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Chad coming off a nice glassy lip in South Cocoa Beach. May 14, 2011, a nice Saturday morning session with his son Chase.
This was Saturday morning May 14, 2011 in South Cocoa Beach.
Chad with his son Chase, Sunny, Jim and Dave the Ripper caught a great surf sesh from a 3 or 4 day swell, nice and glassy, yeah there were closeouts, but definitely some great waves in the waist to stomach high range, with maybe some bigger sets.
Chase, (Chad’s son) came along to put on a show (see photos below 🙂 along with the surf sesh. Even if the waves were flat, it wouldn’t have been boring.
Also, the incoming wind swell for Memorial Day Weekend looks like it’s kicking in a tad more size and power. And it may even rollover till Thursday now, and………bring in some waves Sunday morning instead of waitin till the afternoon.
By Sunday afternoon, we should see some waist high waves at the Cape here, yeah 10 to 20 mph onshores, but like I said yesterday, we aren’t supposed to have waves by now, so get excited. Monday ought to have some fun chop, with a drop in the swell
Chad dropping in on a nice glassy right...Sun, glass and warm water...same wave as aboveA good day 🙂
by late afternoon/evening.
Then Tuesday, the size may kick in to maybe some chest high waves at the Cape with bigger sets down south, though the period (power) of the swell drops off until Wednesday some time where the size drops but the power kicks in a little
Chase thinking, not a care in the world...and spending a great day at the beach with the "Old Man :)"figure it out 🙂 ...ChaseChase agrees, it's a great Day!
more. Again, I don’t see an offshore winds window yet, but if we do, we’ll pass it on.
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Sunny on a nice stomach high left...
The photos are of Sunny taken by Chad , I think.
This was Saturday morning May 14, 2011 in South Cocoa Beach.
Chad, Sunny, Jim and Sunny Dave caught a great sesh from a 3 or 4 day swell, nice glassy, yeah some closeouts, but definitely some great waves.
A 3 shot sequence of Sunny, followed by a couple of miscellaneous waves.
By the way, Sunny does do rights also 🙂
Same nice left...3rd shot in a sequence of SunnyAnother nice left for SunnyNice lip to work
Oh, guess we don’t want to leave out the incoming Memorial Day weekend wind swell for Sunday thru maybe Wednesday.
Hey, we’re not even supposed to have waves this time of year, so get pumped that we’re at least getting some wind chop waves.
Maybe, we’ll see some shoulder high sets down south, but I figure we ought to see a day or two of waist high plus at the Cape since the wind swell is direct east.
Right now, I’m not seeing a window of off shore winds, but when we get to that 3 hour window, we’ll let ya know.
Enjoy the pics, and the waves late Sunday afternoon over Memorial Day weekend.
Friday's 7 Am swell period chart. Compliments of magicseaweed.com
This is one powerful swell!
It’s going to be building too, all day Friday and even throughout Friday night until just before daybreak Saturday. But that’s not why I’m saying it’s powerful.
The period of the swell is pushing between 11 and 14 seconds between the beach and the 120. Then you might say, oh crap, an 11 or 12 second period swell for us is all closeouts. Well you’d be wrong! Just kidding with the intensity. But you would be wrong 🙂 The quality of the low pressure system is what makes or breaks the swell, and it does help if you surf one of our reef breaks that can hold it better when it gets hollow.
This swell has a fairly uniform set of period bands in it. Not anything as good as the Nov. 14th, 2010 swell (see the 2 links below) with perfect waves, but……….when I looked at the rock breaks in Satellite Beach today, even with the onshore winds in the 10 to 15 mph range, there was some sweet shoulders holding up, so imagine a South wind break with a quality swell. After looking at the Satellite Rock break, then I looked at 2nd light and O’club, and then a block south of 16th street, and the beach breaks were not holding up well, were at least a foot or two smaller.
Saturday morning 7 Am swell period chart for May 14, 2011. Compliments of magicseaweed.com
Alright, I’m long-winded 😉 Friday morning rock breaks south of 2nd light should be solid head high waves, with 5 to 7 mph South winds, but I believe we could see a little SSW or with a gift from above possibly SW until 8 Am or so. These waves have lots of power, and are very hollow.
Saturday morning, I see the swell being a foot bigger at the daybreak, very possibly a foot overhead on the huge sets, with SW winds at daybreak, hollow, plenty of makeable waves and some sweet barrells. If you have a camera, bring it. The drift will probably be gone by Saturday too. The tides are perfect. Friday high tide is around 4:15 Am, and as you know high going low is best for us. So get out by 6:30 or 7 at the latest Friday to catch the slight offshore wind window.
Saturday, High is at 5:20 so anytime after 7:30 should rock! Unless the storm suddenly moves, Saturday should be epic. For 3 or 4 days straight, the models have been showing SW winds for Saturday, so I would bet $ 20 that it will be SW till at least 10, and probably pushing till past 12. Strange thing is, I don’t think it will hit 8 feet at the 120 buoy, I believe more like 7 feet Friday night, and yet we could have 7 foot face waves Saturday morning before the swell starts dropping a little in the afternoon Saturday.
Take a look at the swell period chart (the first image) for 7 Am Friday morning, and notice the fairly uniform period bands, instead of little dots of color all over the place, it is one solid blue with the mega period coming in late Friday nite for Saturday morning. The next pic is Saturday morning which is getting to 75 % of perfect storm. (Nov. 14th was thee perfect storm) The last picture was from today with plenty of power but the wrong winds, and the swell was still coming in even though the period was high.
Thursday morning (today's) swell period chart at 7 Am. Compliments of magicseaweed.com
Today, it was thigh high at the end of Johnson with onshore winds but some fun drops, some shoulders and a little power. I saw Scooter get an awesome and long left, and his wife got are really long, to the beach right.
Saturday morning is almost a perfect storm but not quite. Not like Nov. 14th, 2010. Go back and take a look at the pictures from Satellite Beach on that day, and look at the swell period chart I placed there I think the day before. It was a bigger swell, but they are similar in their perfection.
Okay, have a great Friday sesh, and have really mega-sesh on Saturday, God willing he keeps the conditions on target.
The time table moved up, and it looks like Thursday may be light offshore in the 5 to 8 range out of the west mostly for a few hours in the morning. Right now, I’ll go with 30 % accurate on those winds (for this Monday night) and Tuesday night, when I’ll be closer to okay let’s say 90 % call for Thursday Am wind accuracy 😉 Swell power should be strong enough to be chest high plus down south, waist at the Cape. Later in the day the size ought to kick up a little.
Friday, it gets a little bigger but with onshore winds all day. The swell actually kicks in a second punch and starts pulling in some more size.
Saturday, could easily be head high on the larger sets, with SW winds in the 8 to 12 mph range. It could be totally epic. Pick your favorite break.
Keep in mind that this swell comes from a sharp NE angle, so the further south you go, it ought to be bigger, cleaner and pitching nicer 🙂
Jeff Cooks Palm Frond Coastal Art Paintings, Sunsets, Space Shuttle, Waves and More...
Hey check out the local Artist, Jeff Cook and some of his Coastal Art Painting on Palm Fronds and wood.
Sunsets, beautiful waves formed from palm fronds and wood painted to order. Jeff has some Space Shuttle over Ocean art, Sunsets all done with Ultraviolet safe marine paint so you can decorate outdoors or indoors without fear of fade.
Prices start at under $ 20 and go up so they’re great for gifts or to spoil yourself 🙂
Send an email to Art with your phone number and we’ll have Jeff give you a call, and you can stop by and check out the awesome work!
Three friends from DC listening to the spectacular sounds of "Dub Kulcha", 4/8/11, at the Sandbar & Grille in Cocoa Beach during a week of spring break for many.
Friday night at Sandbar & Grille , Cocoa Beach was Jeff’s birthday, he turned ___? Ha, you’ll have to ask him. Chad, Jeff, John, Daniel? and Myself were celebrating Jeff’s birthday, but like a bonehead, I didn’t take his picture. (forgive the photo quality, they were taken with a phone 😦
I met up with a real nice friend from church at the Grille, the first time we had a chance to hang out. She was with a group of friends but they had to leave early. But I will have her out surfing by the end of the summer 🙂
The three to the left were enjoying some time in Cocoa Beach on vacation from DC, and taking in 100% of the band’s great sounds and vocals.
Anyhow, the spectacular Reggae band “Dub Kulcha” was playing, a gift we only get every couple months or so here, and they were incredible, see photos below. To check their schedule or stay updated check them out here.
Okay, Surf coming, we have a large mass of area in the Ocean kicking up a wind swell for us, in probably the 3 to 6 foot face size, which starts to arrive Monday night or afternoon.
It’s hard to even guess, when the winds may turn around for a brief offshore session. Right now the swell appears to peak in size on Thursday, and slight chance of going offshore Friday some time.Thursday could have some head high waves down south, at the Cape, yeah some smaller but easier to paddle out too 🙂
Dudley at the keyboards, with “Dub Kulcha”, sorry I dont know the others names. Friday night at the Sandbar & Grille, Cocoa Beach.
Dub Kulcha at the Sandbar & Grille, Cocoa Beach
The waters warm, about 76 degrees at the Cape, so paddle out anytime at high tide, and you’ll have the least bounce, easiest paddle out, and probably some fun semi-slop chop. You know that you always get a couple of great shoulders during a chop session.
Have a great weekend, and as the swell gets closer, we’ll give ya updates as to the size changes, wind directions and any other anal-retentive data that I think we may need.
All the major networks called me and asked that I not wait another day to show the second pic (okay, I couldn't wait) of my friend Jeremy's fishing reward. I believe it's not a horseshoe shark but a Nurse Shark. Caught around August of 2010 not far from Lori Wilson and the old Holiday Inn.
A quick update for Wednesday morning. (like anyone really believes I can be quick 😦
The winds are looking SSE in the 5 to 10 range at daybreak, so I’m backing down on waist high glassy waves from 50 to around 20%. It could go offshore but I’m not gonna drink a 5-hour energy over it.
The 120 buoy did move back up to around 3.5 feet at 9 seconds, and North winds at the last hour, so the potential swell is still there.
That’s the fun part about surfing. It’s still a matter of what God wants to deliver in the morn, and if it’s great, than awesome, if not, then no big deal.
My friend Jeremy caught this shark behind and just south of the South Lori Wilson Park beach, back in like August 2010.
We have a slight chance 50/50, that we’ll have a waist high wind swell with a chance of offshore winds Wednesday morning. Waist high down South toward the Base. It’s a NE swell so it’s hard to say if the Cape will even get thigh high waves. The swell rolls in Tuesday around noon and later thru the day with NE winds in the 10 to 15 mph range.
So Wednesday morning, it’s looking to be South winds, but they are less than 10 mph and with the heat coming off land, even with the rain cool down, it will probably blow some offshore winds in the early Am Wed.
The photo to the left was taken behind a resort just South of Lori Wilson Park, back in August, 2010 I believe.
I’ll show you another pic in a few days, plus some fat looking fish for eating caught.
High tide is 5:47 Am Wednesday morning, 9 or 10 would be best tide time, but the winds may not be offshore than.
Anyhow, it’s a chance to get wet, and in my case, burn 1000 cals. during the session, haha.
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