L.

Dave, (Sunny's dad), getting ready to setup for a nice right, while surfing a glassy sesh in South Cocoa Beach, May 14, 2011.
Dave, (Sunny's dad), getting ready to setup for a nice right, while surfing a glassy sesh in South Cocoa Beach, May 14, 2011.

Great waves this morning at Hightowers. 

Solid waist high (I’m 6′ 3″ tall for the record) with an ocassional stomach to maybe a chest high wave came thru.   A 7 to 8:30 session with only 1 other person out!  Glassy, with both lefts and rights working great.

NO JELLY FISH AT ALL!

You could pass up the close-outs,  and mostly just take the ones that would hold up all the way to the beach.  (longboard)  But the short-boarder I was out with was getting long rides too, so long or short boards worked great.

Strange, it was dead high tide, and yet the waves were working great, not holding back or any problem.

Forecast for Thursday;  the winds this morning were a total fluke.  So this one’s gonna be tough.  It was supposed to be 8 mph onshore east winds at daybreak, but instead it was 2 to 4 mph wnw this morning.

The 120 buoy is telling me that we should still have some waist high waves at least down south for Thursday.  The winds from weather.com are showing 6 to 8 mph ene at daybreak, depending on the Cape to Satellite Beach.

But, with this high pressure that just slid in above us,  we may have fluke glassy waves in the morning, so the wind call is totally iffy.

Waves for the Cape,  maybe knee to thigh.   Looks like we have maybe 2 more days of this wind swell.  Enjoy it while you can.

The picture above is Sunny’s Dad,  Dave the Ripper (as Chad calls him 🙂   Also,  I will have a nice Gallery of photos of Dave from the waist to chest high day we had back on May 14th Saturday morning.

Later,

oldwaverider