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Tropical Storm Cristobal Update plus the NKF Labor Day Surf Festival at Cocoa Beach Pier August 29 through September 1, 2014

by oldwaverider, posted in Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Local Events in Canaveral or Cocoa Beach

Will we see Tropical Storm Cristobal Monday morning?  Yep!

It hit the 120 mile buoy at 12 Noon today, around 3 feet at 10 seconds, and just hit 4.6 feet at 11 seconds at 6:50 PM reading.  At 8 am this morning, the swell that was out there was 2.3 feet at 6 or 7 seconds.

Monday morning, it should be around waist high, because the winds will be onshore, but maybe under 10 mph up until 8 am, then pickup up to 10 to 15 mph my guess by noon.  It most likely will be raining with thunder storms around in the morning too. By Monday at 6 PM, it should be solid head high down south, maybe overhead, and chest to shoulder high at the Pier.  Tuesday, size should jack up another foot on the fact, with head high onshore chop at the pier with bigger sets, and head high to a foot or two overhead down south.

Wednesday morning should be shoulder to head high with 8 to 12 mph onshore winds, with the winds possibly backing off a little all day.  So , if you can get out, wait till 9:30 or 10 (high tide at 9:30), and catch it to mid tide high going low, with the winds slowing down a bit.  Swell size starts to drop after 3 or 4 pm, as the models show right now.  Wednesday should be a lot of fun.

Thursday, size drops off quite a bit, but still may have some chest high waves with even lighter onshore winds, like 4 to 8 mph, so it should be lots of fun Thursday.   Friday should have some fun leftovers for the Surf contest, in the waist high plus range, light onshores, maybe offshore early.  Saturday, will most likely be longboard only with offshore winds.

We’ll post more accurate winds Monday night to see what to expect for Wednesday.  All these forecasts could change if the storm weakens, picks up speed.  (disclaimer done 🙂

Want something to do next weekend?  Here ya go,  the NKF Labor Day Surf Festival, and here is a screenshot of the website, check out all the events! Follow the link to check it out at their website here:

 

29th Annual NKF (National Kidney Foundation) Rich Salick Pro/Am Surf Festival at Cocoa Beach Pier and other locations

Big Storm Waves Coming! Thursday looks to be the Potential Epic day, for now. Surf Report and Forecast for Cape Canveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite beach, posted 6 PM 08/23/2014

by oldwaverider, posted in A Video collection of Surfing in Brevard, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Walk On Water Productions - Surf Videos and More :)

Sunday afternoon late, we should see some of the swell rolling in with waist high waves.  The Groundswell/Windswell model, appears to build from Sunday thru Wednesday, peaking in the 5 to 8 foot range.  Thursday, if the storm holds together, could be the big glassy day with overhead waves and offshore winds in the morning.  The video below is of Hurricane Bertha in Cocoa Beach, 4rth street, from August 5 2014, shot around 10 AM that Tuesday morning. (it is still processing at YouTube, so by 7 PM or before, it should be ready)

For now, expect Sunday to have something around waist high late afternoon.  Monday builds all day with probably some head high faces before dinner time.  Onshore winds.  Tuesday more of the same, but building.

Wednesday, could be the crazy day, anywhere from Overhead to 3 foot overhead with onshore winds.  The fetch (diameter of the storm), is not that large, maybe 500-700 miles, and it cruises from a hug the Bahamas on the East side very close, parallels the coast, and if it holds together, as it passes Brevard by a 100 miles or so, we could have epic overhead waves with brisk offshore winds Thursday morning, or whenever the storm passes by and holds together of course.

Get excited folks, get some exercise, sunscreen and make sure your boards are prepped!

Oldwaverider

Ground swell coming! Starts rolling in late Sunday August 24th, with some size Monday, Tuesday lasting thru Thursday perphaps, Surf Report and Forecast for Cape Canveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite beach, posted 10 AM 08/22/2014

by oldwaverider, posted in Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach

Actually, I shall wait until Saturday afternoon.  Since the swell appears to be rolling in Sunday afternoon, Monday may be the big day, big chop of course, but it appears that Tuesday, Wednesday, should have some size, with maybe a glassy waist high leftover Thursday 🙂  Updated 10:41 PM Friday night

I will give a full updated report, a little later today, but know, we do have a Ground/Windswell coming!

Oldwaverider

Bertha Surf Video, Bertha delivered big, both Tuesday and Wednesday :) Thursday evening Surf report at 8:30 PM, forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach , posted 08/07/2014

by oldwaverider, posted in A Video collection of Surfing in Brevard, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Florida Hurricanes, Walk On Water Productions - Surf Videos and More :)

A Small Southeast swell is rolling in, during the day Friday and will be here through Saturday.  We could have some knee to waist high waves with offshore winds both mornings.

The video below is an unknown surfer at 4rth street in Cocoa Beach on Tuesday.  I hope to have a 2 to 4 minute video of Big Tuesday in the next week.  Wednesday had some waist high plus waves too, at O Club and south, however, no video from Wednesday.

video by WalkonWaterProductions.biz

Oldwaverider

Is Bertha Gonna Deliver? 6 days the models say yes ! Tuesday August 5th is still on track for Chest high waves plus ! Monday afternoon Surf report at 4:30 PM, forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach , posted 08/04/2014

by oldwaverider, posted in Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Walk On Water Productions - Surf Videos and More :)

I shot this photo in Satellite Beach around 1:30 PM, the afternoon of Hurricane Sandy, right after my session. October 28, 2012, by Oldwaverider :)
I shot this photo in Satellite Beach around 1:30 PM, the afternoon of Hurricane Sandy, right after my session. October 28, 2012, by Oldwaverider 🙂

Is Bertha going to give us Size and Perfection tomorrow morning?

Well, we should see Chest high plus sets Tuesday morning, with offshore winds in the 8-12 mph WSW direction until after 1 or 2, then SW.  High tide is 2:36 am, CCB and the Cape.

The swell just hit the 120 mile buoy at 3.9 feet at 13 seconds at 4:50 PM Monday , well today 🙂  It should take around 6-7 hours to hit the beaches.  At 13 seconds, it should travel around 20 mph toward the beach.  11 seconds travels around 17 mph, so yeah, I interpolated 🙂

This photo is from Sandy, a photo that I shot right after my surf session, and no, it won’t be this size, but I just wanted to let my Adolescence run rampant with enthusiasm and optimism…

Storm has strengthened slightly! Tropical Storm Bertha our named storm for our Tuesday Swell August 5 2014. Chest high ground swell now I predict now, Saturday morning Surf report at 9:15 AM, forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach , posted 08/02/2014

by oldwaverider, posted in All The People and the Surfers, Brevard Huge Swell and Hurricane Photos, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Mike M.

Tuesday morning, for 4 or 5 days running, appears to be the big and offshore day folks 🙂   and…

Mike Melito - a nice right - TS Maria-Sept-2011-DSC03722Tuesday, We are looking at stomach to chest high waves, with bigger sets during the unexpected moments, haha !  Offshore winds appear to be from daybreak until noon.  I’ll give you a Sunday night update on the winds, when our favorite online news source can provide that for us, in the required 48 hour window.  Wednesday looks fun too, thigh to maybe waist high, and glassy, but the swell drops off fast after lunch perhaps.

The photo could be indicative of some of the set waves that we will be getting Tuesday, August 5 2013 with Tropical Storm Bertha.

The surfer is my friend Mike Melito, and is a shot of him surfing behind his Cocoa Beach home away from home, at fourth street North.

Track the storm on Tuesday morning here on our site.

Oldwaverider

 

Tropical Storm Bertha has been named for our Tuesday Swell, for Tuesday, August 5 2014, stomach high ground swell? , August 01 2014 Surf report at 1:36 PM, forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach , posted 08/01/2014

by oldwaverider, posted in Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Local Events in Canaveral or Cocoa Beach

Doe Tuesday still look like the day?  Yeah

TS-Bertha-Monday-08-04-14-at-3PM-Magicseeweed-printscreen-08-01-14Tropical Storm Bertha as you can see, I did a printscreen shot of the storm captured at 3 PM on Monday.   And the next yellow icon of the storm is Tuesday Pm like 5 or 6 PM.   Well,  a general rule of thumb, is when a Hurricane or Tropical Storm has passed Brevard County by 100 miles or so, that is when the winds turn offshore.   That also depends how far off the coast the storm is, and how big (miles across the Fetch) it is.

Anyhow, this is why the models show offshore winds Tuesday AM , at daybreak till noon or so.  High tide is at 2:36 AM for CCB/Cape,  so that’s a good thing, for dawn patrolers and Rock scrapers.

Size for Tuesday AM,  should be in the stomach to chest high  if the period of the swell remains at 10 seconds.  Winds for 4 days running now in the models show offshore.  Sunday night, the 48 hour window, then weather.com gives me a more accurate  reading, and I will post the winds then.  By the way, if the storm increased in intensity, and the period jumped up to 12 seconds,  then size would go up most likely by a couple feet on the face.

If you want to follow the Accu-weather tracking animation/charts, check out our Tracking page here on Monday and Tuesday A.M..

Don’t forget about Friday Fest tonight at the Cape tonight from 6-10 PM.  The Cape website didn’t say who the Live band is this month, so your guess is as good as mine 🙂

Have a Great Friday!

Oldwaverider

Could be Waist high waves and Glassy Wednesday morning, Tuesday morning, 7/08 Surf report at 7:25 AM, forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach , posted 7/08/2014

by oldwaverider, posted in Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach

Incoming one or two day little swell for Wednesday morning and possible Thursday morning. Could be thigh to stomach high, from the Pier and getting a little bigger as you go south. Should be glassy Wednesday morning.  This is just a little Southeast swell rolling in.

Old Longboarders Rule Surfing Video plus Shrinking but fun thigh to stomach high waves today, Saturday morning, 5/03 Surf report at 12:40 PM, forecast for Cape Canaveral , Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach , posted 5/03/2014

by oldwaverider, posted in A summary of How the Waves were, A Video collection of Surfing in Brevard, All The People and the Surfers, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Chad, Walk On Water Productions - Surf Videos and More :)

If you want to see some Longboarder’s tearing it up and you don’t mind a couple of Beach Boys songs, then feel free to check out the 4 1/2 minute Surfing Video below 🙂

Today, Saturday, at 12:30 when I checked, the Waves are still looking fun in the thigh to stomach high  (down south), even with the winds playing variable with the small weather storm activity.  It is bigger down south, but our 30 minute after high tide window that started at J-Ave around 11:20 looked real fun, well, until a 1/4 mile pipe dredging removal , total swell block activity happened , interesting to look at though.

Anyhow, the swell shrinks all day, but should have some glass for another hour or so depending on the winds mind for the moment.

 

Thursday night update for Friday morn, chest high plus and glassy down south with SSW to SW winds until maybe 11, posted 9:30 PM 05/01/2014

by oldwaverider, posted in Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach

Is there a decent chance for glass and size in the morning Friday?  South Cocoa Beach to Satellite, chest high waves with winds that should be brisk offshore, 10 to 15 mph SSW with a window of maybe SW from 8 to 10, but just a possible window.  SSW most likely, which is sideshore at the Cape and North Cocoa Beach, but it should still be fun, because it is a 12 second period ground swell.  A 3 foot 12 second swell has been known to go head high for us, chest high is a better start 🙂

Saturday looks waist high and glassier in the morning.

Get it early Friday, because by 10 Am, it could be Thunderstorms, so dawn patrol is the wise move 🙂

Have Fun, be safe, and don’t forget to watch for sharks, we’ve had a bunch.

Oldwaverider