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Topic Title: Wave quality/consistency over the years Topic Summary: Early 2010's vs mid/late 2010's Created On: 04/18/2018 07:07 AM |
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- Julianuribe23 | - 04/18/2018 07:07 AM |
- SrfGtr | - 04/18/2018 08:27 AM |
- mp2115 | - 04/18/2018 09:45 AM |
- dingpatch | - 04/18/2018 10:25 AM |
- jdbman | - 04/18/2018 10:43 AM |
- RioSirju | - 04/18/2018 11:12 AM |
- Zeus | - 04/18/2018 11:38 AM |
- frothing321 | - 04/18/2018 11:55 AM |
- mp2115 | - 04/18/2018 12:50 PM |
- realsur4 | - 04/18/2018 01:52 PM |
- SurferMic | - 04/18/2018 02:10 PM |
- harrietdubman | - 04/19/2018 07:31 AM |
- Julianuribe23 | - 04/19/2018 10:10 AM |
- Northjetty101 | - 04/19/2018 10:15 AM |
- Northjetty101 | - 04/19/2018 10:17 AM |
- Northjetty101 | - 04/19/2018 10:18 AM |
- Northjetty101 | - 04/19/2018 10:18 AM |
- realsur4 | - 04/19/2018 01:49 PM |
- tom | - 04/20/2018 06:35 AM |
- inletbum | - 04/20/2018 02:58 PM |
- e11even | - 04/21/2018 06:43 PM |
- Northjetty101 | - 04/22/2018 04:09 PM |
- Julianuribe23 | - 04/23/2018 12:17 PM |
- jettyparksurfer | - 04/23/2018 02:04 PM |
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04/18/2018 11:38 AM
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Christmas of 83 was insane! Nothing else in my memory begins to compare to that swell. But then the 60's and 70's are far to blurry for me to rememeber anything earlier. Halloween of 91 was good too, but that Christmas was bigger, and cleaner, even if it was way too heavy and bitter cold to be as fun. Shame the biggest day of the swell was too dark and overcast for taking picutres. Sebastian is but a shaddow of its former self, south Ponce inlet is nothing like it use to be and Blow Hole is almost non-existent today. Even the OBX isn't all that thrilling anymore. I do think its been a long slow downward turn in east coast surf quality overall for various reasons, but perhaps I just have the bar set too high these days, or maybe I'm just getting old. |
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04/18/2018 11:55 AM
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some of the most consistent summers and winters have occurred within the past few years. i think we all think it used to be better because we were young frothing groms frothing over waist high mush |
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04/18/2018 12:50 PM
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I couldn't agree more about the beach restoration and steep beaches and deep dropoff it ruins the quality of the wave. Down in Vero beach the beaches are so small they have no choice but to pack sand or there would'nt be a beach left in some areas during hightide. I used to be able to skim board as a kid underneath a pipe at Humiston bch and now it is completely under the sand and the water line is higher than it was back then. |
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04/18/2018 01:52 PM
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I moved to Florida in 2000 and I think the waves were good until 2004 when Charley, Frances, and Jeanne came through. After those 3 hurricanes the surf in Satellite Beach was never the same through 2007 when I left. I'm sad to hear that after a decade since I've been gone it still hasn't improved.
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04/18/2018 02:10 PM
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hmmm. lets see.....Dec last year 2017 was the warmest on record since they have been keeping temp recs. Previous record was Dec 2016. 2017 was the warmest year on record with I "think" 2016 being second...All this extra heat and shorter, warmer winters is what I think is changing the patterns. It was only 10 years ago? that Winters seemed colder and strong cold fronts would blast in with freezing temps...(and S. FL would fire)...has not been that way for a while, I "think" it is due to the rising global temps effecting jetstream, the Bermuda high and storm tracks. BUT with every pattern there is an anomaly and that was this past March. Of course the beach profile changing not helped, just makes things worse. Have not seen a refract swell at the Road with 25 degree wind chills in a long time...last snow I saw was XMAS 1989 (JAX area). In Indi we have not seen below freezing temps in a long time. Really miss the COLD LONG winters.
On a side note I see this in the NWS forecast for tommorow? They usually get swell periods spot on but 2-3 @16 secs? keep an eye on it. NWS is the only source reporting this: AMZ555-190830- |
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04/19/2018 07:31 AM
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i heard the more you complain, despite still being able to surf, the worse the waves get. soo sounds about right. ------------------------- sneedeker |
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04/19/2018 10:10 AM
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Edited: 04/19/2018 at 10:53 AM by Julianuribe23 |
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