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any surfers here?

#1 Postby c5Camille » Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:08 pm

are there many surfers here?

anyone catch anything from Alex?
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#2 Postby Rainband » Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:11 pm

The WEB, thats about it :lol:
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#3 Postby NJCane » Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:15 pm

Yes, thats why I wouldnt mind all fish tracking between Bermuda and NC. Anyway, Alex's east course really didnt help the swell. Here in Jersey it was chest to head high. I hear that long island had some overhead waves. Nothing spectacular but a good start to the tropical/ east coast surfing season.
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Re: any surfers here?

#4 Postby orion » Wed Aug 04, 2004 4:52 pm

c5Camille wrote:are there many surfers here?

anyone catch anything from Alex?


Yep, I went out Monday afternoon! Although the storm waves weren't as nice for riding as swells, very rough and choppy.

Went and looked at the surf early Tuesday, but when the waves are coming over the piers, my butt stays on the beach :)
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#5 Postby Trader Ron » Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:04 pm

I'm a surfer..Not very good surfing on the West Coast of Florida unless there's a storm...:(
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#6 Postby Lindaloo » Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:30 pm

Wind surfer here.
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#7 Postby EDR1222 » Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:18 pm

Great waves here in East Central Florida when Alex was just a low pressure system off of Cape Canaveral
All day long on Saturday was a blast. Light offshore winds and lots of fun waves.
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#8 Postby HalloweenGale » Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:36 pm

Nantucket is getting pounded with 5-10' waves from alex.. it is only 250 miles south.
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#9 Postby NJCane » Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:43 pm

I wish I was there. If you love to surf and love the weather like I do, Hurricane season is the greatest because the two greatest things are produced- incredible waves and weather.
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#10 Postby Landfall » Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:21 pm

Hi all! I'm a newbie here and I'm a Texas Surfer. I just found this sight the other day and I really enjoy all the insight. I saw some pics. of the swells the EC was getting and I was jealous as I hope to move to Florida in the next couple of years.

I'm still holding on to hope that TD2 will continue west and reform somewhere between its present location and the GOM. We're dying for some surf here. :)
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#11 Postby Jersey storm » Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:44 pm

went this morning with my 5 year old daughter.It was a great beach day,I don't surf but there were many surfers!sets were breaking 4 to 6 ft. with an occasional 8 footer.excellent for jersey!! :D :D :D
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#12 Postby caribepr » Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:15 pm

All the local boys were out this afternoon on Brava beach to catch the waves...lots of wind and lots of good surf. An hour later I ended up getting blasted by 35 knot winds going to help a friend secure an anchor line on her sailboat...thought the (not so bad at all) worst was over when a white out caught us on the water...but we just danced in the rain on another friend's boat til the rain died out, enjoyed a spectacular rainbow, took care of the anchor and headed back...to more rain and wind, nice cooling off kind though...made soup to celebrate the humidity blowing away instead of us!
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#13 Postby Dean4Storms » Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:58 pm

I surf when the waves present a decent ride, not much lately here along the FL. Panhandle. Alex was just too far away.

Went surfing in Hurricanes David, Hugo (NE FLorida) and Georges' once I moved here in Destin.
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