Surfing is one of the best pastimes on the planet. The surfing community is kind and friendly. The saltwater and marine ecosystems near the coast are Continue reading Gulf Surf
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Monochrome Shredding
The coast was lined with cars owned by surfers, ready to forge out into the cold November air and enter the warm gulf waters. Continue reading Monochrome Shredding
South Clearwater Jetty
South jetty is one of the best waves in Clearwater, rivaling the famed Sand Key Park. However this is a fickle wave. Like many spots in Clearwater this locale picks up a variety of swell directions. The wave breaks best with a combined super high tide and a swell above waist high. It performs at its best on west swells and occasionally south swells. Because much of it’s energy can be removed by its outside sandbar this wave is best surfed on swells no larger than chest high, and the super high tide is mandatory. This spot is more affected by tide than any other spot in the area. Continue reading South Clearwater Jetty
1st Cold Front Sets the Pace for the Season
Based on this first front we can infer that the seasonal pattern will include two days of significant surf. This front had a afternoon and evening of surf on the first day, then another day of similar surf on the following day that lasted well through the afternoon.
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Duck Dive
Getting to the very beginning of a wave allows you to surf the wave to it’s maximum potential and furthest length. A duck dive is one of the most useful surfing tools you can learn, so that you can maximize a wave. The duck dive is used to Continue reading Duck Dive
Southy in West Florida
A small summer low crossed the state last week. You could almost call it a tropical system.
It never really reached tropical wave strength, but did send small ground swell to West Central Florida once it reached the balmy gulf waters.
East Coast – Hurricane Cristobal
Pumping surfed graced the shores of East Florida all last week. The quality of waves produced by this storm exceeded the quality of the waves by the previous two category 1 storms of this hurricane season. Why were the waves from Cristobal so fun? To assess this question we are going to look at the pressure of the air in the center of Hurricane Cristobal, then compare the air pressure in the center of Hurricane Arthur and Hurricane Bertha. While many additional variables are important to determining the quality of waves produced by hurricanes, looking at the pressure of these storms will provide us with information about these storms strength and it will help us determine how accurate we can be Continue reading East Coast – Hurricane Cristobal