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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 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 🙂
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.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 oldwaveriderJohn working the wall, Image 2 of 3 , Hurricane Ophelia provides a nice one day round two at the Cape on Johnson. Photo by oldwaveriderDr. John, Image 3 of 3John obscured by the morning sun, Image 1 of 3 shot. Photo by oldwaveriderJohn, trimming the top of a mid-morning gem, Image 2 of 3 shot sequence. Photo by oldwaveriderThis gem seemed to hold up for the duration:) Image 3 of 3 shot sequence.
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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 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 Hurricaneis projected to start moving Northward tonight, which is why we have more groundswell waves coming in Saturday night/Sunday morning.Â
(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
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
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
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 MariaChad, 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 🙂
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.
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Image 1 of 3 shot sequence, Shoulder high backside right at Perkins, Day one of Tropical Depression Ophelia, Satellite Beach, taken by oldwaverider 🙂
TUESDAY, 7:30 PM UPDATE. I leave the report below for Wednesday.
IT WAS A FLUKE THING IN REGARDS TO SOME 120 BUOY READINGS, 5 – 30 MINUTE READINGS OF 6 TO 8 SECONDS, BUT THE BUOY WENT BACK UP TO 6 FT AT 12 SECONDS, SO HEAD HIGH DOWN SOUTH AND WAIST TO STOMACH, MAYBE……….CHEST HIGH AT THE CAPE 🙂 Â
Below is the report from 4 PM earlier on Monday.
Ophelia did downgrade to a Tropical Depression, but that is no need to double your dose of Zoloft or Zanax. It just means that Tuesday the size may drop a hair, Wednesday and Thursday should have something but not as big either. (that was redundant wasn’t it?)
Image 2 of 3 shot sequence, Shoulder high backside right at Perkins, Day one of Tropical Depression Ophelia, Satellite Beach, taken by oldwaverider
Tonight, if I see anything drastic changing at the 120 buoy, I’ll post an update, as far as a drastic drop in swell size for Tuesday. I am not expecting it, but I did see 7 feet at 12 or 13 seconds at the 120 buoy, and then a few readings of 7 seconds, but hopefully that’s just fluke data 😉
Alright, so now Tuesday is looking like waist to chest high at the Cape and Shoulder to Head High down South in Satellite Beach, as opposed to Overhead down South. No big deal. The winds still look to be SW around 8 mph at daybreak slowing down to 6 or so and WSW until around Noon. High tide is around 8 AM Tuesday so it could be really perfect from 10 Am till Noon, because of the mid-tide going low that works best for us. (I used Satellite Beach winds on this but they should be close to Cocoa Beach and the Cape)
Image 3 of 3 shot sequence, Shoulder high backside right at Perkins, Day one of Tropical Depression Ophelia, Satellite Beach, taken by oldwaverider
Wednesday, it still looks to be chest high down South, and waist high here at the Cape. The winds won’t hang as long, daybreak they should be SW at 4 to 6 mph swinging around to WNW by 10 Am and NNW by 11 Am so down South the winds bite by 10 AM, whatever 🙂
Thursday we’ll just have to see the impact of Ophelia’s downgrade, but I am sure there will be something rideable, we’ll just leave it at that for now.
Shoulder high backside at Perkins, I think 😉 Tropical Depression Ophelia, Day One
We have our next Tropical Swell coming in Saturday or Sunday, but we’ll get into that Tuesday or Wednesday.
The photos here I took in Satellite Beach; Hangers, Hightowers and Perkins. I got them a little mixed in together, so I’m just gonna call them Satellite Beach photos. For the most part, Hangers and Perkins were looking the best and Hightowers was looking a little watered down. That always happens between Hangers and Hightowers, just kind of a 45 minute to 1 hour timing thing. (I say that because those are my two favorite breaks, and quite often, Hangers will look like it’s holding back and hightowers is going off, and then other times vice-versa)
Image 1 of 3, Hangers (i think or Hightowers), backside left. by oldwaveriderImage 2 of 3, Hangers (i think or Hightowers), backside left. by oldwaveriderImage 3 of 3, Hangers (i think or Hightowers), backside left. by oldwaveriderImage 1 of 3, Satellite Beach, waist high rightImage 2 of 3, Satellite BeachImage 3 of 3, Satellite Beach, waist high rightNice shoulder high left at Perkins, Tropical Depression Ophelia, photo by oldwaveriderImage 1 of 3 sequence, Johnson Avenue, Ophelia day 1, knee to thigh high rightImage 2 of 3 sequence, Johnson Avenue, Ophelia day 1, knee to thigh high rightImage 3 of 3 sequence, Johnson Avenue, Ophelia day 1, knee to thigh high rightContrast...Image 1 of 2 , Johnson AvenueImage 2 of 2, Johnson AvenueImage 1 of 2, waist high right, Johnson AvenueImage 2 of 2, waist high right, Johnson Avenue
The last few photos, I stopped back at the Cape on Johnson Avenue and snapped a few shots there. The Cape definitely takes a hit on the swell because of the Bahamas, but we all know the Cape gets blocked out by South and North swells, aside from an exception once or twice a year.
(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 🙂
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
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, 2011Image 4 of 5, Tropical Storm Maria, Thursday September 15, 2011Image 5 of 5, Tropical Storm Maria, Thursday September 15, 2011Image 1 of 3, Mike on a shoulder high left, Thursday September 15th, 2011, Tropical Storm Maria, photo by ArtImage 2 of 3, Mike on a shoulder high left, Thursday September 15th, 2011, Tropical Storm Maria, photo by ArtImage 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.
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This is what we are seeing on the beach and in the water today, when they feel like they weigh 15 pounds while they are filled with water. The images came from the following website: http://www.asdn.net/asdn/nanotools/afm_in_liquids.shtml
OUCH! Man, the Sea Lice were absolutely brutal today. The Moon Jellyfish were also floating around in their 8 inch to 1 foot diameter glory.  After I felt like someone was testing out a low amperage taser inside my boardshorts, then I was forced to do 3 or 4 reverse dumbell curls with a 15 to 20 pound jellyfish 😉 Overall, it’s pretty funny to think about. The water at the Cape was not crowded, gee, I wonder why. (The reason why the 15 or 20 pound jellyfish, is because I guess this type of Jellyfish really holds water while floating)
Dropping in for a sweet left at O' Club, Thursday Sept. 8 2011, Hurricane Katia, photo by Me 🙂
Note: As I mentioned a week or two ago, the Sea Lice are larvae from jelly fish, and are the little critters that crawl up your shorts. However, for those that get nailed by a Moon Jellyfish (this text is from http://www.longbeachislandjournal.com/animals/moon-jellyfish; Fortunately the stingers of this species are relatively mild. Most people that come into contact with moon jellyfish have little reaction. Some may feel a bit of a stinging sensation but even this can be relatively mild compared to what can occur with more troublesome jellyfish species. Many moon jellies you find no longer have any stingers attached to them. Okay, now that that is out of the way, back to surf conditions, Photos, etc.
2nd shot in sequence, Hurricane Katia, Officers Club
The photos I took last Thursday, at O’ Club, September 8th 2011, and as I mentioned in a post a couple days ago, Thursday morning, it was huge like Wednesday, 1 to 4 foot overhead, not peeling as good, more closeouts, and by 11 ish the size dropped to just overhead, and by the time I took these pictures, it was shoulder to head high, with an occasional overhead wave. It was the first time I used the camera, so yeah, the lighting bites, the sun was glaring on the LCD screen, so it was almost guesswork 🙂 But it was pretty cool, cause the 16 power zoom brought 250 yard plus surfers in fairly close.
3rd shot in sequence, Guess it closed out 🙂 Hurricane Katia, Officers Club
How the Waves were today, around 8 AM at the Cape, it was waist to chest high and peeling left and right beautifully. The winds were NNW around 6, and switched North before 11. There were more closeouts than yesterday, but if you waited 5 or 6 minutes for a wave there were 100 to 150 yard rides to be had. I saw Scooter get a few on his 7’2″ inch Quiet Flight board. I don’t know if his trip to Costa Rica had anything to do with his being all over the face of the waves, but he was definitely having an entertaining rip session. His wife was having a great longboard session and was tough as nails with the Sea Lice and Jellyfish 🙂
Image 1 of 6 shot sequence, Hurricane Katia, Officers Club , Sept. 8 2011
Thursday, size should be around stomach to chest high at the Cape and close to head high in Satellite Beach. Winds ought to be WSW at daybreak in the 5 to 8 mph range (and a few hours before, so there probably won’t be any 7:00 AM morning sickness like there was today). The winds swing around to NW by 10, NNW by 11 ish, and onshore by noon, so again, don’t hang out late tonight if that keeps you from a great early morning session. High tide was around 9:30 AM today so I guess that brings it to 10:20 Thursday.
Image 2 of 6 shot sequence, Hurricane Katia, Officers Club , Sept. 8 2011
Friday the size drops but should still be thigh (Cape) to stomach (down South at Patrick or Satellite) , winds light SW by daybreak swinging to NNW by 11 ish, and then onshore.
We have a Northeaster swell that rolls in on top of the leftover Maria waves Saturday, but it should be brisk NE winds to go with it, so don’t get your hopes up for perfection, if you look at it that way, then maybe it’ll be fun.
Image 3 of 6 shot sequence, Hurricane Katia, Officers Club , Sept. 8 2011Image 4 of 6 shot sequence, Hurricane Katia, Officers Club , Sept. 8 2011Image 5 of 6 shot sequence, Hurricane Katia, Officers Club , Sept. 8 2011Image 6 of 6 shot sequence, Hurricane Katia, Officers Club , Sept. 8 2011
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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.
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 😉Ron on a perfect medium size 'backside' right.
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This was actually image 1 of a 3 shot sequence. Officers Club on September 8 2011 from Hurricane Katia, after the swell had dropped a few feet by early afternoon. Photos by OldwaveriderNice shoulder to head high right.
I have a couple of photos here I took at Officers Club, last Thursday (9/8/11)Â afternoon shots…And Maria’s waves are coming in for at least Tuesday thru Thursday, and probably a day longer.
Maria’s first noticeable waves will be in Tuesday morning. Waist plus at the Cape, and it should be chest high plus down South. SW winds from daybreak to 9ish, switching to NNW by 10 ish and onshore by 11 or so.
Wednesday could be some head high waves South and chest or less at the Cape. Winds looking to WNW at daybreak, switching to NNW by 10 ish and then North. Wednesday looks to be the swell peak mid-day maybe but it shouldn’t drop much on Thursday.
Thursday , possible chest at the Cape and shoulder to head high down South.  Might be slight offshore, but by Tuesday night I’ll have a more accurate wind guess 🙂
Same wave.
The photos were from last Thursday (9/8/11). In the morning it was about the same size as Wednesday but not as many open shoulders. More closeouts. Size was still 1 to3 foot overhead plus, and started dropping by noon. I took these photos around 1 PM, but they were still some really fun looking waves. I have a lot to learn on camera settings 🙂
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Maybe a 2nd chance at a barrel? Photo by Mike Melito, an old surf buddy. Hurricane Irene, the 2nd day. Pic 1
FRIDAY NITE UPDATE (from this original Thursday afternoon surf report book 😉 Wind swell coming in late Saturday with waist high size and onshore winds; nothing exciting but something ridable somewhere 🙂
Sunday, the same wind swell, small, persists until late afternoon, when the first dribble of Cane Katia starts sending in waves. Playalinda and Spanish House could have some nice chest high size and slight offshore winds (SSE to SE; S winds are 32 degrees offshore at Playalinda and 26 degrees at Spanish House). 2nd light to RC’s will have sideshore SSE to SE winds.
Monday and Tuesday will be growing from chest to overhead by Tuesday , right now looking onshore winds in the 15 to 20 range.
Wednesday and Thursday will be pushing the 2 to 4 foot plus overhead range, also with onshore winds, but………….Thursday and or Friday (or both days), could be the big and offshore wind days. So we will keep you updated on that mostly, once Tuesday and Wednesday night roll around when I can get more accurate wind data.
Oh, Katia is still a Cat 1 Hurricane, but it still shows to be a Cat 3 by Wednesday, and should be about 850 East of Daytona at that point, so if the wind sheer models hold, it should start aiming some Northward, and if the wind sheer models don’t hold, then start packing…………just kidding, but listen close to the weather.
Here endeth the Friday , Sept. 2nd update for surf coming our way. Below is my post from Thursday afternoon…
I just don’t know if the title of this post is quite long enough…
There’s a lot going on 😉
Katia went Hurricane Category 1 hurricane late last night or this morning. Should be a Cat 3 by Monday, and by Tuesday it will only be 1100 miles from us, though the general consensus is that an upper wind sheer with keep it diverted off our part of the coastline anyhow. As the general consensus goes.  Still, like I mentioned the other day, consider doing your Boy Scout stuff like water, canned goods, extra cat and dog food, batteries, fans and if you really wanna get anal, some water purification tablets…okay, I’m slipping into Alarmist syndrome here, my bad 🙂
Before we get into Katia and forecasts, we have some Hurricane Irene pics here from Saturday (the day after the big day 🙂 down around Slater Lane, mid-morning chest high waves, pretty much perfection.Â
It did turn into some coverage. Mike Melito photographer. Hurricane Irene, glassy day two. Saturday
The photos were taken by a surf buddy and high school friend Mike Melito. (He also did my Hurricane Earl and Danielle pics last year)
It was head high down by Satellite Beach, but I couldn’t make it down there. In between in North Cocoa Beach (as shown in these pics it was still pretty sweet) But I did surf some incredibly fun waist to stomach high waves at Johnson Ave, so needless to say, I was happy.
Also, Ross at CFLsurf.com has an incredible array of photos from Irene at his site (Picasa Web gallery) , check him out too.
Nice waist to chest high left.
The 1st Friday of the month Friday Fest of Cape Canaveral is September 2nd, this Friday. The band Vilifi, whom I heard before is awesome, 3 piece band with incredible guitar player, drummer and bass. (Obviously, those would be the 3 instruments for a 3 piece band, but my point is, each musician is incredible 🙂 If the link takes long to load, then just click on Cape Canaverals city website, and go to the 7th menu link for Friday Fest.
Hard to tell if it would be a good longboard day 😉 Photos by Mike Melito.
It still appears that Katia will start throwing us some waves Sunday night after dark, with some waist to chest high waves building Monday, onshore winds. The swell may provide some huge stuff, may last for 3 to 5 days.
The models are showing some possible offshore winds on Tuesday, which I would imagine that has to do with the storm in the Gulf which may become a cane also, heading toward Houston, cause it’s too early for Katia to be going offshore.
In Summary, aside from a little wind swell we may have in the next couple days, Monday starts Katia, and Tuesday it should be about 1100 miles offshore. If it goes North with at least 600 miles off the coast we could have some killer waves by Wednesday or Thursday.
Waitin on a duck diver to get in a good place 🙂 Hurricane Irene , the day after photos by Mike Melito
We’ll keep ya posted. If you don’t have a long leash for your cat or dog, get one, and a cage, just in case. (what’s this guy so obsessed about pets for ?)
Hurricane Irene, Brevard County, photographer at Gulfster.com
Tropical Storm Katia on the way…….But I had to show a few more of the awesome Friday, Hurricane Irene pictures from Gulfster.com . Many of the pictures on their site are Satellite Beach, The Pier, and another spot I believe.
Tropical Storm Katia appears to be sending us waves on late Sunday or Monday, as it stands now, onshore winds bringing the storm in, in the 3 to 4 foot range.  By Sunday, it looks to be about 1500 miles from us, as a Cat 2 or 3 Hurricane.
Tropical Storm Katia, headed straight our way, 60 mph winds, 20 mph. Possible hurricane by Wednesday some time. Sunday could place it about 1500 miles WSW of us. Compliments of Stormpulse.com
With the sole intention of being an alarmist, keep in your mind, preparation for a direct hit between us and Jacksonville. No one is saying this, just my thoughts. Consider looking at your Boy Scout list of Hurricane preparation items. Okay, here endeth the alarmist 😉  …Not! Katrina was 6 years ago in 2005. It’s like they’re related 🙂
Image 2 here of Hurricane Irene, Brevard County, photographer at Gulfster.com
We should have some more news on this puppy (Katia) by Wednesday night, or Thursday.
I’m waiting on some pics for Saturday, in the chest high range from Irene, by Slater Lane.
Oh, in case you didn’t hear it or see it in today’s Florida Today. Kelly Slater won the Tahiti Pro in huge waves meeting in the finals against Owen Wright.
Check out the killer slideshow at Magicseaweed.com . He was ranked 6th, after he skipped the tour in J-Bay (looked like 6 foot waves for that contest), and he caught the once in a lifetime swell in Fiji. 30 to 40 foot , tow in and paddle in. The same storm that they called the 50 year storm hitting Tasmania first, then Australia (thus the 50 year storm name) and on to Fiji and other places.  That big wave surf, very similar to Teahupoo except longer rides than Teahupoo.
Don’t forget about the26th Annual NKF Surf Festival – Labor Day Weekend – Cocoa Beach – September 1-5, 2011. Read more about the Surf Festival here.
Later,
oldwaverider
Check out the board length to face size (yeah a little angled 🙂 in Image 3 here of Hurricane Irene, Brevard County, photographer at Gulfster.com Image 4, Hurricane Irene, Brevard County, photographer at Gulfster.comImage 5, Hurricane Irene, Brevard County, photographer at Gulfster.comImage 6, Hurricane Irene, Brevard County, photographer at Gulfster.comImage 7, Hurricane Irene, Brevard County, photographer at Gulfster.com
Today and last night, How the Waves were…And, the 4 picture sequence (not 5) I have here is from the awesome Photographers of Gulfster.com .
An early Satellite Beach overhead wave ;), Image 1 of 5 in a very large sequence set of photos. I have 4 more of this sequence shot by the awesome photographers of Gulfster.com
Saturday morning update. (This original post done Friday nite) The buoys just cleared our really fast, the 20 mile just dropped from 11 feet to 8, so we may only see waist high at the Cape and Chest high down south. I’ll do a visual by 6:30 AM. Maybe it held a little more, we’ll see. Below is Friday nites post…
The Jetty , Harbor break at 7 Pm to 8 Pm Thursday night when I watched it with 2 guys out, 12 to 15 foot faces, NNW winds almost perfect glass, but not quite, with nothing smaller on the set waves. But there was definitely a few larger rogue waves. I watched a number of 15 foot faces based on seeing the rider, out 400 yards, but quite visible.
Image 2 of a many image sequence, but just 5 here for now, from I believe Satellite Beach. By Gulfster.com
Those that were not there, and those not obsessed about watching the size of waves, might say otherwise. However myself another surfer, and one of the two guys that came in confirmed the size 🙂
Image 3 of a sequence. Gulfster.com photographer
Today, I surfed by the Jetty. Solid 8 to 10 foot faces 7 to 8:30 Am with some bigger rogue sets. Perfect glass with NW winds. Yesterdays post covered what we should hope to see. When the size dropped and I was tired, we went to Officers Club and it was solid 10 to 12 foot faces (double overhead on the sets) with maybe an larger set everyone once in a while. The winds were NW to WNW, and were totally blinding. At the Jetty, no issues with spray in the eyes.
Saturday, we should see chest high sets in the Cape, and shoulder high down by Satellite. West winds in the 12 to 18 mph range. Should be really fun and probably epic.
Sunday, I don’t see much, but perhaps some waist high waves will linger.
Image 4 of a 4 image sequence. Gulfster.com photographer
We have a TD 10 headed our way from Africa that may already be showing up on the swell models.
Johnson Avenue Surfers 