HURRICANE SANDY VIDEO OF JOHNSON AVENUE SURFERS ON SATURDAY.
January 18 update…After being in hibernation, a Surf Report update for Friday, Saturday and Sunday below…
The video I shot Saturday morning after I had my session, it was the first sizeable and semi-glassy day of Hurricane Sandy. Winds were up to 35-40 mph NNW, so it made for an interesting drop in no doubt 🙂
Sunny, Chuck and a couple unknown surfers out.
Today, Friday January 18, a big NE windswell, not quite a ground swell will be moving in all day, maybe waist high at noon, but it should be head high by dark, with 25 plus mph NE winds.
Saturday, the winds back down to maybe 15 to 20 mph, NNE to NE, with size in the chest to head high at the Cape, and Overhead down south in Satellite Beach.
Sunday morning looks to be Rib to Head high , North to South, with North winds at daybreak, so a good chance of some NNW winds until 9 or 10 is possible. Either way, with 8 mph N winds, conditions should be clean and fun.
A sick 15 second video of a 10 to 12 foot overhead tow-in barrel from Hurricane Sandy. (he never dropped to the bottom third of the wave so it may be bigger 🙂
CHAD’s 18 SECOND RIDE, SURFING VIDEO, 1 TO 2 FOOT OVERHEAD FACE…(Be sure to click “Full Screen” below on You Tube settings and also click 720 HD on quality)
We caught a spectacular, session with Shoulder to 2 foot plus overhead faces in Satellite Beach or Hangers.
I got some amazing rides by brother Chad, but this 2 foot overhead face, provided Chad an 18 second, 200 yard ride of perfection 🙂
This was the perfect, session, with waves that had power that kept your drop-ins, high, but wipeouts without headaches, go figure ,
Surf for Sundayshould be waist high at the Cape, and Chest high in Satellite Beach, with 4 to 6 mph NW winds until 10 AMish, and then they go NNW around 6 until 1 or 2, maybe later.
Mondayshould also have some small but fun leftovers.
Why all the waves?The East/NE swell we have had, isn’t fully leaving before a new Big E/NE Swell starts moving in, really hits Tuesday night, Wednesday morning. The rest of the surf report update is below the photos.
The photos here are more from Hurricane Sandy, Satellite Beach. I took them around 2 PM, after I had my session. The 2nd guy here was nice enough to pull out of the wave. A solid 12 foot face on the drop for the guy, but it tapered off in size pretty quick.
Hurricane Sandy, Hightowers Park in Satellite Beach. Image 2 of 3. Took photos about 2 PM after I had my session 🙂Image 3 of 3, Photos by Oldwaverider (Art Hansen)
The size peaks probably Thursday afternoon to Friday, but the power of the swell really hits Friday and Saturday.
Monday, Chest high down South, we may have some waist high at the Cape, but it may not roll in for us until late Tuesday or Wednesday before we see chest high plus at the Cape. Winds should be NW in the 8 to 12 mph range, so it should be glassy everywhere, and I bet a few shoulder to head high drops in Satellite Beach with glass.
Tuesday , waist to shoulder high (for down South), with NW winds in the morning, but a little stiffer winds for Tuesday morning, but NW nonetheless. My guess, 10 to 15 mph NW winds.
Wednesday, chest to shoulder.
Thursday, shoulder to overhead (down south). We could have some early morning, semi-glass up North here for a wonderful Thanksgiving day session.
Friday shoulder to overhead down south
Saturday shoulder to overhead, and Saturday, we could see the winds die down enough, and maybe get a glassy day from it.
Photo Gallery from Hurricane Leslie, photos by Mike Melito, and one anonymous Boynton Inlet, FL massive wave.
Incoming ground swell for Friday morningshould be bringing in some Chest high plus waves. Maybe not at the Cape, but the Pier or a couple miles South of the pier should see increased size the further South you go. The swell angle is so steep, at 9 AM Friday, 49 °, and straight offshore is 90, so our launch pads may block out a lot of this swell, at least the first day. (see rest of update, below photos)
Boynton Inlet, Florida, Hurricane Sandy, either Saturday or Sunday, October 27 or 28 2012, photo by AnonymousSurfer Girl at Hightowers, photo by Mike MelitoMe (Oldwaverider) doing pushups before the paddle out, unbeknownst to me the photo was being taken :), by Mike MelitoPerfect medium size right at Hightowers in Satellite Beach, Hurricane Sandy, Sunday around 12 PM, October 28 2012, by Mike MelitoSouth Cocoa Beach, Hurricane Sandy, solid 12 foot face (3 feet above and below the surfer), photo by Mike MelitoSouth Cocoa Beach, Sunday , October 28 2012, Hurricane Sandy, photo by Mike MelitoNice big left in South Cocoa Beach, Hurricane Sandy, by Mike MelitoAlmost in the pocket, South Cocoa Beach, Hurricane Sandy, by Mike Melito
We should see chest to shoulder high ground swell type power surf with onshore winds most of the week thru Saturday, and Sunday and Monday, more of the same but less power and a wind swell, however;
Friday morning , the winds switch from NNW at daybreak, toNorth at 8 to 12 mph until around 10 AM, so we could have some semi-glassy waves, thigh to chest high in the morning, at least somewhere between the Cape and 4rth Street North. South of Minuteman CSWY, North winds are onshore.
DOUBLE OVERHEAD FOOTAGE VIDEO , BY PURE OCEAN TV FILMED AT RC’S, HURRICANE SANDY ON SUNDAY
We had a small but powerful ENE groundswell coming for Friday thru Sunday. Expect almost no waves because the swell that is out there is further than the 120, and the NW winds at the 120 won’t let the swell in anyhow 😦
ART HANSEN (OLDWAVERIDER) – PHOTO GALLERY, Hurricane Sandy overhead photos
Oldwaverider at Hightowers for Hurricane Sandy on epic Sunday October 28 2012, Image 1 of 4 shot sequence. Photos by a kind Lady 🙂
Being in the right place at the right time, and a prayer. This photo sequence was one of the small to medium size sets from Epic Sunday at Hightowers, with face heights jumping up to 14 every so often. My friends Mike and Cathy, were talking to a woman taking pictures of the perfect swell, and she asked the woman if she would take some shots of me if I paddled out for a few minutes. So we were defintely in the right place at the right time.
I wasn’t going to paddle out, because I am old :), but a young friend (Seth) I met in the water there a couple months ago in a rib high day, said he would paddle out if I did, so with some perspiration and Old age prayer, I decide to go for it, just to get one wave, and try and avoid the clean up sets (14 to 15 foot faces) on the paddle out, that came thru every 15 or 20 minutes.
Hurricane Sandy delivered some epic waves on Sunday. Image 2 of 4 shot sequence.Oldwaverider (Art Hansen), enjoying an epic right at Satellite Beach, Sunday October 28 2012, Image 3 of 4 sequence.Image 4 of 4, Oldwaverider at Hightowers.
I got very lucky with my timing, made it out in 7 minutes with my hair dry, paddled for 2 or 3 waves, but to far out, so I came in a bit, and found one that looked like it was lining up, and then just started the crazy laugh 🙂 It was about a 10 or 11 foot face, I took off more parallel, cause straight bottom turns were almost a guaranteed pounding. I tried to get ahead of the lip, and eventually, just carved up thet wall to get a boost of speed , shot out in front after it broke, and belly boarded in, and back up to the boardwalk in 22 minutes. What a fun Ride, thank God for delivering perfect Hurricanes 🙂
Surf for Tuesday,there should be a little left, waist to chest high from the Cape and going South to Satellite Beach. Winds should be West in the 15 to 20 mph range, thanks to this wonderful cold front.
12 foot plus face in Satellite Beach, beautiful form, but lots of offshore winds. Epic Sunday from Hurricane Sandy, October 28 2012, photos by Art HansenDouble overhead perfection, nice left in Satellite Beach around 2 PM, Sunday , October 28 2012, Hurricane Sandy, Image 1 of 4 in sequenceImage 2 of 4 shot sequence. Epic left on Sunday.Epic left continued, image 3 of 4 sequence, photos by OldwaveriderImage 4 of 4, Satellite Beach, Hurricane Sandy, Sunday October 28 2012 around 2 PM, Photos by Oldwaverider
Monday should be overhead glass down South, and the Cape and CCB are very hard to predict.This swell today was 41 degrees, so the Cape was blocked out from half the swell, and Monday, the angle goes 38 degrees with the falling swell, so I will go with, waist to chest high at the Cape, maybe shoulder high at the Pier.The winds should be around 15 to 20 mph WNW at daybreak and kick up to 25 mph by noon, so get out early.Satellite Beach ought to see some 2 foot overhead sets.
Awesome waves everywhere today, Epic surf for J-Ave, this afternoon for me was amazing fun with nothing but sick long rides from chest to head high, and Chilly! (with only a rash guard, though some crazies were skinning it)
Satellite Beach was the most perfect I have seen it in size and form. High tide this morning, was solid 9 to 12 foot with 14 foot sets, I got 2 video clips of rides, one was double overhead, and doubled on the guys head, but I’ll share that another day.
At low tide Satellite was slamming around noon, solid 8 to 12 foot faces, with 14 foot plus sets, showing up every now and then, so I had to go out for just one wave, since it was the biggest and cleanest I have ever seen by RC’s and Hightowers. A-frames, in the morning with 200 yard ride shoulders, and at low tide, just as clean, but with a lot more closeouts. But I got my one wave 🙂
The photos are of a guy on a double overhead wave (thought he’s hanging at the top but you can see his own body height under him and a spare 2 feet up top, so maybe more than 12 foot face), and the other is just an insane wall towering over 3 guys.
The Epic day is shaping up to be Sunday October 29, 2012, with the models showing a drop to 12.5 feet at 14 seconds.The wave size for Sunday, would be a minimum of double overhead, most likely in Satellite Beach in the 12 to 16 foot face size with side-shore winds in the 20 mph range, NNW. It could be as much as 12.5 degrees offshore if it is true NNW if you will. Offshore but very strong for the Cape. Keep in mind, that when I surfed TS Hanna, in 2009, we had 12 to 14 foot faces at the pier with 25 to 35 mph NW winds, and I got one epic ride!
Monday is the next epic day also with double overhead waves and strong 12 to 18 mph NNW offshore winds for the Cape and North CCB only, based on the models right now 🙂
Obviously, models change, but his is exciting, and the Cape, and North of 4rth Street North is the only logical place to surf if you want winds that are offshore 🙂
Friday, with the models showing 18 foot at 14 seconds, we would see a few 20 foot faces roll in like on the October “91” halloween swell !
The screenshots above and below are the swell size progression for the week in bar charts and the second chart shows the size and swell direction and wind direction as the models now show.
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NOTE: In the photo I took below, the swell was an ENE swell granted, that was 6.5 feet at 12 seconds that produced a 12 foot face at least in one photo I tookin this series,
and the swell we have coming shows 18 foot at 14 seconds on Friday at noon…for now with severe onshore winds, but it is not hard to interpolate, although, you can’t just triple the face size because of the swell size, (in the photo to the left was a 9 to 10 foot face before it barreled, and the 12 to 13 foot face photo in the series was double the swell model size) but you can at a bear minimum, multiply it by 1.2, which would give you some 18 to 20 foot plus faces. Anyhow, the swell will most likely drop, but either way, it is totally fun to see the models the biggest that I have seen since 2004.
SUNDAY MORNING AND MONDAY MORNING, COULD BE SIZE AND GLASS!…………..More in a few minutes!
CHAD PHOTO GALLERY
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Glassy lineup, with the whole neighborhood out in the water!
Sunday, September 9 2012 was a spectacular Surf Day! Hurricane Leslie gave us great surf for 5 or 6 days I believe. Yeah, Saturday was the huge glassy day in Satellite Beach with some 10 foot face sets, see the photos here from my buddy Mike Melito, but the best day (which I missed cause I was out of town, ouch), but the day for 30 to 50 rides per person (or more), was Sunday. It was closing out, and poor form Sunday up until 2 or 3 PM, and then conditions changed big time! RC’s was shut down, but at 3 PM, I was at Officer’s Club watching with my buddy Mike Melito, and within 30 minutes, the form cleaned up, the winds got perfect, 3 guys were out, so Mike and I paddled out at O’Club, with some awesome head high waves and and occassional 1 to 2 foot overhead cleanup set. I surfed 2 hours at O’club, easy paddle out, no hair wet, but it was slamming hard if you got caught inside. I caught at least 3 each 150 yard rides at O’Club.
But then I suggested, he let’s check out Johnson Ave, and see if we have less slamming, and more waves for the taking. So we went North, and it was one of those Classic Johnson Avenue days. It was perfect in form, yeah a foot or two smaller on the face, but the left’s and rights were so User-friendly, the whole neighborhood was out, so we surfed another 1 1/2 hours, and then I came in to take some pictures.
This sequence is of brother Chad, a 6-shot sequence, taken about 5:30 PM or 6 PM, my settings on the camera were a little off, but you can still see what an epic session Chad had. He was definitely one of the stand-outs making this epic Hurricane Leslie Johnson Avenue Sunday night session, look easy 🙂
Chad on a perfect right. Image 1 of 6 shot sequence, from Johnson Avenue, Hurricane Leslie, September 9 2012, around 6:30 PM . Photos by Oldwaverider,Chad, image 2 of 6 in sequence, enjoying a perfect Sunday evening Hurricane Leslie swell , the whole neighborhood was out. Photos by OldwaveriderChad, image 3 of 7 (not 6) shot sequence 🙂Chad, image 4 of 7 shot sequence, Hurricane Leslie, Sunday night.Chad still going, many 100 yard plus rides were had this Sunday night. Image 5 of 7 in sequence. Oldwaverider photosImage 6 of 7 , Chad carving a glassy chest high face.Chad riding a Hurricane Leslie perfect wave, image 7 of 7 shot sequence. Photos by Oldwaverider
Okay, upcoming surf, REMINDER, with my crazy schedule, I am only posting surf reports when we have a solid ground swell in the making. So that’s why the infrequent reports.
But we do have a solid long period swell that will start to hit our beaches tonight (Saturday night), and should see some thigh high glass or semi-glass for Sunday morning at the Cape here. Maybe some waist high stuff, and by later in the day, chest high at the Cape, and some Chest high in Satellite Beach. Winds look to be offshore up until maybe 11 AM with mostly a NW wind (4 to 8 mph) turning North by 11, which still would be offshore if you stay at Lori Wilson or North of it.
Monday morning, if you surf North, Lori Wilson or the Pier, should have some chest high plus sets with semi-glass until 9 or 10 AM. The winds should be 5 to 10 mph out of the North, so it could be fairly big and semi-glassy.
This ground swell should be with us thru Tuesday, and then we should still have a solid 3 to 4 foot wind swell with us thru Friday at least.
Make sure and get in the water early Sunday to get the perfect glass and at low tide.
Johnson Avenue Surfers 