Surf Check

surfhorn · Post by **surfhorn** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:11 am

Some swell today in Santa Cruz County. Got up early and turned on the local TV news. The stationery cam at The Boardwalk was pointing at the beach and showed a set of waves dumping on the beach.

Surfed the beaches. While there was size, the set waves just stood up and rolled all the way to the shore pound. Early morning fog made for glassy conditions. But good exercise nevertheless.

Plus, it seemed to be 'Dolphin Family Day' in the water. Mom and dad dolphins pushing their 3 foot long babies around and having some fun. Other members of the pod were swimming in and out of the surfers as were a couple harbor seals.

There is a minus 0.1 tide at 5:14 AM tomorrow; high is a 4.4 at 11:47 AM.
Dawn patrol looks to be the call. Hope this helps everyone who is watching their vehicle sucking down dollars.

Tony Wales · Post by **Tony Wales** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:01 pm

And for the past few days, and a few to come, the east coast of Oz has had a great southerly ground swell being pushed up the coast from the arctic ice shelf!!

Solid 4 to 6 foot waves with consistent offshore winds. Water temp 15C, air 10 to 17C - with lots of sun.

It's actually a Fiji swell that's just touching the east coast but boy it's been good value!

Anthony B · Post by **Anthony B** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:19 pm

Same deal on the up here on the central coast,albeit not too many of the well known spots handling the size.

But just for some entertainment value i got to watch 2 guys trying to beach their broken down ski through a nasty 5 ft shore break

Much to their credit they beached her without to much drama

ross · Post by **ross** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:38 pm

shoulda come for a look down my way AB. Thursday arv was the best of it. With the tide the way it was the suck was about as big and round as it gets.

Friday arv i had some solid ones out forries rights.

and Saturday morning had 6-8ft Copa point to myself for an hour and a half, till another kneelo i've never seen before paddled out

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He said he'd never surfed the place before and hadn't realised how solid it was

so he sat gaping from the shoulder for a while before paddling in. Definately not the day to be trying it out for the first time, credit to him though he would have taken some big ones on the head even getting out

it was all over by eleven on Saturday down here though Sou'Wester stuffed it.

Anthony B · Post by **Anthony B** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:32 am

Hey Ross good to see you scored,between work committments and kids sport my timing was out of sync .In saying that i scored some nice waves today at the channel where the sand is sweet at the moment.

thank god its a high tide bank,run out tide and the lake draining is oh so cold. cheers mate maybe next swell i will come for a search

Eric Carson · Post by **Eric Carson** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:23 pm

Nothin' good here due to T.S. Fay.
Tuesday
Tropical storm conditions expected. Southeast Onshore) winds 30 to 35 knots with frequent gusts to gale force. Seas 7 to 9 feet. Intracoastal waters extremely rough. Widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms.

DarcyM · Post by **DarcyM** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:43 am

Hope you're weathering Fay ok out there, EC. Sounds like Cape Canaveral and surroundings are under about 3 inches of water, and TS Fay just churns away overhead, taking her sweet time getting out of there.

Eric Carson · Post by **Eric Carson** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:23 am

Thanks Darcy!
We got 22 inches of rain at my house and two bedrooms flooded. Thankfully we have flood insurance and I already filed a claim.
Still raining too.

C J Gagner · Post by **C J Gagner** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:44 pm

hope all goes well

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:05 pm

Eric
glad to hear about the ins. Wish we could get some of the rain out here.