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Topic Title: Questions about Playalinda Topic Summary: Sandbars Created On: 04/09/2018 01:18 PM |
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- utility23 | - 04/09/2018 01:18 PM |
- K07 | - 04/09/2018 02:07 PM |
- SpeedyForfin | - 04/10/2018 04:33 AM |
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04/09/2018 02:07 PM
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I've since moved out of the area but am a Playalinda local and yes this is verrry normal. The most annoying thing about the break imo (pretty damn good when it's not a factor though). Basically during late fall to early spring it's low tide only on anything 9+ seconds and yes certain boardwalks have better bottoms/sand than others (2ft @ 8 seconds sounds like a summer trade swell). If it's wind swell you can get like a roll in type mid-break and/or shorebreak at high tide (this gets good too). More sand should be coming soon but I'm sure Riley did a number there... |
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04/10/2018 04:33 AM
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For me down in south CB Matthew and Irma were not very destructive. In fact both storms did not seem to have a negative impact on the outer bars though they did dig a bit in the middle. In the weeks following both storms I can remember some really fun smaller days when the breaks were working pretty well, albeit slow over the middle so recovery was pretty quick. Riley, however, with 10 ft+ @ 15-16sec for days on end with a big north push was a totally different beast here. Things will come back but it's all dependent on the weather and swell patterns. Even though I've been tracking this for many years I still cannot seem to nail down exactly what conditions seem to rebuild the bars best, other than time between our "big" swells, but eventually they do come back. Sometimes its a few weeks and sometimes its a month or two. I've never seen it real bad for more than about 60 days. All is not lost, however, since the shorepound can be fun if you dont mind a little added risk and occasionally some sand in the crack. I use a good bit more volume when surfing the dumping shorepound to make sure I get in early and so far I've had no problems and, surprisingly, a few really fun ones over the last few weeks. Sorry to answer about sandbars in a differnt location and not Playalinda specifically but I think the same variables, more or less, are in play.
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