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End of January Swell 2020 by Kylie Lettieri


Kylie Lettieri is the photographer of these pictures. Kylie is an avid surfer whose favorite gulf coast spot is Honeymoon Island. She rides a softtop funshape when she’s not riding one of her high performance shortboards. She’s been shredding the gnar for many years now. She has truely become a Honeymoon Island local shredder.


Going through Kylie’s gallery wasn’t easy. She took 1563 pictures of surfing today. After going through all the pictures and choosing the best ones I ended up with the 75 pictures below. There were so many because the camera shutter was shooting at a high speed, meaning, she was taking lots of pictures in a sequence of the same waves. So I took out the best ones of the sequences. You’ll notice that we were party waving it today, everyone catching the same waves because there was a wait between sets. The waves really were suitable for multiple riders. You can also see how offshore the winds were. It was glassy today. Aren’t those truely the best days? Also, check out Lias walking the nose of her longboard in the second to last sequence. This was an awesome day, and these pictures turned out great! Kylie did great keeping the horizon level. Amazing pictures Kylie!

Onshore Surf 1:30pm, 2:30pm, & 7pm

It looks really fun, surprisingly fun. The surf actually looks solid. I’d call it knee to thigh right now with the size to get to waist to chest when the tide drops out. Luckily the tide is dropping now until 7pm. The water level is high so the dropping tide should give it better shape. All afternoon and evening is going to be the time to surf. The low tide is 7pm.

2:30pm: Moon is trash right now. I can’t deal with northwest swells at Honeymoon. It’s just so mushy. I’m headed to the key 🔑. Oh wait, Tommy just rolled up. We’re surfing here I think.

7pm: The swell has glassed off. Surprisingly the size of the surf has actually dropped. The tide has falled super low. The super low tides aren’t great for anywhere around here. It’s still windy but it’s directly onshore so the waves are glassy. A ton of people have shown up. The lineup got pretty full today. It’s been a fun day.