Today was none other than epic in Satellite Beach! 8 foot to double overhead faces, I have lots of Video footage. Some Awesome talent out there today 🙂
Surf update, below video! It was amazing the difference today between the Pier which was rib high this morning at 6:45, and in Satellite Beach it was 10 foot plus faces at 7:15, turning double overhead by 9 or 10 AM
Video below of a guy Paulthat I met on a nice 8-9 foot face or so, with a nice Coverup, and working the wall!
A double Overhead ride below, same day, same time:
Friday, should be chest high plus at the Cape or Pier, and probably 1 to 2 foot overhead plus in Satellite Beach.The winds are looking NNW in the 8 to 15 mph range, so surfing North of 4rth street North is your best bet. NNW is onshore in Satellite Beach. Still, should be fun waves!
Saturdayshould be chest to shoulder high, North going South respectivelywith more direct offshore winds 🙂
I will be producing a Video from the 70 video clips I shot today of the Awesome talent at Hightowers.
What should Thursday bring? See the Video of the 2nd big day (smaller than the day before), of the big Nor-easter we had December 11th, in Satellite Beach down below!
The models show 7-7.5 feet at 13 seconds which means, 8 to 12 foot faces, possibly plus, in Satellite Beach. If the winds are low, as Weather.com says they should be at daybreak, then the swell should fully come in. If they are hard offshore, then as we saw the delay with Gonzalo and a few other swells, they can take an extra day to come in, or get blown apart a bit.
Wednesday will have some size kicking in with some very strong NNW winds switching North as the size builds thru the day, but I shall wait for Thursday, when it’s 48 in the morning, LOL 🙂
Thursday morning should be 6-8 foot faces at the Pier with bigger sets, and 8-12 foot faces in Satellite Beach with bigger sets.Winds show offshore, West winds around 4-6 mph, and increasing all day, up to 20 plus mph, so get out early!(4rth day of the models have said this, and when the models hold up for 3 or 4 days, they usually materialize)
Friday looks like strong North winds, still huge, and maybe blowing offshore NNW to NW later in the day.
Saturday looks rib to chest high and offshore and lots of fun.
The video below is from the 2nd biggest day of the 7 day Northeast swell we had the 1st and 2nd week of December. This video was shot 12/11/2014, around 10 Am to 12 Pm. The soundtrack is from a band called “Guerrilla Jazz”, from Maui, Hawaii. The song is called “One Day We’ll Be Gone”. Billy Kemper, a big wave surfer in Hawaii, has a cousin or relative in the band. Four or so years ago, this video below mine, was done with Laird Hamilton mentoring Billy, along with Ian Walsh.
It’s been nice having a fun wind swell the last few days, and even had some power at RC’s of course and the Pier. I had a blast at the pier Tuesday morning ! But now we have a Ground swell for Thursday and Friday. My apologies, I still haven’t been able to process the Video for the 5-8 foot face glassy day of our 7 day NE’ster swell the last part of December.
Thursday our 4 feet at 11 second period swell should bring some solid chest to head high waves, with some overhead drops on the bigger sets. The winds report is a little confusing, because 2 models right now oppose each other. The models are calling for North winds. But my call, is NNW winds at daybreak in the 8-12 mph range and should increase to 16 by early afternoon. I believe it will stay NNW most of the day. Satellite Beach will be sideshore w maybe 5 degree offshore for a couple hours.
Friday, the swell size drops to 3.5 feet at 11 seconds, but I suspect Friday will be the big day anyhow. Or biggest, and certainly, the most glassy day, and glass jacks up size. Chest to Head high plus at the Pier with maybe some 1 foot overhead drops, and Satellite should see the same with a greater chance of a few overhead drops. We have NW winds for a few hours in the morning, but don’t get cocky, the winds turn NNW probably by 11 am in Satellite which is sideshore. This is the perfect swell for Satellite. But the Pier should also be awesome, and glassier than down south. So pick your poison. Either way, we should have 2 fun days of surf.
Oh, and don’t forget, bring gloves on Friday. Air temp will be in the 52-56 degree range most of the day, with a wind chill around 3 degrees, so it will feel like 50 until around 11 or 12, then the temp pops up just a little over 60.
We have a quick powerful ground swell coming in for Sunday morning/day, and for two days running, the models show south winds, which is slight offshore for South CCB to the Inlet.
Sunday morning it could be chest to shoulder high plus and clean/semi-glass conditions. Low tide around 6:30 AM
Get excited! That’s a lot more than the knee high stuff we’ve had since the big NE’ster 🙂
If you haven’t seen the 2nd Hurricane Gonzalo video (1st one below) or the no Tripod, quick 3 clips of the big glassy day in Satellite Beach of the Big Northeast 7 day swell (2nd video), check them out!
What Size and Form can we expect Tuesday morning and day?Maybe chest high and glassy…
JUST KIDDING 🙂
WOW! The 20 mile buoy hit 11.5 feet at 15 seconds at 10 PM tonight.
It will be overhead for sure ! How big? My call for Tuesday morning and day is 3 to 6 foot overhead is the possibility with possible bigger sets. More like 3 -4 foot overhead on the bigger sets at the Pier and in Cocoa Beach. Satellite Beach, if the storm fully comes in tomorrow, I don’t think the winds will be too strong West at the 120 to hold it back, but at the beach, it may delay it a half day. But being optimistic, I believe in Satellite Beach we have a good chance at some double overhead waves.
Winds Tuesday should be in the 18-20 mph range at daybreak from the NW, and slowing down, tidbits, to maybe 12 mph WNW at 6 PM.
Air temp high should be around 64 at Noon or 1 PM, water temp 68-69 degrees. The sun pops out by 9 am, and should be completely sunny by 11 or 12 noon. High tide going low is at 9:15 for the Port, and 9:30 in Satellite Beach. So I like the noon approach where the winds are down to 15 mph, and mid tide is 12:30.
Wednesday will be very cold(for Florida surfing weather , not for Snowbirds or transplants). The low temp for Wednesday at daybreak is 47 and the high is 58 around 1 or 2 PM. Which is also the best time to paddle out (in my opinion, cause I like high going low mid-tide best in Satellite, cause I ride a long board).
Surf size Wednesday, if there is no delay from the winds holding the swell back, should be 2 to 4 foot overhead with NW winds in the 14 to 6 mph range, going from daybreak to 6 PM.
Big glassy surf expected for Thursday and decent for Friday also. This weather pattern up above is doing a nice job giving us offshore winds too, praise God for that one too!
The photos below are from a NE swell on November 10 2011 that was 6 feet at 11-12 seconds. We had a few 12-14 foot face sets that day in Satellite. I shot many double overhead sequence rides, and some smaller shots, like the barrel that I caught the guy in below (was a 6 shot sequence)
The Buzz of Surf is in the air! Swells, swells and more swells! Wind swells not groundswells, but we should have some fun peaks and brief walls 🙂
Saturday am looks chest to shoulder high going from North at the Cape and the Pier, with bigger waves in Satellite Beach. Winds are onshore, but 1 mph at daybreak, and could be offshore for an hour even. But they don’t climb much during the day, so it should be big and clean and fun, as this long lasting wind swell delivers.
Sunday looks rib to chest high and glassy with bigger waves down south. Winds offshore, WNW turning NNW before noon, so if you’re gonna surf down south for glass, get it early. Otherwise, the glass should linger longer up North here.
Then we have big ground swells overhead coming in all next week.
Have a Great weekend, and don’t forget to hit Friday Fest street Party and Vendors in Cape Canaveral by City Hall!
A solid wind/maybe mild groundswell (the swell period is only 9 which technically does not qualify for ground swell 🙂 ), but there is enough form to the Swell Period to get excited.
Sunday could have well ovehead big wind chop with a chance of semi-clean waves with strong South winds Sunday late afternoon.PLAYALINDA COULD BE FANTASTIC! Playalinda faces 32 degrees offshore with direct South winds. Sebastian Inlet, 26 degrees offshore with direct South. The rest of our breaks, South is only a teaser 🙂
Monday could be chest to shoulder high with bigger face takeoffs, and semi-glassy with brisk winds SSW. It’s 4 days out, so this is only in the 37.5% chance range, but it has been consistent 2 days running. It could be 75-80 degrees and Sunny , also on Monday!
More later, but Sunday morningcould bring some fun waves. Waist to chest high, and right now, Weather.com says SW winds turning SSW by noon on Sunday.
I was browsing videos of the Unheard of Perfect and huge swell of Summer of 2012 Cloudbreak, Figi, and the footage of instead back door massive barrels blew my mind. Absolutely amazing footage!
6:50 PM Update Wednesday night. Thursday morning, Now it appears that 8 Am or so, the winds could be NNW to NW for a couple hours, very light. The tide is high tide going low at 6:45 AM, perfect. And the strength of this wind swell is slowly coming in over night. Thursday morning, We could have waist to chest high waves, most likely waist at the Cape and Chest high in Satellite Beach.
Friday morningthe swell is supposed to strengthen to 9 second period from 8 seconds expected on Thursday morning. So the winds will blow offshore fairly strong by mid-morning Thursday night/Friday morning, maybe up to 10-12 mph westerly. We have a few hours of NNW to NW Friday morning, so it could be a little better than Thursday morning. Should be stomach to chest high at least down south.
Could we have some rideable surf Sunday afternoon? Yeah!
It hit 15 feet at 10 seconds 3 times since 5 PM tonight. But, the winds are hollowing, a lot faster out there offshore, than they are here. Around 35-40 mph, so it could prevent the swell from hitting till Monday. I’ll give it 50/50 thatSunday afternoon,we have waist to chest high waves, with 15-20 mph NNW winds around 3 PM Sunday.
I put the Swell Period chart in here, so you could see a solid 10 second period almost ground swell here by Sunday afternoon. (if the strong west winds don’t hold it offshore a full day)
Water temp is 76 degrees, and with high winds out there, a vest will be perhaps necessary gear 🙂
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