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Johnson Ave Photo Gallery 2011 Year in Review, sort-of :), Friday night update/surf report (Jan. 6 2012) 5 PM, Incoming East swell, Friday Fest at Cape Canaveral, Forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach (posted January 06, 2012)

January 6, 2012January 21, 2012 by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, All The People and the Surfers, Art, Brevard Barrels - Photos collected, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Chad, Dave L., John L., Local Events in Canaveral or Cocoa Beach, Mike M., Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., Ron, Sunny, Unknown : Johnson Avenue Surfers

JOHNSON AVENUE SURF GALLERY – 2011 YEAR IN REVIEW, SORT OF (Sept thru Dec.)

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John thanking our Creator for these gifts :) — John thanking our Creator for these gifts 🙂

SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE AT 8:30 AM; THE SMALL INCOMING SWELL WAS 3.5 FT AT 11 SECONDS AT THE 120, BUT……….it stopped coming in at 11 PM last night (Saturday night), which means about 8 or 9 hours travel time to our beaches, so it was here at maybe 8 AM, and then dropped to 2.5 ft at 10 seconds at the 120 at Midnight which is not the minimum we need for a swell to hit the beach. We need about 2.6 to 3 feet at 10 or 11 seconds to get a ground swell that is ridable here (Ross at CFL surf figured that one out). Sorry folks, no waves. Maybe a ripple for SUP’s and big long boards when the tide gets lower, but the winds turn onshore by noon. But have a great Sunday anyhow with the nice weather 🙂 Back to Friday nights update post below……..

CLICK ON IMAGE BELOW TO SEE LARGER HIGHER REZ IMAGES…

Slept thru the New Year…;)>

A few Johnson Avenue Surfers, 2011 year in review………………photo gallery 🙂

Big, No. ……….Possibly fun and rideable, yeah 🙂 Tonight an Easterly Swell is creeping in and kicking out the steep NE swell we’ve had.

Thursday was great, waist high plus in Satellite, perfect glass, light 5 to 7 offshore winds. It was even comfortable without any suit. Yeah, I did have a rash guard on and it was 1:00 and a nice 60 degrees, so yeah that did help.

Anyhow, Saturday morn should bring some knee to rib high waves from the Cape to Satellite. Light offshore winds SW to West most of Saturday around 3 to 6 mph. I’d say, if it ain’t big enough

here at the Cape, pick your spot in Satellite at mid-tide high going low and you should have some waist high long lines somewhere.It will be 52 at daybreak, but by 9 AM sunny and 60 ° , so if you don’t want the suit to bog ya down, it will be rash guard-able.

Sunday, should be 6 to 9.5 inches bigger on the face, same air temps, offshore from the NW,

but……………………….., it will turn onshore by Noon or earlier. So if you’re gonna do Church, do it at 8, and be in the water by 9:30. May have some rib high waves down South and maybe some thigh high at the Cape.

DON’T FORGET CAPE CANAVERAL FRIDAY FEST TONIGHT! The band is “Vilifi” and they are damn good. (scuse the french). The Fest goes from 6 to 10 PM, great food, great beer, awesome local Art

Bouncer Ron (Mr. High Tech actual :)..............

Brother MIke from Lakeland..............

Unknown female at Johnson Avenue............

Same unknown guy, but just a nice J-Ave line to see............

A shameless 2nd shot of Oldwaverider, going left................:)

Dave the Ripper, going backside, prepping to get some air before this puppy closes out :) Photo by Chad — Dave the Ripper, going backside, prepping to get some air before this puppy closes out 🙂 Photo by Chad

Sunny (dave the rippers - protege:)) making a "made easy" re-entry, from a nice glassy day in South Cocoa Beach. Photo by Chad

talent, Vendors, and ya may meet your future companion, hey whatever !

Have a great weekend!

Oldwaverider
Oldwaverider Film Ministries (one day 🙂

Thursday Afternoon Surf Update Report 1 PM (11/17) Big Wind Swell arrives Friday morning followed by possible overhead groundswell next Tuesday (11/22), Photos from Thursday Big ENE Swell Hightowers in Satellite Beach, Surf Report for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Thursday November 17, 2011)

November 17, 2011December 7, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in Brevard Barrels - Photos collected, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach

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The Paddle Out. Hightowers, Satellite Beach , ENE November 10 2011 swell, photos by oldwaverider

What do ya do when you don’t have working ribs? You learn how to hack WordPress themes using Hooks. Duh 😉

Guess you had to be there. I’ve been in school, if you will, learning how to tweak, hack, modify stuff since I can’t be out in the water. (note: hacking is legal and friendly, cracking code is non-friendly). Man, I’ve been sittin here to long. Cause this is a blog kinda, I can rant like that since it’s not a “traditional” website.

Nice overhead backside barrel/cover. Image 1 of 3 in sequence. Photo by oldwaverider

INCOMING SURF! Our big NE windswell starts coming in after dark tonight. It ain’t gonna be pretty, but it is waves. The swell period only climbs to 8 seconds, so no groundswell here, but like I said, waves……………

Friday, it should bring in some head high waves somewhere by noon, most likely down South, with 20 plus mph NE winds.

Image 2 of 3 sequence. Quest for a little sunlight blockage.

Saturday, a little bigger, overhead South, and hopefully, it starts to hit the Cape with some size by then. ENE winds, maybe drop under 15 by Saturday morning here at the Cape, so dead high tide could be fun and semi-clean. (semi is the operative word :))

After that, More of the same, a little smaller until next Tuesday if our thankful surf models hold true.

A ground swell comes in from the ESE, and as it stands Wednesday morning could provide the wrap around of winds for us, but that is wayyyyy to far out to make any calls yet. So, just prepare for a day between Tuesday and Thursday for a head high plus day with offshore winds.

Some nice coverage, but the roof was coming in early so he took an early exit on image 4, so I skipped that one. Image 3 of 3 at Hightowers on November 10 2011

The photos are from last Thursday, November 10th, 2011, at Hightowers in Satellite Beach.

When I was posting some pics for Satellite on Seaweed, I found a really good video from the huge NE Perfect Storm swell that hit on November 14, 2010. Gulfster.com (if you click on this link, scroll down to the last half of their images to get to the large wave photos) posted the most amazing photos from Satellite Beach that day which I also posted one of their 6 or 8 shot sequence out of a 20 shot sequence in Satellite Beach posted in my blog here. Man, I cracked my rib in October of 2010 and missed that epic swell. And then cracking it again a couple weeks ago I missed the one year anniversary storm. Moral; no more shorebreak with epoxy longboards 😦 Oh, check out this awesome video from that Nov. 14 2010 day, taken at RC’s. If you never saw it, it’s less than 2 minutes, but nicely done, and nice quality footage.

I had to put that first photo of the PADDLE OUT. Hey, when you click on the thumbnail to see the blow up photo, click on it again and scroll your browser window. I posted the pic 2500 pixels wide so you could get the feel of the paddle out. (except for my lousy aperture settngs & lack of filters and aiming the camera right into the sun, rookie, yeah, i know 🙂 Most of us having surfed the Pacific at some time or other know that most of the time, you have a channel to paddle out thru so you don’t have to take relentless pounding on the head. My times were California, along with Baja Mexico, and down by Acapulco an hour or so above Escondido. But this guy paddling out, granted doesn’t have to duck many waves, but it still is humorous to see that 10 foot face including whitewater that he has to gauntlet thru 🙂 The other photos are a 3 shot sequence of a nice few foot overhead barrel that does dump on him, but he did escape.

Enjoy the water folks.

oldwaverider

EPIC WAVES TODAY ! 8 foot faces to rare double over-head sets in Satellite Beach, Hightowers, Thursday Afternoon 1:15 PM Surf Report of How the Waves Were Today, Surfing Photos of Hightowers (posted Thursday November 10, 2011)

November 10, 2011December 7, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Barrels - Photos collected, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach

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This guy was relentless out there today. And he got his Satellite Beach barrel. This is actually Image no. 4 in a 6 shot sequence, which I'll drop in below, it was just so beautiful to see :) November 10 2011 epic ENE swell. Photos by oldwaverider — This guy was relentless out there today. And he got his Satellite Beach barrel. This is actually Image no. 4 in a 6 shot sequence, which I'll drop in below, it was just so beautiful to see 🙂 November 10 2011 epic ENE swell. Photos by oldwaverider

AWESOME, TOTALLY AWESOME Waves today in Satellite Beach…

It was beautiful everywhere, but this ENE swell really delivered at Perkins, Hightowers and RC’s. The consistent sets came in around 7 to 8 foot faces, and I’d say every 5 or 10 minutes a 9 to 10 foot face came in, and I believe I saw a rare 12 foot face set come in, (unless the guy in the photo I’ve posted in the second sequence of photos below, was only 3 feet tall 🙂 This first sequence was probably a 9 foot face at the peak. I love the third sequence, it’s like he’s saying, crap, I guess I should’ve let this one roll by 😉

I had to do one ridiculous photo merge. Johnson Avenue vs Hightower on a 6 foot at 10 second ENE ground swell with offshore winds. Photo merge by Anonymous :) — I had to do one ridiculous photo merge. Johnson Avenue vs Hightower on a 6 foot at 10 second ENE ground swell with offshore winds. Photo merge by Anonymous 🙂

Image 1 of 6 shot sequence, dropping in late and chasing a barrell. Hightowers in Satellite Beach epic November 10 2011 ENE swell. Photos by oldwaverider

Anyhow, it was really nice sitting on the deck, watching only 5 or 6 guys out on the most beautiful powerful, glassy swell, maybe just a slight texture to the water since it was NW winds coming in on a South wind break, but heh, who cares 😉 Oh, and the Sun was coming down nice too. Most people were doing rash guards or a vest, and that’s it. The water temp is 71 now so that is a peg below Spring Water.

Friday, don’t expect much. No forecast today cause the wind swell coming in looks kinda weak, sloppy, no real size or offshore winds. Am I being a snob discussing the future here ? My bad. I was just so stoked today, and also crying at the same time since I couldn’t paddle out do to the necessity of licking my rib wounds from last Friday 😦

Image 3 of 6 shot sequence. This guy is relentless on chasing a barrel.

Image 4 of 6 in sequence. Same as the "Cover Photo" , sorry couldn't resist. I wish I knew who this guy was just to compliment him.

Florida barrels are kinda finicky; they just want to boot you out all the time :) Image 5 of 6 in sequence. Photos by oldwaverider — Florida barrels are kinda finicky; they just want to boot you out all the time 🙂 Image 5 of 6 in sequence. Photos by oldwaverider

Giving it one last effort to climb ahead back up onto the face. I believe Kelly Slater or CJ or Damien Hobgood, might have worked their way back up top, but this guy did a stellar job of setting up and getting into the barrel and out of the sunlight :) Image 6 of 6 shot sequence DSC04536 — Giving it one last effort to climb ahead back up onto the face. I believe Kelly Slater or CJ or Damien Hobgood, might have worked their way back up top, but this guy did a stellar job of setting up and getting into the barrel and out of the sunlight 🙂 Image 6 of 6 shot sequence DSC04536

Nice perhaps double overhead on the dropin face. Image 1 of 3 in sequence. Hightowers, Satellite Beach. November 10 2011 , ENE ground swell. Photos by oldwaverider.

Nice big left. Image 2 of 3 shot sequence.

Guess it's best to exit this puppy...just in case :) Image 3 of 3 sequence. — Guess it's best to exit this puppy...just in case 🙂 Image 3 of 3 sequence.

Huh, maybe I shoulda gone left...not . He chose a head butt exit instead of a white water chase exit, this guy was not frail :) Image 1 of 2 — Huh, maybe I shoulda gone left...not . He chose a head butt exit instead of a white water chase exit, this guy was not frail 🙂 Image 1 of 2

Part 2 of honey I got dumped. Image 2 of 2

It’s all good 🙂

I’ll post some pics of some nice rides at the Cape too, here probably Friday 🙂

Later,

oldwaverider

3 Wind Swells on the way, Sunday afternoon 1:30 PM Surf Report for Monday October 24rth, More Surf Photos from Katia (2nd big day) taken on September 8th, Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Sunday October 23, 2011)

October 23, 2011December 7, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Barrels - Photos collected, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc.

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Image 1 of 3 in set. An unknown surfer charging a perfect glass backside Head High wave at Officers Club. Photos from September 8 2011, Hurricane Katia . Photos by oldwaverider

SUNDAY NIGHT, 8:30 PM UPDATE!
The winds turn offshore at midnight tonight instead of late morning, still NNW, but lighter, like in the 7 to 9 mph range. I don’t believe that would be enough to blow the windswell flat. I think, it may take until 8:30 or 9 AM for the swell to have it’s full period and thus power, which works out well to be mid-tide with high going low. Also, the winds may stay offshore till Noon or 1. By 10 Am, they are up to 11 mph and increase now up close to 20 mph North on until dark. Back to my forecast that I gave this afternoon today>>>

We have 3 back to back wind swells on the way………..

The photos here are more from the 2nd Big Day of Hurricane Katia after the swell had dropped 2 to 3 feet from the morning. (photos taken around noon to 1 PM) These were taken at the South end of Officer’s Club and the North end of 2nd Light. When Ken and I first paddled out, it was 3 to 5 feet overhead on the drop with an occasional double overhead set that came in 🙂 But by late morning it dropped to head high to 2 foot overhead on the set waves. That’s when I came in to take pics.

Image 2 of 3 set. The drug of Surfing, the speed of the bottom turn :) Officers Club/2nd Light, Hurricane Katia swell dropping. Photo by oldwaverider. — Image 2 of 3 set. The drug of Surfing, the speed of the bottom turn 🙂 Officers Club/2nd Light, Hurricane Katia swell dropping. Photo by oldwaverider.

Back to incoming surf; Monday morning we have a small ENE swell blowing in, and we should have some stomach to chest high waves in Satellite Beach probably around mid-tide 8:30 Am when high is going low, so the Cape I believe should see some thigh to waist high waves, and the winds are looking to be NNW around 10 mph, so my guess, we will see some NW winds for a while, mostly NNW until 10 Am ish, then turning North before 11. Guess it’s a no brainer where to surf based on the winds, not the size 🙂

Image 3 of 3 in set. Trying to get or stay under a barrel. Perfect , backside left. Hurricane Katia.

Then the winds ought to start blowing N and NE increasing to 15 mph and on throughout Tuesday, and bringing in the 2nd swell late Tuesday. Waves should be choppy, head high South and waist to chest at the Cape. Onshore winds all day Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday size should be the same as late Tuesday.

Thursday morning, the winds could swing around to the South and maybe SSW during the day, my guess is 8 to 12 mph winds, but I won’t know until Tuesday night for 80% accurate winds. Size, chest to shoulder high in Satellite Beach, waist to chest at the Cape.

Friday morning could be waist high and glassy down South, size at the Cape, probably knee high plus.

The 3rd swell, a distinct NE ‘ster, starts blowing in after dark Friday, and should provide some shoulder high big NE chop by late afternoon. By Monday or Tuesday a week out, we may have a fun big glassy day in there. BUT TO THINK THIS COULD BE ANY MORE THAN AN ESTIMATE WOULD BE HUMOROUS 🙂

Okay, get stoked about some chop and a little mixed glass, and some fun chop while high is going low tide.

oldwaverider

SUNNY – SURF PHOTO GALLERY – How the Waves were Wednesday morning with a 3 foot 7 second period wind swell October 19, 2011 in Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach (posted 10/20/11 at 6 PM)

October 20, 2011December 7, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Barrels - Photos collected, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Dave L., Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., Sunny

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Sunny, very hungry for some barrels...the tide was right and the waves were sucking out on the mid-break. Image 1 of 3 shot sequence. Photo by oldwaverider

SUNNY – Photo Gallery and 1 barrel shot of Dave L., Sunny’s Dad 🙂

These photos were shot at our point break…

(the point sticks out on our sand dunes halfway to the water from some recent hurricanes, though it doesn’t affect the surf in any way, but still it is a point break at high tide)

on Johnson Avenue on Wednesday, October 19 2011. We had a wind swell that actually kicked up to 13 feet at the 120 buoy, although at only 8 second period out there, and when it hit our beach by 9 Am it was 3 foot at 7 second period.

This is image 2 of 3 in the sequence, and as I recall, Sunny got 4 barrels in the 1 hour that I shot photos. If you were willing to duck and tuck, you could find them.

When we have offshore winds upon even a weak wind swell and some other factors of which I am totally clueless about on this occasion, there was some decent power to be had. And there was definitely some juice to these waves. (though I say this from a beachviewers perspective 🙂 the #4 lumbar was wreaking revenge on me again, ha 😦

Some of the other barrels didn't have the ceremony of the chase...this one he had to look for it and pounce it, but others were barrel first, then ride the shoulder after. Image 3 of 3 shot sequence. Photo by oldwaverider

Anyhow, Sunny and his old man Dave had a great surf session, and you may want to take humorous note, Dave is eyeballing Sunny rather competively in a couple of the pics I took of Sunny, and since Dave has always been called “Dave the Ripper”, it is possible that Sunny may be catching up to the old man 😉

A backside barrel in number #4 , no doubt! Oops, but my bad…during the wait for the next chance to snap pictures, that is Sunny’s old man in the barrel down below.

You’ll notice in some of the pictures when I get them up online from this day, the old man is eyeballing Sunny’s skills and his chase for the tuck. Dave will probably tell you he’s proud, but I’d be willing to bet a slight edge of competitiveness is hanging on the rim out there, right beside that proud thing of course 🙂 (it’s fun to make these profound observations out loud anyhow)

I’ll throw more pics up here, I have a lot of catching up to do, since we’ve had some really nice swells that played out great on our humble, and yes often smaller waves breaking at Johnson Avenue.

But my bad, this was Sunny's Dad in the very next shot I took that finds his chance to tuck. Image 1 of 1

My barrel days are far and few, after cracking a rib just south of 16th street on that world famous chest high shore break down there, I found the epoxy on my 10 foot board was totally unforgiving 🙂

oldwaverider

Great Photos overhead waves, Cape Canaveral huge Nor’easter, surf update report, observation (11/14/10)

November 14, 2010December 7, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Barrels - Photos collected, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos

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Satellite Beach rock breaks , image 1, by Gulfster.com

Man, all I can say is, it was like the difference between Pipeline and Keywest today.

I surfed the pier, and it was waist to chest high (North side), and shoulder high on the South.

Then I watched 6 people surfing down south at Hangars (which would be the same for any of the rock reef breaks), and the set waves, the big big set waves were never less than 5 or 6 foot overhead. The walls were so thick, peeling so perfect, no a-frames, they were closeouts in the middle, but the left and right shoulders were incredible. For the 20 or so minutes that I watched, there were some even bigger sets coming thru.

The image above and the following sequence of 8 total images are actually from a group of 20 in a sequence taken by a Gulfster.com photographer. I just posted 8 of the images so that you could see how the initial wave drop in was 6 or so ft overhead, and then at the end of his ride it was still quite a bit overhead.

If you want to see all these images taken by Gulfster.com then check it out here: http://www.gulfster.com. They were from Sunday, 11/14/2010.

We got totally blocked out in the North from North Cocoa Beach thru Canaveral. I doubt even the streets got the full size that PAFB got.

Satellite Beach rock breaks , sequence image 3, by Gulfster.com

Monday morning, down south there should definitely be some head high plus waves. And it looks to be wsw winds up till around 10 or 11 in Satellite Beach.

Great waves!

oldwaverider

Satellite Beach rock breaks , sequence image 4, by Gulfster.com

Satellite Beach rock breaks , sequence image 6 or 7, by Gulfster.com

Satellite Beach rock breaks , sequence image 14 (of the same sequence), by Gulfster.com

Satellite Beach rock breaks , sequence image 17 (of the same sequence), by Gulfster.com

Satellite Beach rock breaks , sequence image 19 (of the same sequence), by Gulfster.com

Satellite Beach rock breaks , sequence image 20 (of the same sequence), by Gulfster.com

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Category: Brevard Barrels – Photos collected

Johnson Ave Photo Gallery 2011 Year in Review, sort-of :), Friday night update/surf report (Jan. 6 2012) 5 PM, Incoming East swell, Friday Fest at Cape Canaveral, Forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach (posted January 06, 2012)

Thursday Afternoon Surf Update Report 1 PM (11/17) Big Wind Swell arrives Friday morning followed by possible overhead groundswell next Tuesday (11/22), Photos from Thursday Big ENE Swell Hightowers in Satellite Beach, Surf Report for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Thursday November 17, 2011)

EPIC WAVES TODAY ! 8 foot faces to rare double over-head sets in Satellite Beach, Hightowers, Thursday Afternoon 1:15 PM Surf Report of How the Waves Were Today, Surfing Photos of Hightowers (posted Thursday November 10, 2011)

3 Wind Swells on the way, Sunday afternoon 1:30 PM Surf Report for Monday October 24rth, More Surf Photos from Katia (2nd big day) taken on September 8th, Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted Sunday October 23, 2011)

SUNNY – SURF PHOTO GALLERY – How the Waves were Wednesday morning with a 3 foot 7 second period wind swell October 19, 2011 in Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach (posted 10/20/11 at 6 PM)

Great Photos overhead waves, Cape Canaveral huge Nor’easter, surf update report, observation (11/14/10)

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