Category Archives: Plants

Surf’s Up Surf Report: Wed, June 19, 3:30pm, 8pm, & 8:30pm Sunset

3:30pm: I rolled up to the beach. Right behind me in came a car and an FWC officer pulling a teenager over. Apparently he had blown right through a stop sign according to the park staff making the accusation. The officer couldn’t write him a ticket because he didn’t see it happen, he said. They got off with a warning. I chatted with the park staff. At least one was a certified botonist (plant specialist). They said the small bush that looks like a smaller palm like the sabal, but doesn’t look like one, was in fact a sabal, and that the average growth size was just above bush size. The full tree sized trees aren’t the normal size. Interesting, right? I said, “I could have sworn those have been the same size since I’ve been coming here.” They said, there are many different varieties of sabal palm. Another interesting fun fact: the sabal palm is classified as a grass. The surf is small. It’s rideable. It’s consistently knee high. The storm might pass soon. Low tide is at sunset. Go surfing.

Surf’s Up Surf Report: Mon, Dec. 03, 2018, 11, 1:30, 3:30, & Sunset

There’s more fun to be had today. It looks better than yesterday. It may just be because I brought the longboard today. It’s easily as good as this time yesterday. Come on out. Catch a few good waves. The downside is that there’s a long wait between sets (yes there’s sets), and it’s really cold.

Sand Key around noon:

880 around 12:30:

1:30pm back at Moon:

3:30pm at Honeymoon. A thick fog has rolled in:

Groms and sunset gallery with Reef and Slater:

Windy, Rainy, and Picking Up, 1:19pm, 11/02/18

How much is it really picking up? It’s hard to say. It appears to be getting visibly better now (bigger) and actually within the past 15 minutes. The forecast I looked at called for 20-25 knot northwest winds in the northern gulf pointed straight at us today. Right now it’s about shin to occasional waist high. A more reliable source is suggesting it won’t get too much bigger than this. It’s hard to say for sure. Come on out with a big board if your frothing to surf. I hate to say it, but it was probably bigger yesterday.
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