Wedesday,
September 10th, 2008
No
fresh pics today.
I get burned out on this stuff once in a while.
Looks about the same as yesterday anyway.
Shitty
Surf Size: 2-3 feet
Conditions: Choppy
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Hard
East wind is chopping it up pretty good.
The size is still up around three feet so maybe a wind protected area with some shorebreak would be fun.
Do you know of any?
Surf Size: 3 feet
Conditions: Choppy
When you come off a three day spell of waves like the one we just had then there's not much that's going to look good.
This certainley doesn't.
Surf Size: 3+ feet
Conditions: Choppy
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Ike waves.
Ride 'em cowboy!
Friday, September 5th, 2008
The first rule of a surf reporter is NEVER call it over 6 feet. After 6 feet comes overhead and well-overhead and in between you have 1 and two feet overhead and so on.
Now that we have that straight.
It's a couple of feet overhead I'm pretty sure.
I'm guessing if I ran into Keith Meyer's he'd be saying............."RC's!!!"
Quick story;
There
used to be a guy that lived down the street from me named Todd Brailey.
He had this picture on his wall of him surfing RC's on a day something like
this.
The wave he was on was a left with a big pitching lip coming right at him and
Todd totally annihilated the thing.
Me and a friend named Erik (pronounced Air-ik) used to stop by Todd's house on occasion and we were always stoked to hear Todd tell the story of this wave.
"Matt (Kechele) and Charlie (Kuhn) we're paddling out and they were both yelling "hit it".
It wasn't a long story but the thought of Todd Crushing this lip in front of two of the best surfers around always made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
Surf Size: Overhead
Conditions:
Smooth
Video
Report
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
There's waves.
Some good some not so good.
It's
overhead and breaking waaaay outside so put your paddling face on....or arms.
And watch out for other surfers while you're out there too.
Surf Size: 3 - 4+
Conditions: Choppy
Wednesday,
September 3rd, 2008
I'll be real honest with you guys....
I'm a horrible backside tube rider.
I
usually stick my arm too far in the wave and stall too much which causes me
to get pitched by the lip.
STOP LAUGHING <---I
know who you are
Anyway I saw this right that was just begging to be pulled into (which is backside for me).
So you might want to check out the midbreak thumpers.
They're out there.
Monday, September 1, 2008
BIG and choppy.
Whitewater as far as the eye can see.
There's some really good sections out there but getting yourself in the right spot to catch them is going to be tricky.
Be careful folks.
11:00 am update
Not as big as it looked this morning but still some overhead bombers coming through.
Chop
hoppers delight.
video
Friday, August 29, 2008
Too much water.
Yeah I know i've been saying high tide is the ticket but I didn't mean this high.
Maybe when the moon pulls the tide back out we'll see some sets start to break.
There's
waves.
video
Peace.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Kind of a letdown after a week of clean peelers, but let us not gripe, eh?
Chunks and nuggets abound.
Those who wish to do so, may work on a variety of shortboard moves, and have plenty of fun with it.
Or, if you prefer, you may go join the great heaving mass of flesh and foolishess up in the north end of town.
It's a lovely day, no matter what, so get on outside and getcha some.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
In the words of Freddie Prinze......
Looking Good!!!
Not epic by any means and I probably shouldn't even use the word "good" but it was Freddie's phrase.
Anyway, it does look "pretty good"
Waist to chest and glassy.
A little on the funky chicken side but still fun.
A tide change might even make it better.
Peace.
ps: Waste of time video of my bike ride to the beach <---don't watch it, I was just practicing.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
You guys ever sing when you surf.
Sometimes I get the strangest songs stuck in my head.
Peace.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
More fun little waves this morning.
I was sure I had over called it yesterday but low and behold I came home at lunch and found fun chest high waves.
It doesn't look much smaller this morning but the tide is wrong again. Not wrong really but lower than the sand bar likes.
Not sure what the wind is going to do but if it stays soft then you might want to try to catch a session sometime today.
Peace.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Lines are there but the tide wasn't quite cooperating when I took these pictures. Yeah, some 2 footers were still rolling through but they weren't breaking till it was almost too late.
Low tide is around 9:30 AM but yesterday the waves just seemed to get better the higher the tide got......go figure.
Anyway it's
Monday and as usual there's some bullcocka already underway.
The Bus Driver just won't quit throwing his damn cigarette butts on the ground.
AND the lazy bastard won't even stomp them out.
I give up. (yeah right)
Peace.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Surprise glassoff!
Waist to maybe chest high on the every so often, and although there's a very light residual south wobble, it ain't all so very bad out there.
Longboard, shortboard, bodyboard, skimboard, inflatable alligator, it's all good today.
Go getcha some.
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
There's a few good ones coming through.
Yeah, on the outside there's some medium length lines that lead to a middle section that i'm pretty sure you could weave you way through (no hopping please!).
The
inside section wasn't connecting to the middle as easily but it could be done.
Peace.
The fog's getting thicker.....and Leo's getting larger.
......and so has the surf.
Up overhead on sets with a strong South East wind keeping things chopped up.
Today is one of those days when allot of you guys are going to wish you've been paddling to keep the arms in shape.
See there's plenty of surf coming through but getting yourself in the right position to take advantage of one of these sections is going to be tricky.
Oh yeah, it can be done but you'll need to keep
your good eye on the horizon and make your decision to paddle in early and hard.
Or........there's always Cherry Downs. : )'
Wednesday
May 14, 2008
So ok, since O'Hare doesn't feel like doing the stupid report, I guess I will.
It's here, but so's the wind.
At least for the time being anyway.
Nice north walls, head high or so, winding down the coast, but garbled all to hell from the brisk onshores that are blowing right along with gusto.
Offshore winds are in the midterm forecasts, so now it's a matter of seeing
how well the swell hangs around. Might wanna keep your appointments book open
for the end of the week, and possibly even on into the weekend. Time will tell.
May 13th - Two Thousand Eight
That flat spell
didn't last very long.
Yeah, it's still pretty small but it aint flat like it were yesterday
A few lines are coming through and just barely breaking at about thigh high.
Not sure if the tide is going to help it or kill it but it's a beautiful day out there so if you have the time to grab the LB and get wet for few minutes I'd say go for it.
There's worse things you could do.
May
12th
- Two Thousand Eight
MONDAY
I hate even trying this sometimes because I know I'm going to sit down at the computer later and someone will have cropped tight little pictures they took while laying down in front of one of these waves and show someone surfing and then I'll look like an idiot.
You know on second thought I do a pretty good job of making myself look like an idiot so what the hay.
It's flat folks.
Good old fashioned FLAT.
Oh you can still go to the beach and have a good time
doing all kinds of things but surfing won't be one of them.
It's so flat the kids will even have a hard time catching waves.
That's it.
I'm not saying anything else.
Mother's Day
Sunday, May 11, 2008
From the look of those pictures, you'd almost believe that there might be a wave out there, wouldn't you?
Not so.
Not even for little kids.
You know how they always say, "It's bigger than it looks in the picture," right?
Well, in this case it's even smaller.
A LOT smaller.
So..........since all we've got is hope and imagination, let us proceed to some places that might generate some hope.
Surface analysis looks like this.
Satellite shot looks like this.
And the 96 hour forecast (har har), looks like this. Note: That's a second area of low pressure, the first one already having departed the scene.
Make of any of it, what you will.
And be good to your mom, ok? Today, tomorrow, to forever. She's all you've
got in this world, whether you know it or not.
TGIF - May 9th (8:15 am)
Seems like there's a teeny swell wanting to squeek through but the offshore/sideshore
wind is putting the kabosh on it.
Winds
are SSW at 13.
Film at 11.
Not much but not flat.
South
East winds have at least 1 or two feet of dribble blowing in.
woooohhhooooooooooooo X 1,0000
and......shakas for everybody.
Secret spot brah!!! j/k
MONDAY May 5th
Not a whole
lot left over this morning
but .................there is a little.
Pretty little peelers are being held up by the soft offshore wind.
It's a cool Northwest wind but it'll do fine on a warm day like this.
I don't think you'll see anything over thigh high around these parts so bring the longboard or borrow one from your buddy.
Either way.....please
go gently.
Have a great week folks.
Friday - May 2nd
Looks like I'm playing
LEFT OUT in the Celebrity Softball GameSorry
for the late report.
The South East wind is kicking up a couple feet of slop just like I predicted (pats self on back).
Nothing organized at all, just some random peaks scattered all over the place.
Might be two feet.
So yeah the World Skin Cancer Foundation Celebrity Softball Game is tomorrow night and I guess I'm not playing.
Some how........
Justin from
"Justin's Journey" and Stephen "Skippy" Slater got on the
team ahead of me.
Oh well, I think I'll go and heckle them from the stands. full celebrity list
here
Thursday - May 1
Not sure why these shoes are hanging on the power line but every time I see
them I think of the time my van was ripped off from my front yard.
The cops couldn't find it but a friend of mine saw it parked at a house on this
street.
I eventually got it back after these kids drove it around town for ten days!!
So anyway...the surf.
Yeah it's pretty shitty as you can see.
I was thinking of calling it flat but then you know somebody will be surfing one of these streets and catching waves and then they'll tell me I was wrong.
So it's knee high and choppy. The wind's blowing hard enough though that there will probably be some slop to ride in a few hours time.
And just for the record, I never said ANYTHING about the pier. So there.
Wednesday - April 30
Nice little waves this morning.
Not too big, but not too small either.
Probably waist high with chest high sets.
Medium length lines have slight bump on the texture.
Plenty surfable on just about anyboard you got handy.
Me? I'm going to grab the shortboard because I'll be lending my longboard to
a new friend.
Meet Alfredo form Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Alfredo's visiting on his way from Miami to New York and he's never surfed before.
A mutual friend introduced us and I decided if he was really going to get a
feel for what Cocoa Beach was like he needed to get in the water for few minutes.
He's a super nice guy and really thankful for the hospitality.
Check out Alfredo's blog here.
Monday - April 28
Looks like this swell is going bye bye but it's not quite out the door yet.
Yeah there's a few waist high crumblers peeling through rather lazily.
I'd think the LB would be more appropriate for this stuff but I don't want to insult the bucket throwers.
Perhaps bringing both the longboard and the shortboard with you wouldn't be a bad idea.
Either way,
have fun and have a great Monday.
No BS please.
Sunday - April 27th, 2008
Continued rideable waves.
Down a trifle from yesterday, but still there.
Similar conditions.And the big pinwheel south of Newfoundland continues to sit in place and spin.
If we're lucky, that pulse will get here before the next front gets far enough south of us to pull the wind back around northeast and wreck it.
We shall see.
Really small little waves again this morning. I'm not ready to call it flat yet although I probably should. It's just the occasional knee high wave that's rideable. You'll need the LB though that's for sure.
Well you knew it was going to happen sometime. The swell ending I mean.
T' was fun while it lasted though.... and it lasted a long, long time. Not sure
how long it'll be till the next swell but it's pretty small this Monday morning.
There's probably going to be a little longboard wave at some spots once the
tide gets off it's high horse but this offshore wind will keep "other"
areas from breaking at all.
Have a happy Monday folks.
Oh
and good news about the Bus
Driver. He seems to be carrying his Cigarette Butts home with him now. Pretty
good stuff if you ask me.
Sunday, April
20th, 2008
Down, but not quite out.
Still the occasional waist-high stray, but for the most part it's pretty small.
Breeze still has a lot of south in it, and there's a wobble and grain.
Tide's having its way with it for the time being, as well.
All of the above notwithstanding, you might not want to box yourself out of a potential session later on.
There's
a front working its way down through the central peninsula right now, and the
west winds aren't all that far away. So later on, when the tide's had time to
go back out and the wind has a chance to west around for real and smooth things
out, the vacancy sign at Noseride Hotel might come on and wouldn't it be a shame
if that were to happen and you had already committed to some mindless activity
somewhere that doesn't center on he'e nalu?
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
More overhead waves and more Northwest wind. The Northwest part probably won't
last long.
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
North West winds are keeping things pretty small and cool this morning.
I won't call it flat because there will be a handfull of people out surfing
somewhere having a blast.
It's pretty small though.
Monday, April 14th, 2008
It's not completely flat but it's darn close.
Yeah, the lines are still there but they're faint and teensy.
Pretty
sure I could get a few yards of glide out of my longboard on this stuff but
that's about it.
Funny how the swell ended on the same day the kids went back to school.
Spring Break is over so maybe the traffic won't be so intense on the way to
work.
Have a happy Monday and a great week folks.
Sunday, April 4th, 2008
Been an awful lot of waves lately, and they're still rolling right along, just
not as vigorously as they've been for the past week.
But that's ok, 'cause there's still a little background line coming in waist high with larger occasionals, the wind's pretty much calm, and nicely rideable sets are there to be found for those with desire to seek them out.
Got a minus .76 foot low tide this afternoon right around 2:30, and that might add a little interest, too.
And if we get really lucky, maybe a thunderstorm will brew up this afternoon and kick the wind around offshore, hmm? Wouldn't bet the whole farm on it, but it's certainly in the cards. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Get on down to the ocean, folks, it's another one of those days,
and wouldn't it be a shame if you missed it?
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
EASTER
It's kind of gloomy this morning but it appears as though it's going to clean
up as the day gets older.
IF that happens and the sun pops out you may want to make your way over to the
beach for a bit of rest and relaxation.
Bring the lawn chair and some chips.....maybe a couple of your favorite beverages.....and just hang out.
Shoot,
you might as well grab the LB and the horseshoes and any friends that are around.
Just kick back for a bit and fool around on the beach.
Friday, March 21st, 2008
Sometimes
computers are the MOST frustrating things on earth.
For whatever reason mine is being a real jerk this morning.
So anyway the surf is nothing like yesterday as you can more than likely tell from the TWO pictures I managed to get up.
The wind is now blowing East North East and the swell has backed off a bunch.
There's
still some three footers on sets and every so often the chunks lines up and
there's a section that looks REALLY fun.
I wonder if my computer has ever done a tail drop.
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Wow.....there's
some overhead race tracks every few minutes.
Hard South West wind might make it a little hard to paddle into but two or three
rides could be all you need for an epic session.
Check the left in the picture 4.
Surf Size: Overhead
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Some
thumping indside sections this morning.
Up another foot or two from yesterday.
Short but sometimes hollow peaks.
This would be an easy day to get your ass handed to ya.
Be
careful folks.
Surf Size: 4 feet
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Some nice inside sections
this morning if you don't mind some chop.
Strong South East winds are keeping the peaks kind of shifty so it's going to take some extra paddling to keep yourself in position.
Yeah....the outside isn't doing a whole lot right now but if you can catch on out there you'll end up with a bunch more speed when you hit the inside.
In theory.
Surf
Size: 3 feet
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Today we'll hand it over to the 3 to 8 year old contingent.
It's always belonged to them anyway, right?
Despite all the prating, posturing, and chest-thumping from certain quarters, the beach really belongs to little kids.
And today is made to order for them to run down the sandy slope, screaming and giggling, into the inch-deep zone, where they can begin the life-long process of absorbing the rhythms of the sea.
So grab the kids, grandkids, cousins, nieces, and nephews, and herd 'em on down to the wide and wonderful ocean sea, and then let 'em run wild, ok?
In other news, the low that everybody's been slavering over on the forecast models, has actually formed more or less on schedule and where it was supposed to. Quikscat is telling the tale.
So now we sit back and see what unfolds over the coming week. The expectation of some sort of fairly respectable north swell seems justified, but local winds remain problematic. NWS Melbourne is calling for the next front to come to town next Wednesday, but the wind stands an unpleasantly good chance of swinging around from south to north under cover of darkness Wednesday night. We can only hope that the timing on that changes, and the period of proper offshores coincides with daylight hours.
The fat lady hasn't started tuning up yet, so stay tuned and be
ready to take evasive action on short notice should things all of a sudden come
together, ok?
Friday, March
14th, 2008
Seems to be flat in between sets but if you wait long enough there's some firing
little cylinders.
Ok maybe they're not firing but there is little waves to ride. (yes even on
a shortboard)
It's not much bigger than it's been the last couple of days if at all but it's
glassy and the sun's out.
Sometimes I have the patience for that sort of thing and sometimes I don't.
I might wait for an evening session.
Hey
if any of you guys are heading up to Cocoa Beach Jr/Sr High School tonight for
the Relay
for Life come check me out.
My wife and her friends will be there pulling an all nighter for the cause (walking
in a circle) and I've agreed to bring some ORGANIC Bolivian Coffee by to help
keep them moving.
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Ok, Ok, I know I was a bit off yesterday.
Go ahead and make a complaint if you'd like. I have a new person in customer
service in charge of complaints. Just go to Helen Wait by clicking here.
Anyhoo, I'm still thinking the high tide is going to help these lines that are
trying to push through. Now when it gets ALL THE WAY HIGH that'll be TOO LATE.
It's the hour or two before that you'll want to try your stomping technique
out.
I'd tell you when that'll be but that would be too easy.
You
can figure it out.
Surf Size: 1-2 feet
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Hey
Kool-Aid!!
Long
mushy lines are drooling on through to the inside section.
Soft offshore winds are keeping the surface nicely groomed.
It's only about 2 feet here in South Cocoa Beach but the real story is the tide
and the deep spot in the mid section
We're about 1/2 way to high tide so maybe the shore break will pick up a little
more punch around lunch.
Maybe.
Monday, March 10th, 2008
North East winds are blowing things in the right direction at least. Not much
organization but there's some rideable waves.
2 foot + and choppy.
It's probably smaller up North but there's a wooden structure that you might
want to give a looksy.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Looks to be fading fast out there. Unlike our last little event, there doesn't
seem to be much of an underlying line beneath the short-period hard-tilt southlets.
Nearshore Canaveral Buoy's latest click was a very inauspicious 2.82 feet at
an absurd 2.94(!) seconds, coming from an azimuth of 250 degrees, which explains
everything right there. It's heading AWAY from us, boys and girls.
Ah well, maybe next time?
Thursday March 6th, 2008
I guess I kind of burned you guys yesterday. Believe me if I'd
have known that it was going to get that fun as the day progressed I surely
would have let you know.
Oh well, live and learn.
There's
still some lines coming through at about waist high.
Nothing to get too excited about but if you have some extra time I bet you could
find a few fun ones.
Wednesday March 5th, 2008
Ok, I have the date straight now. Sorry about
dat, Leap Day kind of screwed me up.
Neat little waves today but unfortunately it's probably too small.
Maybe not somewhere else but a couple of blocks away from my house it's just
rolling along until it hits the very inside section.
There seems to be lines but the Hard North West wind is holding them back.
Tuesday March 4th, 2008
3
Count'em......3
footers.
Scattered
peaks and chop come along with this South East wind.
Some nice sections out there on occassion.
Monday March 3rd, 2008
No shortage of stuff going on today in Cocoa Beach.
We
have; the Lecture by MacLaren at the library.
The Bowl Riders Event at the Skate Park
The Surf Contest at the Pier
And
the Competitive Surf Clinic across from Natural Art.
Sunday March 2nd, 2008
That's a lot of stuff.
And on top of that there's little waves.
Yeah, some are up to "Thigh High"
For those of you not familiar with the thigh region it's between the knee and the waist (or hips if you have any).
The
wind is nonexistent so the surface is as smooth as my cutback.
Get out from behind the computer and DO something.
Peas...
Sean O'Hare
Friday Febraury 29th, 2008
LEAP DAY
Friday February 29th, 2008
Yeah
I know, I know, I'm not doing a very good job with the surf report lately.
I've just been writing whatever comes to mind when I sit down in front of this
computer.
To be honest, that's the fun part.
Just a little early morning creative writing.
Ok, not that creative I know but I try.
So the surf today is much like yesterday.
Small
and bumpy.
I know some of you just have to surf everyday so for you guys I'm calling it
rideable.
For the rest of us I'd say It's pretty dismal.
Happy Fried Day Folks
Thursday February 28th, 2008
I'd like to start off by thanking Beak for the new logo ^. I like it man. I
might use the one with the bullet holes too!!
Next I'd like to thank my mom and my dad for having me.
I'd also like to thank the STP oil pit crew and Steve McQueen for something he said in the movie Le Mans.
“ A lot of people go through life doing things badly. Racing’s important to men who do it well. When you’re racing, it... it’s life. Anything that happens before or after... is just waiting. „
I
can relate.
So there's not really any waves up here today folks.
Maybe one footers.
Might
want to take a peak a couple hours south of here though.
Just a guess.
Wednesday February 27th, 2008
Special
Surf-River-Election Report
No waves so I skipped all the pictures of the flatness.
Just those two up top.
Next two down were taken off the dock at ramp road park.
The
birds were going crazy down there this morning.
And last but certainly not least there's Tony Sasso with a few of his supporters
after his win in the race for state representative (district 32).
Congratulations Tony.