Tag: A summary of How the Waves were

Wednesday night Surf Update (Feb 15) 11:30 PM for possible thigh high waves Thursday AM, How the Waves were Sunday late afternoon, with a longer title to this on Thursday when I finish ;( (February 15 2012 posted)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach

Thursday there is a 52.7 % chance of having some thigh high glassy waves on Thursday, but I believe down South mostly or only.  South Cocoa Beach to Satellite.  If the 120 buoy will provide us something like 3 to  3 1/2 feet, we may have a weak little ground swell.  Winds should be SSW to S in the 6 to 8 mph range down South until 10 ish.  Yeah, I like sticking my nose out 😉   I’m an optimist about swells and wind, the whole thing about gut feeling.

This past Sunday, I paddled out in Satellite Beach, and it was real fun rib high mostly, semi-glass waves with some fairly lengthy shoulders.  Only 2 of us out. 4:00 afternoon, the winds were still howling around 16 North, air temp was 52 with a chill factor of 48, which I confess cut right thru my springsuit, but at least the water felt like a space heater at 68 🙂

The other guy came up with his wife, and he had a great session too, riding a 7’10.

I’ll finish this puppy on Thursday.  Hope ya had a good day.

Oldwaverider

How the Waves Were yesterday (Saturday) Almost Epic Surf on Saturday, Sea Lice alert, Moon Jellyfish alert, Hurricane Irene Surf Report Sunday morning (at 7:30 AM) and Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted August 28, 2011)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach

Sunday surf, nothing.  There may be an hour or two of longboard ridable waves, but anything called a swell has left the 20 and 120 mile buoy already.

But we did have some really fun stuff.  I will have a few pictures from Saturday mid-morning surf  from Slater Lane break.  Some waist and some chest high waves, perfect glass kinda stuff.

Also, I’ll be posting some of the big waves photos here in a day or so.

I will be a happy individual when I get my hands on an SLR, but for now, I am content with accumulating photos from friends and associates 🙂

I don’t see anything down the pipe;  that TD 10 doesn’t seem to be strenghtening now, and a Disturbance below Cape Verde off of Africa, is an area of interest, and the cool thing is, it’s getting close, its only 3970 miles from Daytona ;(

Rest up, enjoy the talk about the great surf that you had,  the nut that cut you off,  the fact that you had the b_ _ _s to paddle into the big (for Florida) ,  waves that we had.

Good day to say hello to God 🙂

oldwaverider

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

How the Waves were Thurs, Friday, Saturday, Tropical Storm Emily remnants update, How Friday Fest was, plus Surf Report Saturday night (at 9:00 Pm) and Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted August 06, 2011)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Local Events in Canaveral or Cocoa Beach

Sunday morning, stomach to chest high and glassy down south with some bigger sets especially in Satellite, thigh to waist at the Cape.  Winds should be 3 to 6 mph out of the SW and then West.   Winds increasing thru the day to 10 to 15 mph with the swell dropping rapidly, especially by mid-afternoon.  Get out before 7:30 while the winds are light and before the swell really starts to drop by 11 or 12.

How the Waves were on Thursday,  chest high plus and glassy down south by Patrick and Satellite.

Stomach to almost chest high Friday and very glassy in Satellite but a little textured and a little chop North of Minuteman once the SSW winds started around 8.  Really fun waves in Satellite, nice fast walls.

Saturday, light onshores, and solid waist to stomach high at Lori Wilson, once high tide hit at 1:30 it was really clean and fun long rides on long board and fun, short workable walls on short board.

Oh, Friday Fest in Cape Canaveral was awesome and so was the band Vilify.   They had to be under 22 years all 3 of them and man, the Bass, Drummer and especially lead guitar were all awesome.  They played metal,  Pink Floyd, The Doors and their own original.  And the food and booths of artists, etc were great.

Have a great final session from Emily !

oldwaverider

How the Waves were today, Tropical Storm Emily update, Friday Fest for the Cape, plus Surf Report Thursday afternoon (at 1:30 Pm) and Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted August 04, 2011)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Local Events in Canaveral or Cocoa Beach

Friday morning 7 AM swell size model from magicseaweed.com and Noah.
Friday morning 7 AM swell size model from magicseaweed.com and Noah.

Before I mention what today was like, an 8:00 PM update for Friday mornings call I have down below from earlier today. The 120 buoy is hanging around 4 foot at 11 seconds which is good, and the moving swell model is showing that it ought to hit 5 to 6 foot at the 120 tonight, but the winds are blowing SSW out there , at least down from 11 to now 5 knots SSW, but that could keep a lot of the swell back.  So it could drop even smaller on Friday than it was today but I still feel better than 50 % that we’ll have chest high waves down south Friday morning 🙂

The pier had solid waist high waves today, I surfed on Johnson which was knee-high maybe some bigger sets, mostly closeouts but it was worth getting wet.  With the winds being SW at the Cape, that actually is sideshore to occasionally slight offshore  winds for us, and definite offshore down south, so that’s why we had some bumpy texture here. When I went to the pier at 11 Am,  the winds had just turned onshore, it was waist-high and glassy so probably a foot bigger down south though I haven’t heard back yet on that.

Friday still looks to be a foot bigger or should I say stomach to chest high down south with a wind change to SSW winds instead of the earlier models that said SW.  The SSW winds look to only hold until 9 AM at best so get out early!  The actual swell from Emily is still rolling in straight thru until Saturday morning. Take a look at the first image which shows the Friday incoming swell model with the arrow pointing to a lighter blue than the 2nd picture which was for this morning, so the swell should be a little bigger and stronger for Friday morning but only for early morning.

Thursday morning 7 AM swell size model from magicseaweed.com and Noah.
Thursday morning 7 AM swell size model from magicseaweed.com and Noah.

Saturday the swell size peaks at around 3.5 feet at 9 seconds at around daybreak still looks to be chest high plus down south with onshore winds all day maybe some shoulder high sets, with light onshores in the morning (2 to 4 mph SSE, and increasing onshores in the afternoon, right now I can only read until 1 Pm which shows 6 mph east.

Sunday I believe will have chest high plus waves down south with I suspect NW winds, but that I will confirm Friday sometime early evening.   Sunday still looks to be the semi-epic day.   Only a North wind break for Sunday, meaning only a surf break North of Minuteman Causeway.  (From the Cape to Satellite we have a bay in the shape of a C with Minuteman being the bottom, so if you look at my Google Map chart, you will see why I say South Wind and North Wind breaks.)  Follow this link and scroll down just below the 4 small surf pictures and you will see the Names of 5 to 10 breaks and whether they are in the North or South wind break area.

Anyhow, have fun Friday thru Sunday.

Oh, don’t forget about the Cape Canaveral Friday Fest, to support children in school plus our local vendors, artists and beer, wine providers 🙂

oldwaverider

How the Waves were Tuesday morning (7/19 week ago :), Massive Fiji swell Video is Incredible with clip of Kelly Slater, and Surf Report Thursday afternoon (at 5:30 Pm) and Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted July 28, 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, Fiji - Cloudbreak, Restaurants, Tavarua, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc., World Big Wave Events and Articles

EPIC CLODBREAK JULY 2011 from IronFistMedia on Vimeo.

Okay, my Bad !

Been swamped with stuff, yeah no excuse 🙂    But if you read my forecast in my very last post before this one,  I threw down my call for Tuesday morning,  7/19.    The wind swell we had,  was providing us with potential NNW winds for Tuesday morning and it did for a few hours actually.

I surfed behind Holiday Inn cause it had to be a North wind break (anything from 4rth St North to the pier for this swell cause the Cape itself was kinda blocked by this swell).  It was stomach to chest high when I paddled out at 7 Am, only 2 guys out, and it was ripping lefts and rights.   The lefts were instant barrels cause me, a normal foot had to do rail grabber takeoffs on every one,  and you pretty much got coverage on some waves if you kept at it.   The rights were fast takeoffs, but gave you more time, and for the long boarders 100 yard plus rides.  By 7:45 some short boarders came out, and we all tore it up together, giving each other waves, and we shared a few tandems with every one coming out happy.

By 8:30 it had some bigger sets, and I caught my only shoulder high wave, a right, shoulder high almost all the way in, and took it to the sand.  Awesome session……………………………………….

Epic Day, all I can say!   My buddy Rob from Newport Beach met me there and he was going nuts surfing great Florida waves.  (he’s the guy in the picture in my very last post, surfing his Newport Beach break 🙂

Okay, as far as surf headed our way.  Really nothing.  Like Ross at cflsurf.com says maybe some knee high action, I looked at Hightowers today mid-morning and it was actually thigh to maybe waist and was ridable but I didn’t have my board.  2 guys out way North on the break but it was onshore not much of a swell so I wasn’t too upset.

The massive 50 year storm that hit the Tasmanian Sea, Australia and which made it to Fiji that motivated our own Kelly Slater to skip the ASP tour event in J-Bay so he could catch the most incredible waves at Cloudbreak and Restaurants, Fiji is shown in this incredible video posted on Vimeo by Magicseaweed.com and right here where you know I love to collect all the huge wave videos that I can find 🙂

Enjoy this epic surf with so many of the great big wave surfers including Jamie Sterling, Mark Healey, Kohl Christansen, Greg Long who won the last Eddie contest from Kelly in the last minute bumping Kelly Slater from being the first person to win the Eddie two times in a row.  (the Eddie contest is the Waimea Bay contest that must be held in 40 foot face waves in order to take place in memory of Eddie Aikau)

Enjoy the video don’t forget to click the 4 little arrows right of the HD letters in the video for full screen view, and we’ll keep the watch for a swell.   It’s almost cane time.

oldwaverider

How the Waves were Sunday morning (7/17), Surf Report Monday night (at 8:45 Pm) and Surf Forecast for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted July 18, 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, Miscellaneous Videos, galleries, etc.

My buddy Rob surfing Newport Beach, Ca. pier on a nice left in July of 2009
My buddy Rob surfing Newport Beach, Ca. pier on a nice left in July of 2009

Awesome waves Sunday morning for those who were in the water at a North wind break by 6:30 or  7 Am.  It was waist to chest high, (started out waist) and by 7:30 Am some chest high glassy waves peeling left and right were coming in, and only 3 of us out at Lori Wilson until 8 Am.   But by 8,  the winds switched from NNW to NE and there was still some fun sets, they started closing out and the 100 yard rides came to an end.

Tuesday morning (7/19), it should be waist to chest high and the only place to surf is a North wind break.  Meaning 4rth Street North to CCB Pier and no further North if you want the size.  The winds will be NNW from 3 to 6 mph until 10 Am.  Yeah, winds can be iffy, but the weather channel hour by hour report shows 4 am the winds turn from N to NNW and stay that way till sometime between 9 and 11 am.

The swell is 3 foot at 7 seconds, and the swell on Sunday had power and nice workable walls so I’m optimistic that Tuesday morning will be a lot of fun.  The swell drops quick thru the day cause it is just a wind swell that also had some breeze from the TD disturbance down by Bahamas/Cuba.

Later,

oldwaverider

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)

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.
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

How the Waves Were, Easter Surf Fest Contest and Surf report, Sunday morning (Easter) surf forecast (5:30 Am) for Cape Canaveral n Cocoa Beach (posted 04/24/11)

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Local Events in Canaveral or Cocoa Beach, Peace of Mind, Anxiety Reduction, Spiritual (risky)

Easter Bunny with Eggs
Easter Bunny with Eggs

The first size of the swell was Thursday, and We were fortunate enough to catch the dawn patrol session (close to dawn:) , South of 2nd light.  It was wait wait wait, until 7:40 ish, and then some chest high glass or semi-glass with plenty of power.

Winds were offshore for awhile, lefts and rights were working.  Four of us in the water only, what a great session!

For Sunday;  the 120 buoy has been pushing 5.5 to 6.5 feet at around 10 seconds now for about 24 hours, ESE winds bringing it in,  so I believe we’ll seem some shoulder high waves down south, and some chest high sets at the Pier and Shephard Park.

If you can catch it, 1 hour after full high tide, and any time for 3 or 4 hours after that, even with the on shore winds at 10 to 15 mph plus,  you’ll catch some long workable left or right shoulders.

We should have waves for the next few days, no offshore winds in sight,  but like I said, catching it high going low, will give you an easy paddle out, and clean shoulders with totally workable walls.

Enjoy the last day of the Easter Surf Fest, lots of good food, great scenery, bonding and all that stuff.

I hope you can catch an Easter Sunrise Service,  our Pastor Greg Le Sieur from Christ Lutheran Church will be at the Shephard Park Sunrise Service starting around 6:45 Am.

Hope to see ya out there!   HAPPY EASTER!

oldwaverider