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How the Waves were today and the Jelly Fish update (Wednesday morning 4 to 6 day wind swell) Surf report and surf forecast for Thursday for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted 06/01/11)

June 1, 2011June 9, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, All The People and the Surfers, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Dave L.

Dave, (Sunny's dad), getting ready to setup for a nice right, while surfing a glassy sesh in South Cocoa Beach, May 14, 2011.

Great waves this morning at Hightowers.

Solid waist high (I’m 6′ 3″ tall for the record) with an ocassional stomach to maybe a chest high wave came thru. A 7 to 8:30 session with only 1 other person out! Glassy, with both lefts and rights working great.

NO JELLY FISH AT ALL!

You could pass up the close-outs, and mostly just take the ones that would hold up all the way to the beach. (longboard) But the short-boarder I was out with was getting long rides too, so long or short boards worked great.

Strange, it was dead high tide, and yet the waves were working great, not holding back or any problem.

Forecast for Thursday; the winds this morning were a total fluke. So this one’s gonna be tough. It was supposed to be 8 mph onshore east winds at daybreak, but instead it was 2 to 4 mph wnw this morning.

The 120 buoy is telling me that we should still have some waist high waves at least down south for Thursday. The winds from weather.com are showing 6 to 8 mph ene at daybreak, depending on the Cape to Satellite Beach.

But, with this high pressure that just slid in above us, we may have fluke glassy waves in the morning, so the wind call is totally iffy.

Waves for the Cape, maybe knee to thigh. Looks like we have maybe 2 more days of this wind swell. Enjoy it while you can.

The picture above is Sunny’s Dad, Dave the Ripper (as Chad calls him 🙂 Also, I will have a nice Gallery of photos of Dave from the waist to chest high day we had back on May 14th Saturday morning.

Later,

oldwaverider

CHAD GALLERY – How the Waves were (Saturday morning strong swell thru May 14, 2011) Surf report and surf forecast for Memorial Day Weekend (9:00 Am) for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted 05/27/11)

May 27, 2011December 7, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, All The People and the Surfers, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Chad, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc.

CHAD – Photo Gallery (Bio coming soon!)

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Chad coming off a nice glassy lip in South Cocoa Beach. May 14, 2011, a nice Saturday morning session with his son Chase.

This was Saturday morning May 14, 2011 in South Cocoa Beach.

Chad with his son Chase, Sunny, Jim and Dave the Ripper caught a great surf sesh from a 3 or 4 day swell, nice and glassy, yeah there were closeouts, but definitely some great waves in the waist to stomach high range, with maybe some bigger sets.

Chase, (Chad’s son) came along to put on a show (see photos below 🙂 along with the surf sesh. Even if the waves were flat, it wouldn’t have been boring.

Also, the incoming wind swell for Memorial Day Weekend looks like it’s kicking in a tad more size and power. And it may even rollover till Thursday now, and………bring in some waves Sunday morning instead of waitin till the afternoon.

By Sunday afternoon, we should see some waist high waves at the Cape here, yeah 10 to 20 mph onshores, but like I said yesterday, we aren’t supposed to have waves by now, so get excited. Monday ought to have some fun chop, with a drop in the swell

Chad dropping in on a nice glassy right...

by late afternoon/evening.

Then Tuesday, the size may kick in to maybe some chest high waves at the Cape with bigger sets down south, though the period (power) of the swell drops off until Wednesday some time where the size drops but the power kicks in a little

Chase thinking, not a care in the world...and spending a great day at the beach with the "Old Man :)"

figure it out :) ...Chase — figure it out 🙂 ...Chase

more. Again, I don’t see an offshore winds window yet, but if we do, we’ll pass it on.

Enjoy the pics, and the Memorial Weekend waves.

oldwaverider

SUNNY GALLERY – How the Waves were (Saturday morning strong swell thru May 14, 2011) Surf report and surf forecast for Memorial Day Weekend (4:00 Pm) for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted 05/26/11)

May 26, 2011December 7, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, All The People and the Surfers, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., Sunny

SUNNY – Photo Gallery

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The photos are of Sunny taken by Chad , I think.

This was Saturday morning May 14, 2011 in South Cocoa Beach.

Chad, Sunny, Jim and Sunny Dave caught a great sesh from a 3 or 4 day swell, nice glassy, yeah some closeouts, but definitely some great waves.

A 3 shot sequence of Sunny, followed by a couple of miscellaneous waves.

By the way, Sunny does do rights also 🙂

Oh, guess we don’t want to leave out the incoming Memorial Day weekend wind swell for Sunday thru maybe Wednesday.

Hey, we’re not even supposed to have waves this time of year, so get pumped that we’re at least getting some wind chop waves.

Maybe, we’ll see some shoulder high sets down south, but I figure we ought to see a day or two of waist high plus at the Cape since the wind swell is direct east.

Right now, I’m not seeing a window of off shore winds, but when we get to that 3 hour window, we’ll let ya know.

Enjoy the pics, and the waves late Sunday afternoon over Memorial Day weekend.

How the Surf was, Tuesday 3/22 morning surf at Satellite Beach (posted 03/24/11)

March 24, 2011March 24, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells

Tuesday dawn patrol had similar surf quality as this pic which was taken in Brevard by gulfster.com on 3/29/10.

The surf at Hightower’s in Satellite Beach was stomach high, offshore winds, great form lefts and rights, and even some barrellage to it.

I had the water to myself until 7:20 Am and then it was just myself and another guy until 8:20 when I left the water.

The winds were around 5-6 mph WSW.

Great session, and no wetsuit. Double rashguards only!

Incoming wind swell Tuesday night. Doesn’t look to big or strong but hey, it may bring something rideable!

Gulfster.com had the photo at left in their fantastic photo gallery of Brevard East Coast waves, arranged by date. Check it out. This photo was from Satellite Beach on 3/29/10.

I want to post your local pictures online so please call me or email me if you have some pictures or videos for Johnson Avenue Surfers. Thanks.

Have a great day!

oldwaverider

Surf report, Tuesday night surf forecast (8:30 Pm) for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted 03/15/11)

March 15, 2011March 15, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc.

Cliff Hirsch and I surfed Newport Beach in 1979. This is another Newport Beach, Ca. shot from my buddy Rob who lives there.

Quick update. I’m burning the candle at both ends so this won’t be the normal anal-retentive report 😉

5.2 feet at 10 seconds at the 120 buoy at 8:30 Pm (now) , up from 3.9 feet 8:30 last night. So we should have some thigh to waist high plus waves depending on where you go.

Winds should be SW at 3 to 4 mph by 8 Am, high tide at around 5:20 Am, so anytime after 7:30 ought to be good.

Enjoy it while we have it. Next few days should be onshore winds.

oldwaverider

Surf report, Thursday night surf forecast (10:30 Pm) for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted 03/09/11)

March 9, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells

A buddy Rob that I surfed with at hangers back in February, his daughter took this pic back around Christmas, which is from Newport Beach, surfing Newport Beach Pier wave

Okay, our incoming swell from the last 2 days I believe is about to deliver the ground swell portion by noon on Thursday. That’s when the moving period chart catches up with around 9 or 10 seconds, which hits the beaches around 11 or 12. Winds should turn SSW by late morning and SW by 12 or 1 Pm in the 15 to 20 mph range. Swell size should be around chest to shoulder high down south by 2nd light, Hightowers, etc., and hopefully waist high here at the Cape. Could be bigger sets, but it depends what we see overnight coming thru the 120 buoy. We did have some waves hit the 120 at 11 seconds but not real consistently, so its hard to say what the power will be. But I’m optimistic it will be a lot of fun, and a little challenging to catch waves.

Friday morning the swell weakens at the 120, but we may still see some waist high sets or bigger down south, with NW winds in the 10 to 12 mph range.

Saturday morning a new long period swell hits as the Friday swell dissipates, so there ought to be something ridable as they pass the baton to each other.

We’ll cover more as the Saturday swell gets closer.

Enjoy Thursday afternoon!

oldwaverider

Hurricane Danielle big clean chop 8/28/10

September 28, 2010December 7, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc.

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Hurricane Danielle putting up 8 to 11 foot faces

Hurricane Danielle provided a few fun days, though we had to deal with some choppy conditions, that would be a thanks to Hurricane Earl sneaking up from behind keeping the onshore winds constant. These pics were taken again by, yep you guessed it, Central Florida photographer Mike Melito from Lakeland. Enjoy the pics and we’ll be uploading more from Hurricane Earl too!

oldwaverider

Older guy going left :) — Older guy going left 🙂

Photos from Hurricane Earl on 9/2/10

September 27, 2010December 7, 2011 by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surfing Photos - general swells, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc.

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These photos were taken mid morning Thursday of Hurricane Earl’s awesome swell. Taken by Mike Melito, an old high school buddy from Lakeland. And yeah, he also surfs.