Category: Big Wave Video & Photo Locations

This is the parent category of a group of Big Wave Videos that I have collected here, so it is easier for me to find them :)

Violence in Schools, here’s one way to end it :) Incoming windswell, Sunday evening Surf Report update 6:30 PM January 20 2012, Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach (posted January 29, 2012)

by oldwaverider, posted in Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Fiji - Cloudbreak, Restaurants, Tavarua, Peace of Mind, Anxiety Reduction, Spiritual (risky)

Incoming wind swell, probably will hang on for 3 or 4 days, with 4 to 6 foot face heights, depending a North or South break. More on the swell in a minute and down below…

Cloudbreak, Fiji photo by Stu and Malia Johnson. I dropped in the Poem. Art
Cloudbreak, Fiji photo by Stu and Malia Johnson. I dropped in the Poem. Art

This photo was taken by Stu and Malia Johnson, where they are Professional Photographers in Fiji,  right by the famous break of “Cloudbreak”.  Their website for a great variety of their work is here.   (Yeah, I added the poem enhancement because it is one of the best pictures of a wave I have ever seen)

A friend posted the poem below to help stop violence in schools.  For my Christian and Atheist friends and those in the middle,  it certainly is food for thought when all the Public Schools had the “Neon Sign” reminder if you will removed from Public;  (Christian Prayer in Schools, 10 Commandments taken from Courthouses and the Pledge of Allegiance diminshed )   Without a constant reminder,  kids don’t have that deep down message that can get thru with them 🙂

I placed this in here because , well this is a blog 🙂  , and also because I see it’s wonderful power…

Mary had a little lamb his fleece was white as snow and every where that Mary went the lamb was sure to go. He followed her to school one day, it was against the rules. He made the children laugh and play to see a lamb at school. And then the rules all changed one day, illegal it became; to bring…. the Lamb of God to school or even say his name. Everyday got worse and worse, and days turned into years. Instead of hearing children laugh we heard gun shots and tears. What must we do to stop the crime thats in our schools today? Let the Lamb come back to school and teach our kids to PRAY!!!!

Back to Incoming Surf…

The swell starts rolling in Monday morning really steep from the NE.  But by Tuesday, the angle turns from the East, on thru Thursday at least.  We should see 4 to 6 foot faces depending on a North break or a South break.  (obviously , the closer to Satellite Beach the bigger 🙂  Mostly medium East winds (probably 10 to 15 mph)  until Thursday or Friday.

Possible offshore day on Thursday or Friday.  We’ll keep ya posted.

Oldwaverider

The Best Surfing Video I have ever seen; 25 to 40 foot face waves, of perfection at Cloudbreak , Fiji July 2011 with Jeff Rowley and his 1 Million dollar goal of raising funds for Breast Cancer. Posted Saturday at 3:15 PM (January 13, 2012)

by oldwaverider, posted in Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Fiji - Cloudbreak, Restaurants, Tavarua

SURF REPORT UPDATE SUNDAY JAN. 15, 6 PM…Incoming windswell Mon and Tues, waist high plus, with chance of offshore winds on Wednesday and maybe late Tuesday afternoon, but Wednesday right now looks best 🙂 End of Sunday update

Be sure to click on the 720 resolution and full-screen to watch this masterpiece…

Surfing and windsurfing Fiji Cloudbreak Massive Surf

This video is the best Surf Video I have seen;  1st the footage of the most epic day/swell to hit Fiji of 25 to 40 foot face waves with perfect glass,  most everyone is paddling in, not all.

2nd, then the production quality by Tim Bonython Productions with editing by Corey Maynard, using Piano music by Tripswitch, LR-60 & Mr. Moods, and Echelon Effect, the piano magnifies and defines the epic perfection of the clear Blue Water of Cloudbreak , Tavarua, Fiji.

Jeff Rowley is on a goal to raise $ 1,000,000 for breast cancer and he intends to do this by surfing massive surf all over the globe.  I am sure there is a personal part to his life that has him totally passionate about achieving this goal, though I haven’t found out who affected him for this drive.  I recently saw a new video of his first paddle in session at Maui/Jaws-Peahi for 40 to 50 foot face waves.

Jeff was born with club feet and had to have surgery just after his birth.  His mother was told that he may never be able to walk.  But I guess he was very stubborn, because if you watch the way he carves 30 to 40 foot faces at Cloudbreak with no fear, he obviously adapted to his life born disability.

Midway or more into the video,  a Kite-Surfer performs incredibly on a 35 foot +/-  face wave.

Near the end of the video Jeff Rowley takes off on a massive wave at the same time Jason Polakow drops in with his Sailboard,  and then they carve the face of this massive wave at the same time as if the act was practiced and performed many times before.  Impeccably orchestrated, all of the footage.  Then at the very end,  Jeff solo, takes what looks to be the wave of the day 35 to 40 foot face and handles it like an 8 foot wave.  Followed by Jason on a solo with his sailboard on a similar size wave going vertical with the sailboard down the face.

I can’t use enough adjectives to describe the quality of the filming, the surfing, the massive glassy perfection, the choreography of the surfing and sailboard, the music and the goal of Jeff Rowley to raise money for breast cancer.

Did I mention magnificent?

Enjoy 🙂

Oldwaverider

Todos Santos January 5th, 2012: Big Wave Surfing, posted Wednesday night January 11, 2012

by oldwaverider, posted in Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Mexico - Puerto Escondido, Pascuales, World Big Wave Events and Articles

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This was so awesome to watch, this big swell that hammered the entire Pacific Coast it seems.  Y’all know my obsession with big wave video.  Yeah, the camera shakes a fair amount (the guy apologizes on his YouTube page because the boat was shaking so much), but just grab the rush of the drop in for these guys.  And drool, except for the fact that cold water does , well, it stinks.   Funny thing is,  a few hundred miles further South, below the Ecuador line,  like Acapulco, the water is warm pretty much year round, like no wetsuit in November.

A glimpse of Todos Santos , Mexico's coastline map, and the long road the surfers had to get there.
A glimpse of Todos Santos , Mexico's coastline map, and the long road the surfers had to get there.

Here is a little map I found on a blog that discusses Experiencing Baja , Mexico.  It’s kind of cool to take a minute out of our normal obsessive pace, and read about other people that have a simpler life.   I got side-tracked when looking for a map to show you where these guys drove all nite to get this incredible surf session.   This blog which has nothing to do with the surfers in this video, is great for looking into the lives of the people who live along the rode to Todos Santos.  If you have ever surfed along this part of the Mexico border (as opposed to the Gulf of Mexico side, like Cancun) or even further below (like 250 miles further South even), along the non-Baja Southern border such as   Acapulco,  Escondido, Mexico Pipeline,  it is a pretty sparse area, and back in the late 70’s and mid-80’s when I surfed there,  we American’s weren’t received as gracefully as we might be now;  I should also say, not received by the bandito population, cause the Mexican folks are wonderful people to the core 🙂

Incoming Surf; Not much to pass on with incoming swells.  We’ll look at it to see if this less than 5 foot wind swell coming Monday does anything for us.

Oldwaverider

Belharra, France from March-April 2011, former XXL contender, plus Passing the Torch video Jaws, Maui with Laird Hamilton, Ian Walsh and Billy Kemper from 2010, plus Kelly Slater Surfing Jaws & Rob Machado surfing Pipeline Video

by oldwaverider, posted in Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, France, Hawaii - Jaws, Maui ; Pipeline, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., World Big Wave Events and Articles

This is my 2nd favorite Big Wave video.  The sounds that go with this 1 plus minute video, and watching the footage they get from the back of the wave heading towards shore.  The back is like 25 to 35 foot back, so you can imagine the front.

This one called “Passing the Torch” in Jaws, Maui, from January, 2010, and this one is my favorite Big Wave Video.

Laird Hamilton (around 46 to 48 years old)  the mentor for Ian Walsh (around 30?), and they are both mentoring Billy Kemper (early 20’s?).   The music by Guerilla Jazz is pretty awesome, and kind of ironic for a video of some incredible 50 foot tow in surf at Jaws.

I put both of these online in the last year, but if you have a nice screen to watch these, crank up the tunes and watch these, totally awesome.

This is called Kelly Slater @ Jaws & Rob Machado @ Pipeline

Thus endeth my obsession for the day of huge wave video.

oldwaverider

Wednesday morning 10 Am Surf Report for Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach, Friday still looking potentially epic, Andy Irons 1 year video, Saturday close to epic, Sunday potential for glass up North and pushing …almost double overhead, Billabong XXL Awards 2012 mid-year highlights video, Cape Canaveral Friday Fest November 4rth, Still looking at Overhead Waves for the Next Week likely, Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Wednesday November 02, 2011)

by oldwaverider, posted in Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Fiji - Cloudbreak, Restaurants, Tavarua, Local Events in Canaveral or Cocoa Beach, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania, Teahupoo, World Big Wave Events and Articles

I try to keep the Titles of my posts brief and to the point…;)

What can I say?  A lot of stuff going on, such as my OBSESSION WITH BIG WAVE VIDEOS, when YouTube and/or Magicseaweed.com release the Mid-Year highlites for the Billabong XXL Awards (2012 now) I gotta put that one on the front 🙂

Surf report update in a minute…

In case y’all don’t get to keep up with the contests on the regular normal wave ASP tour,  or keep up with the XXL Big Wave tour, this has been a record year for the world’s great big wave surf breaks.  Teahupoo (of whom our local legend Kelly Slater won the ASP event),  and the fact that he skipped the J-Bay event offering 6 foot waves in order to catch some 30 to 40 foot plus tow in surf at Fiji for the epic 50 year storm, 49 foot swell on the charts,  that swept into the Tasman Sea.   That storm hammered  Australia, and brought the most incredible waves to Cloudbreak, Restaurants  and Tavarua Fiji.

As I mentioned in previous posts,  Kelly skipped the J-Bay event and got the best warm up session in Fiju that probably gave him more confidence to nail it at the Teahupoo ASP event where they had to shut down the event, and let the tow in guys have fun, until the waves hit a normal 10 to 15 foot for the regular contest event.  (not like he really needed confidence, but surfing Teahupoo  takes more character than any other surf break on the planet, not diminishing Mavericks in any way 🙂

Okay, the long wind ceases, surf in Brevard………………….

Today (Wednesday),  a foot or so overhead in Satellite Beach and chest high plus at the Cape. (probably a few head high sets here at the Cape).  The winds should be in the 10 to 15 mph NE direction, so right at dead high tide (around 2 PM),  you can catch the easiest paddle out,  the cleanest time of day for the faces,  the best shoulders while it is high tide.

Thursday, probably a foot bigger down South maybe some 2 foot overhead waves, and with a lot more power because the ground swell rolls in after midnight Wednesday night/Thursday morning.  We ought to see some head high waves at the Cape, and the winds ought to be mild onshore, like 5 to 6 mph NE all day.   So it could be real fun Thursday.

Friday, still looks like the epic day!  Head high to maybe a foot or so overhead in Satellite Beach and solid chest high plus at the Cape.  The swell does drop off a bit late Friday but not much. If the wind models hold out, it looks to be 4 to 6 mph offshore winds out of the West to SW.  Yowwwwwwww!!!

Saturday,  a new swell piggybacks the departing Friday swell with strong North to NNW winds, probably 15 to 25 mph.  but it could be head high and semi-glass up North in the morning, and by dinner time, we may be seeing some 8 to 10 foot faces down South.

Sunday morning ought to have some large sets come in with 8 foot faces at the Cape, and probably some 10 foot plus faces down South.  But the winds (as a guess out of the 48 hour window),  are looking to be NNW and over 20 mph, but it could be really sweet at the Pier and the Jetties.

I don’t see any drop in swells for a week out,  so eat well, bring a rash guard at least for Friday morning, because it may be around 62 to 64 degrees in the morning, not cold, but with the water temp lingering only about 2 degrees above spring water temps, it may be a little chilly.

Get excited, and don’t forget about the Cape Canaveral Friday Fest Street Party.  Here is their info below:

The next Friday Fest is scheduled for November 4th 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 & games, live entertainment along with beer & wine.

Live entertainment will feature “Entasy” on Taylor Avenue & “Lonnie & Delinda” on Poinsetta Avenue.

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

I do need to add one more  video link here.  Andy Irons, one year has passed.  I could quote some of what they say, but just check it out here.

Later,

oldwaverider

Friday night Surf Report for Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach (8:30 PM) Oct. 28th, Big Wind Swell coming in Sunday. Offshore winds for Saturday. New possible huge swell Wednesday night (Nov.2nd) , possible Wave entry and photo for Billabong XXL contest 2011-2012. Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Friday October 28, 2011)

by oldwaverider, posted in Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., Portugal - Nazare, World Big Wave Events and Articles

Massive swell hit Nazare, Portugal on October 17 2011. Billabong XXL 2012 contender. See the article at Magicseaweed.com
Massive swell hit Nazare, Portugal on October 17 2011. Billabong XXL 2012 contender. See the article at Magicseaweed.com

Big Wind Swell coming Sunday! Offshore winds for Saturday morning , possibly rideable…But before we do that…

Y’all know I love big wave stories.  It’s kind of a surrogate release for me knowing that I’ll never get the big waves I want here, and if I did, I’d most likely break myself anyhow 🙂

The photo below is from a massive swell that hit Nazare, Portugal on October 17th, 2011.  It may be a swell that has an entry for the Billabong XXL 2011-2012 contest.  This swell on the charts showed 9 ft at 15 seconds!  And the funny thing is, they have another on the way for Sunday October 30th, that clocks at 14 feet at 16 seconds at the exact same swell angle.  Check out the article at Magicseaweed.com here.

Saturday,  if the 120 throws a little more our way, (at least 3.5 feet to 4 feet with a low period), then we may have some thigh to waist high waves down South with West winds everywhere, light like 4 to 8 mph.  WSW to NW until 11 or 12 with some early showers to keep you cool.  Slim chance, but there is a chance.

Sunday morning we should have some shoulder high choppy N and NE winds at 20 mph plus, and maybe chest high on the big set waves at the Cape.  The swell is coming out of the NE, so we may get blocked out some.

Monday, same big chest to shoulder high chop, 20 mph plus winds ENE.

Tuesday, big winds , maybe some North winds, waist to shoulder, the Cape may block the winds  some early in the morning.  (just a guesstimate since its more than 48 hours out, and I only can have 80% accurate wind direction 48 hrs in advance)

Wednesday, the next possible huge swell starts rolling in on top of the former one.  This swell comes in with a longer period starting at 9 seconds and kicking upt to 12 seconds.  BUT KEEP IN MIND, RENA MAY NOT DO MUCH, AND THE OTHER 2 TD’S MAY OR MAY NOT MATERIALIZE.

So  for now,  just enjoy our big wind swell that should last 3 to 5 days.

Have a great weekend!

oldwaverider

40 to 50 foot plus Puerto Escondido Mexico from June 2011, Monday night 9:00 PM Surf Report, Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Monday October 17, 2011)

by oldwaverider, posted in Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Mexico - Puerto Escondido, Pascuales, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., World Big Wave Events and Articles

Screenshot of 10 foot surfboards on the wave face in Puerto Escondido Mexico in June 2011, compliments of Magicseaweed.com
Screenshot of 10 foot surfboards on the wave face in Puerto Escondido Mexico in June 2011, compliments of Magicseaweed.com

The surfboards in this photo are 9.5 to 10 foot plus surfboards, so it gives you an idea of stacking 4 to 5 board lengths to reach the height of the wave.  One guy, Lander, broke his leg in 4 places.  If you haven’t seen this video, check it out here and make sure and watch it full screen with your sound on 😉 I posted this video back in July I think, but while I was working, and having no surf to distract me,  I had to do my usual escape into big wave videos.  As far as waves for Brevard…….

No real visible swells on the horizon, except if you live on the Gulf. We have some real low period 2 to 3 foot wind swell that may have something rideable Tuesday and Wednesday,  There is a slight chance of waist high waves with 15 plus mph offshore winds for a few hours Wednesday morning, however, since the offshores start before daylight, the light windswell may be blown flat before you can surf them, but don’t expect any power, and not much after 9 AM.

I had to put this screenshot of possibly the biggest swell in years at Puerto Escondido Mexico back in June.  Many of the big wave guns were there;  Shawn Dollar (biggest paddle in winner Billabong XXL 2010 ?), Greg Long (beat Kelly Slater in the last minute of “The Eddie” in 2009), Jamie Sterling, Maya Gabeira (womans winner overall Billabong XXL), and many more.

Shawn Dollar who has paddled into 52 foot faces at Mavericks, said that this Escondido swell was the worst beating and most intimidating surf session he has had.  That had to paddle thru all the beach break to get out, and the size was in the 40 to 50 foot plus range.

That’s about all for now.

I’ll be posting some more local pics in the next few days.

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

Epic Surf, Sea Lice alert, Moon Jellyfish alert, Hurricane Irene Surf Report Thursday afternoon (at 1:00 PM) and Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted August 25, 2011)

by oldwaverider, posted in Alerts for Johnson Avenue beaches, Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., Teahupoo, World Big Wave Events and Articles

Quick Update at 8:45 PM Thursday night;  Most will assume that I am on, or was on some form of a hallucinagenic, and I’m okay with that 🙂 , however, I just got to watch 45 minutes of surf shortly before dark,  and I saw one individual catch 4 rides, the 1st witch was 6 solid feet over his head, when he made his bottom turn, and he still had 2 or 3 further to the bottom, not of the typical slopey Florida wave.  The 2nd epic wave out of his 4 that we watched, which was also glassy, was he dropped in, on the same but maybe an inch taller wave 😉 and after a rentry, slipped right into a barrel, standup, but only have of the wave covered him to the waist, but he did disappear, pulled out, and preceded to get 3 or 4 rentry that required at least 30 yards coverage for each top to bottom, it was like in slow motion.  We estimated that it was about 200 yards, (2 football fields, based on the fact that it was around 10 seconds ride, but also, since it was about 400 yards out paddle to get out, and he made it most of the way in except for the inside section…which by the way, his wave kept on going when he kicked out. It was really breathtaking for Florida ( I could care less how corney it sounds, but I love guessing numbers, stats, financial data and trends, finding changes in treands, plus distance when I run 3 to 4 times a week, so am I anal , you make the call, and this site to see was awesome , especially for Northern Brevard County.  The original post from today continues below starting with the Teahupoo video which is breathtaking again…a little poetic sounding, but my bad 😉  Last comment, I believe my numbers for 6:30 – 7 AM session made in this afternoons post earlier today at 1  PM, is still accurate, so take it or leave it 🙂

Friday morning surf report in a minute…I had to drop this video of Teahupoo  (cho-pooh), from The Billabong Pro in Tahiti.  It is absolutely incredible taken from a helicopter.

Friday morning, On the high side, with the models for Satellite Beach at daybreak,  10.5 feet at 13 seconds, in Satellite Beach we could see 15 foot plus faces.  The winds are still looking 25 to 30 mph NW until noon and then WNW.  There will be gusts over 35 mph, but that’s still less than TD Hanna in “09”.  But by then the size has dropped 4 feet in face size.

Friday morning, Our models show 6 feet at 15 seconds climbing to 8 feet at 11 seconds at 9 AM At the Cape and Cocoa Beach,  the Cape should see 10 to 12 foot faces with a rogue set every now and then, glassy, lots of spray with 25 to 30 mph NW winds, and gusts a little higher.  The lefts should be incredible. High tide is 5:45, which is the best condition we could ask for, high going low.  The size will probably kick up from daybreak to 9 AM a couple feet, and then start dropping fast by noon,  but not to fast 🙂  By noon, we’ll probably have 8 to 10 foot faces and then lose a foot every couple hours.

The rain should be pretty significant in the morning so be ready for that, and also, for you old guy surfers, 2 guys, both 49 years old, very competent surfers drowned in the surf during Hurricane Florence in Sept of 2006.  In fact the waves that day were 6 to 10 foot overhead, and this barrell taken shows that at Satellite Beach were this photo, this one taken just before one of the guys Rob drowned.  He was a 15 or 16 year old surfers father.

Watch the  Sea Lice stings “sea lice” which are actually the larvae of Thimble jellyfish.  And also watch the big big Moon Jellyfish.  I walked the beach at 8 this morning, and I saw one that was about a foot in diameter.  I believe they are “Moon Jellyfish”  They are clear, round, and inch or more thick, with 4 purple membranes if you will in the center.  I will try to update later today with a photo of these large Moon Jellyfish.

South of Minuteman, with those winds, should produce slight offshore to sideshore winds.

North of Minuteman, we take a size hit but have the glass.

Saturday, shoulder to head high , 20 mph west winds and epic, anywhere.

Sunday, probably some leftovers but who cares 🙂

How the Waves were the last day of Tropical Storm Emily, on Sunday (see photo below), 3 Tropical Disturbances on the way, plus Surf Report Thursday afternoon (at 4:00 Pm) and Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted August 11, 2011)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., Peru - Pico Alto

Sunday mid-morning photo in Satellite Beach, August 7 2011. Taken by a friend, Mike Melito
Sunday mid-morning photo in Satellite Beach, August 7 2011. Taken by a friend, Mike Melito

The last day of Emily was Sunday (4 great days, nothing huge but a few head high sets on the drop), and it was a great day in Satellite at RC’s and Hightowers !  I surfed the morning which was stomach high and perfect glass, but it kicked up to chest high as the tide brought in more water.

If you surfed Emily in Cocoa Beach or the Cape, you probably missed the best size because of the angle of the swell.  Also, when the winds were mostly SSW, the only place to surf that is South of Minuteman Causeway, and for the size south of the Streets from 2nd light or maybe O Club and South.  Great surf, 4 days of it!

This is the official Chasing Monsters trailer video.  The link to the 2010 Pico Alto contest is below at the Chasing Monsters website.  As shown today on Magicseaweed.com the Pico Alto in Peru is on.  Quote “the world’s top big wave crazies will compete at the Billabong Pico Alto 2011– Copa Burn”.  If you want to see last year’s video on the Pico Alto 2010, check out the video at the ChasingMonsters.com website, and as of today it is the 4rth video to scroll down to.

Chasing Monsters Teaser from IronFistMedia on Vimeo.

Waves coming, maybe ! Upcoming low pressure system swell headed our way!  The models show that it hits Wednesday and keeps rolling for 3 plus days.  Don’t know when we will half offshore winds, nor am I 100% sure the swell will hit, but the models show a nice SE swell in the 3 to 4 foot range with a high period of 11 or 12 seconds, so it’s definitely ground swell.

Friday morning, August 12 2011, 3 Tropical Disturbances being tracked from Africa, headed our way, 2 of which have a 40% chance of becoming a Hurricane within 48 hours, compliments of Stormpulse.com
Friday morning, August 12 2011, 3 Tropical Disturbances being tracked from Africa, headed our way, 2 of which have a 40% chance of becoming a Hurricane within 48 hours, compliments of Stormpulse.com

FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE OF YESTERDAYS POST ON TROPICAL DISTURBANCES! We have 2 each 40% Trop. Disturbances and one 20% that have a chance of becoming a Cyclone (Hurricane, yeah I know you know 🙂 , all three came from our normal storm birthing ground, that of the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of Africa.  The image is compliments of Stormpulse.com my favorite hurricane tracker site.

We’ll keep ya posted.

NOTE:  JOHNSON AVENUE SURFERS will be moving to a new server in the next month and the URL will be johnsonavenuesurfers.com instead of j-avenue-surfers.com  (we were gonna keep it low key, but we wanna give it more exposure and reach)

oldwaverider