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.

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.

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-
Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm-
344 PM EDT Wed Apr 18 2018

TONIGHT
South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest towards
daybreak. Seas 2 to 3 feet with a dominant period 9 seconds.
Mostly smooth on the intracoastal waters.

THURSDAY
Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south in the
afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet with a dominant period 16 seconds. A
light chop on the intracoastal waters.

THURSDAY NIGHT
South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west after
midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet with a dominant period 15 seconds.
Mostly smooth on the intracoastal waters.

i heard the more you complain, despite still being able to surf, the worse the waves get. soo sounds about right. 

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sneedeker

Oh please, noticing, acknowledging and discussinga change of pattern is not complaining. Not once has anyone posted a blatant complain on this thread. I heard ignorance is bliss though, seems like the shoe fits for you.

Edited: 04/19/2018 at 10:53 AM by Julianuribe23