NE Bahama buoy this Thursday morning pinging 9 feet 12 seconds. 24 hours out.


SYNOPSIS
A surface front will push south of the local Atlantic waters today, with breezy onshore flow developing behind this boundary into this afternoon. Boating conditions deteriorate from this afternoon into tonight offshore as long period swells from distant Hurricane Ernesto reach the local waters. Boating conditions will remain poor to hazardous across the waters into Friday, and will then gradually improve into the weekend as swells slowly subside.

TODAY
Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots late this morning and afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 4 feet at 7 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 3 seconds.

FRIDAY
Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 6 feet at 12 seconds.


SATURDAY
Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south after midnight. Seas 4 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 11 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds.

SUNDAY
West winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon, becoming south in the evening, becoming southwest after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 11 seconds and southeast 2 feet at 5 seconds.

MONDAY
Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south in the afternoon and evening, becoming southwest after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Mostly smooth on the intracoastal waters.

Early forefunners on 20 mile buoy 7pm. 2 feet 16 seconds. NE Bahama Buoy is maxed out at 12 feet and 14 seconds. Gonna be big and choppy on friday. Long wait between sets, but that wind chop gonna muck wid it.

Surfline and Surf-Forecast show peak energy (770-1000 kJ at Flagler Pier, similar for NSB) on Friday, with NE wind. Farther south, lower peak energy, but lasting into Monday. (9:30 pm Thurs evening)

North Cocoa Beach looks fun. Head plus on sets with open faces, even though there is a decent bumpiness from the North East wind.

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Lo tide Lori fun. Easy to get out, decent sets, wind but not bad.

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Evening of Aug 16, Hatteras National Seashore reports yet another house collapse due to high surf at Rodanthe, seventh in four years. I looked at Surfline videos from Friday. I might be missing something, but it didn't seem a particularly big swell.

Edited: 08/18/2024 at 05:36 PM by ww

Couple fun ones today (Sat) in in N. Sat Be. Not a big as expected but fun enough. Winds were very cooperative.

Ormond Beach for family. Early thumpy inside, later crumbly outside. Not spectacular, not flat.

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Wowza Sunday was the real juice! Soo clean and glassy, plenty of makeable shoulders, except for some of the really long lines, and judging by the swell angle it appears this is from Thurs/Fri maybe? Anyways armz hurt.

I was in Daytona Sunday morning. Saturday had been short-period wind swell; Sunday was clean longer-period, not really big, but a delight to be in the water.

Monday morning looks promising.

Literally 500 people put at ft pierce inlet. At least 100 had the Costco wave storm. It was like a big small day. Easy to get out, no current, no clean up sets and and about waist to chest. Sometimes head. Tons of Cabrons. Still got a bunch but literally pushed one guy off his foamie and surfed around many members of for traveling circus as they were still trying to paddle into my wave as I tick tacked by.

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Sunday Funday! Monday looks good this morning as well. Go Surf!

Monday is actually bigger than Sunday. Strong SW winds. A wait between sets. NE angle. 4-6 feet+.

Could someone loan me a newer body so i can surf a bit more?

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Linda is prolly going Richter!!

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My thoughts exactly.

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Yesterday was one of best sessions I've had in a long time, so memorable. Classic hurricane juice.

Rights and lefts with open faces. That has been awhile.

Not to mention that the water was cool, there weren't sharks everywhere, the tide was right, there were no jellyfish, the wind stayed as it should and the seconds interval was just right. That never happens in Florida.



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Somebody put another quarter in the swell machine please....

Cocoa Beach had a little eight second bump this morning until the tide got too high.

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