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Honeymoon Island Gallery: 1:30pm, Thurs, May 25th

We’ve had some astoundingly fun cleanup days this spring.  Continue reading Honeymoon Island Gallery: 1:30pm, Thurs, May 25th

Honeymoon Island State Park Surfing Epicness

When Honeymoon Island State Park gets good, it gets really good. Honeymoon Island is not known for its slabbing barrels into dry sand. This wave is known as a point-break. It’s known for its very long rides down the endless sandbar. The positioning of the island in the gulf, coupled with the nature of the waves we get along the gulf, have shaped the sandbar and the island in general into a point. Cold fronts pushing in from the northwest, along with the northwest down shore drift shaped this sandbar into a perfect right.  There are also little righthand tubes when the wind is blowing in variations from the south; it’s when the wind blows directly into the rights. Whether it’s summer or winter, the right is usually firing. And when the waves are good, it’s usually on. Continue reading Honeymoon Island State Park Surfing Epicness

Golden Hour: A small west swell at Honeymoon Island State Park.

Honeymoon Island pass is the ideal place for paddleboarding.  The waves on the shoals and in the pass break further than anywhere I’ve ever seen.