Forecast for the week

its going to be flat for awhile save stuart/juno on wed

marginal spring for s.florida, but central florida it was a little better than marginal cuz they had waves for like 2 months straight, although the winds were usually not cooperating they had some good moments and im glad i was able to be there...for some of them, but for now lets hope that two month flat spell hasnt begun..

the off-season BOMB is gonna come soon.. im calling it

Something is gonna happen in the next three weeks thats for sure!

no waves ever

i did surf boca all day on sat and i had a good time a lot of little ramps

A repeat of last years big May swell would be a nice send off into summer no?

after reading the surfline article about last year's may swell (thank u mwat) i really dont think thats gonna happen again. but there's always hope, OR a plane ticket!

why are their so many 30 year old boogie boarders. i dont understand why they think they have a right to be in the lineup. the only time boogieboarding's acceptable is if you do it at the wedge or if your just plain raw at it. the rest of you bodyboarding homo's should go circle jerk and stay off my waves.

Naggo; so true- I hate 30 yr old circle jerking boogie boarders. They creep me out.

CR is the spot this weekend...pavones might see some bombs

..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP5daqIuSLk

Thank you Mr. B very entertaining...

Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the formation of last years big May swell. Not the actual swell but the day when the storm started to align out at sea that generated the swell which hit on the 7th-8th of May. So in hopes of another swell or anything close to it , I will be paddling out at Juno to return to the sea a shell  that I picked up at at the beach on that same day last year. With luck this gesture might awake the swell gods to honor my wish for one more good swell this late spring. If you care to join me on the paddle out feel free to do so around high noon tomorow on the south side of the pier. See yah.

W. a little creepy...... do you boogie board? if it works i will become religous.

Well i know Pshaper, Robie, Robin and a few other locals will be in Nica this swell in central and should be a real fun week. Big days and head high too. Least some of the boys are getting the goods out of town. Bittersweet summers.

GLos

If you are cruising the posts and have an extra 5 minutes...

A local team at Florida Institute of Technology's Department of Marine and Environmental Systems is building a study that puts dollar values on surfing and fishing in Brevard County. This study is also developing both economic and non-economic values for those natural resources that make fishing, surfing, and other coastal recreational activities you and your families enjoy possible.

You DO NOT have to live in Brevard County to fill it out, just have SURFED there before.

Click here to start the survey..

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=3Ja7UA0...

CR Surf Travel Co.
"The best place to check the surf in Costa Rica"
www.crsurf.com
info@crsurf.com

Due to low signup rate, the paddle out at the pier has been canceled today. Perhaps tomorow we will do it.

my buddy is going with them glos, he called me last night. i'm dead in the middle of law school finals and crying inside! plus its my bday and i have a final tom. some luck huh? hopefully i will be rewarded on my august trip to CR.

gulf coast going off today ...........in my mind...

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cool survey...took about 5-7 minutes. IS it possible to create an artificial reef that will actually increase the amount of surfable days (as proposed by the questions of the survey)?

is that you kyle

I don't know if you can actually guarentee that it would. I know that it has been proposed by ECOMB to build an ART-ificial reef on south beach and that can have a number of untold catastrophies attached to it. It could weaken the swell for our break, for one. So, I guess the answer is no one knows what it would do and that alone is a good reason not to support it. More research would need to be done first.

Cheers,
Shane

Crystal clear ocean the last few days!!!  No artificial reefs and no more surf cameras! Protect the environment, don't buy Venezulaian produced petroleum or Pop out Chinese surfboards! Keep it natural keep it real, work hard and play harder, Suport your local shapers and surf shops like Liquid Tube and IWS NM.  Reality, Miami is the gateway to surf the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe and Africa!!!  J Bay, Punta Rocas, Chicama and other secret spots can be reached in the same time it takes to drive to the inlet or to the outer banks, surf the web and research destinations, surf exotica is yours if you dream, follow your dreams my fellow surf brotheren!!!!!!

Great paddle out this afternoon. Thanks to all those who came and paddled out. The gods rewarded us with clean NE swell in the knee high range on the sandbar. Nothing to write home about but better then expected knowing its mostly flat.

Look for some waves late next week from our effort today.

The sharks are on the prowl this year boys.........

http://cbs4.com/local/shark.attack.volusia.2.718136.html

GLos

There was little one yesterday down at South Pointe. I was snorkeling and noticed a dark object, the little fish were jumping so I started to back off and sure enough a fishermen yelled out to let me know what was up.

No sharks in Costa Rica.... (they all get finned)

BTW - Lacsa airlines has dropped their prices on flights to San Jose, C.R. I've found Mon-Thur flights for $199 with taxes.

Let me know if you want to book a trip. I am thinking of a "Strategic Strike" to Pavones/Matapalo.

CR Surf Travel Co.
"The best place to check the surf in Costa Rica"
www.crsurf.com
info@crsurf.com

whats up shayne,? GC! I,m on after all these years

Is there a new surfshop opening in NMB? I was driving on 163rd towards sunny isles and theres a store front with a few boards stacked up against the window?

forecast looks weak no waves ever

panhandle looks like the place to be for the next week

kyle let me know when the gulf is going to wake up i could use some little barrles

Check this out movie trailer, damn cool

http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/surfwi...

live like this guy and never worry about not having waving down here. how did he know where to go w/out Internet is my quest. imagine living like this today w/ all the technology!!!

So any chance for waves after Sunday? I've been working so much this week haven't even had a chance to look at the beach. I need to buy some new snorkel gear for the waveless times.

Oh and Naggo, do you have any objections to 29 year old, hot blond boogie boarders??
Seriously, the bad blood between bb'ers and surfers is just a south thing and doesn't exist once you leave the foreign country called Miami. Most of the time I stay away from you goofy guys always cutting in on waves and following me around when it looks like a good wave is going to break. Thank goodness I can surf during the weekdays and avoid all the lousy, leashless, bad attitude surfers out there. I mean we live in freakin paradise, why do so many surfers look like they have a stick up their a**? Too much talking and not enough surfing/smoking. ;p

Reef Goddess

What do you mean the rum is gone and you forgot the lighter? How am I supposed to smoke this fatty??!!

is it me or does anyone else sometimes not understand where some of these posts come from? i guess the anti-universe does exist

dania was knee high, skim was fun too

b bomber ur a betty if you think boogie border/surfer tension is a sofla only thing and this place is far from paradise, it aint a surfing paradise either

Tension between spongers and surfers is defintely more than just a south thing sweetheart, miami isnt on the surfing map so that tension exists in PR, Hawaii and places that have real waves..not this joke we call south beach...dont get me wrong i love when theres waves locally, but this aint no paradise, its more like a cesspool....and my idea of paradise actually has something more than occ chop....south is a partiers beach not a surf enthusiast or even nature enthusiast beach..thats why its always polluted cuz the people who go there can care less about environmental issues, most just care about what club they are going to be able to get into that night....we cant surf without waves sister...plus all of us aggro guys without leashes need spongers to run over when there are waves anyways...except for the guys from PR cuz they actually arent kooks...and are always on it...paradise...hahaha.

Since there are no local waves to occupy our time presently or in the near future, check this out if your bored:

http://www.storyofstuff.com

You enviro lovers will def like, Pres Bushy supporters will dislike. Part geo-political, sociological, historical & biz model all combined. interesting to say the least

Minimal chances for waves this weekend.  Winds going SW then W and dropping.  Interesting pattern of lows off the NE coast. Long range models hint at a glancing blow swell starting Wed . Still very iffy as the low moves fast and races off the NE. The angle would have alot of N component so heres to hoping. 

As far as spongers go, there are places where they rule the line up. Two places I can think of is Ericiera in Portugal  and Iquique Chile.  Both of them very Reefy .  Weird, I got vibed heavily for being on a stand up board.  Sorry Goddess but sponges belong in your sink.

I accidentally put this on an old thread last night (this is for Friday):

Looks like the wave gods might reward those who search tomorrow. Looking at the buoy data  tonight I see wave heights rising . Must be the SE winds although south swell might be around too since there are strong south winds tonight. Looks like if you hunt around you will find a rideable wave tomorrow. Or you can make excuses and talk about your hatred for spongers and Miami in general. Carry on mates.

make excuses for what bro?  Not wanting to wake up at 5 am to drive for an hour or two on 3.80 a gallon gas to go hopefully find a knee high wave...i think this weekend i will just bitch about things thanks..spongers suck, miami blows.

hopefully wed/th next week.

spongers suck until the hot ass chick in a thongs parks next to you - to be honest i have more problems with dumbass surfers than spongers...

33 yr old bodyboarder and not planning on quitting any time soon. Been bodyboarding at South for almost 20 years and I can count the number of problems I've had with surfers in one hand. It's about giving respect and earning it.....not demanding it.

The tension between bodyboarders and surfers exists everywhere, no matter where you go....it's similar to racism, only that in this case you're not judged by the color of your skin but by the equipment you ride. I will say that the tension now is much less than what it was in the late 80's or even the 90's.

Following up Pete's comment, there are many places world wide that favor bodyboarding, I for one enjoy South when its on, mostly because only a handful of the local guys will actually charge during the heavier conditions while the rest of the crowd just pretends they're out there surfing. These are the days I catch the most waves and the days that I'm least likely to be hassled for a wave.....my favorite days by far. I would post a really great picture of last years May swell at South but I can't on this site.....or at least I don't now how.

In closing, in the early 90's there was an article published on Surfer Magazine where Brock Little was asked who he thought were the top 10 surfers at that time.....he mentioned a bodyboarder at #9 (Mike Stewart). If a professional, well respected surfer with balls bigger than anyone's on this post or any beach in Florida for that matter can respect what some of us can do, so can the rest of you.

Fun knee to waist high longboardable surf this am at SoBe just a few peeps out really nice morning workout and escape but, I'd rather be in Central America this weekend the LOLA forcast looks good! Now I know where "Truth" is coming from, a Sponge Bob perspective. Keep charging with da boyz!

who live in a pine apple under the sea...

Mike Stewart  is definitely one of the all time best waveriders anywhere.  George Greenough ripped on his knee's . One of the pioneers of surfing in Chile (Discovered La hacienda by walking there two days-crazy) was a California Knee boarder. He blew minds when the surf got hairy/scary.

I might be sponging after my knee surgery this summer for awhile. I hope you give me some waves guys !

What kind of surgery are you having done? I just had Arthroscopic surgery today to fix two tears in my meniscus. So far so good but it has only been a few hours.

I've seen Truth charge on the biggest of days - balls-to-the-wall.  Guy's got my respect.  It's not what your riding, it's how well your riding it. 

Check this out:  LOL

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VJnxYsZNzwM

Fun day at Juno today. Did the usual paddle out at lunch time to find a clean knee to occ waist high wave breaking on the sand bars. A few folks out catching "Ok" rides. Not too shabby for expecting nothing special. The fish board was the call. Another fun day in Paradise!

Hey darth...

I'm getting my ACL fixed. It's been torn since last year and its finally starting to get to me. I've been surfing fine with it. Dr says 6 - 9 months recovery time though. I'll be able to walk right away but no rigorous activity.  Whats your recovery time?

Darth-

Beware of the meniscus surgery- there is a dark side!

looking to me like we may have a better than 50% chance of a NE swell mid next week and lasting for a few day's.

Two NE lows.

latest GFS shows a strong little low off, E newengland sliding E which may or may not be able to send some NNE/NE swell our way on Tuesdayish. lasting less than a day.

but possibly bigger than that is a LOW off the midatlantic tuesday-Thru Thursday that has a nice fetch pointed in Central and South Florida's direction. Likely require a bit of a drive into at least southern portions of palm beach starting Thursday IMO.

Rob/Gump,

Surpisingly my mensicus surgery really isn't that bad at all, I thought it would be painful, but no.

I did have my ACL replaced about 14 tears ago after tearing it in half from skateboarding. That was a hardcore surgery. I have two screws in my knee from that one. The recovery is long and tedious. My recovery time was about 6-9 months, but I feel that during the years after my ACL replacement, I have had the best surfing years of my life. My ACL in my surgically repaired knee is stronger than my other knee.

You will have to restretch your new ACL and I remember the physical therapy was brutal. Anyway good luck. You want to have that fixed because you don't want the bones in your knee to rub up against each outer, it will only complicate things.

Anyway Homey, the darkside clouds all...

hopefully I wont need the screws, but I'm sure it wont be easy. Cant be as painful as the injury itself, when it happened last year accompanied by two fractures. 

On another note, check out the new ESM, there's a feature about Lexi from Island Hoppers.  

Gump,

Did you injure yourself surfing or did you get into a car accident? Omg dude, your injury sounds painful. Good luck. Are you doing physical therapy now? Is your ACL torn completely in half? Two fractures also...oucherz

James

Is Lexi Lance-O's girlfriend/wife? Just wondering. Today is totally flat and hot. The run of small waves ran out. All eyes on later next week.

HAHA! No Lexi is not Lance's girl friend or wife. Just Co -hosts. BUT they get that all the time! 

James,  I injured my knee playing dodgeball.  I couldve lied and said I air dropped at Todos Santos last winter but... it was dodgeball. I collided with an opponent. It was a stupid Memorial Day BBQ.  Beer and Dodgeball dont mix!

Oh Dodgeball, I broke my arm in 7th grade playing dodgeball except I wasn't drunk. Anyway I like watching your videos, I remember the one you made for the Mayday swell last year, sub-tropical strom Ana swell, and you used a photo that I took for your video, I was stoked,
you used this pic
http://www.dadecosurf.com/index.php?q=gallery...

Definitely waves Wed afternoon, winds could be a factor, Shayne I want to go up the road to Ponce or the Pier cause of the SE winds turning S on Thurs., leaving Wed mid morning and staying till Friday. Let me know if you want to go.

Yeah James I remember ...that was for yousurftubes.com

That was a great shot! 

Rob, Meniscal surgeries aren't bad but that depends on 1) degree of lesion (graded I-III tears) and 2) site of lesion (posterior horn etc) and 3) Medial or lateral (lateral meniscu much worse but accounts for less than % 5 of all injuries.  I had a grade III lateral meniscal lesion in 95 performed while ducking a big Tube backside and my back foot slipped off the back. Wave went around my back foot pivot with my left foot ending up on top of my head.  Wasn't able to surf for 8 months. Usually thats rare and you can be surfing 4-6 weeks later.  Acl tears are different. They have to put a bone plug in your femur as a cadaver or your own tendon is grafted . Most ACL tears are accompanied with meniscal tears. Anyhow no surf for 6 months as you pivot in surfing and it can compromise the graft. I did the PT for Wyatt when he had his ACL done three years ago.  Usually it goes pretty smooth.  Call or email me if you need more info.

 This low setup is looking mo betta.  I like it

6 months without surf, thats going to kill me. You think body boarding would be ok after a few weeks? 

Also I think this ACL tear is the lowest level. 

Pete- it seems to me that whether the torn part of the meniscus is removed or repaired, many people that I have talked to have had more than one surgery. In other words, it becomes a recurrent problem. Seeing as how you are a PT, don't you think that rest followed by strengthening exercises if at all possible are a much better way to go?

A meniscus tear secondary to a torn ACL is another story all together.

round 1 possible NE/NNE angle 35 degrees tuesday noon/pm - wed . morn waist to occ chest high 14 sec lite to mod NNE/NE breeze

round 2 likely 70% NE angle 40-45-50 degrees thursday aft. - sat morn up to 1-2 foot overhead 12 sec Se winds turn to poss. offshore's

sounds good to me oscar i will have to see whats up with work

Cool, my bros in, were gonna get an efficiency up there!

Well gang you can all thank me for this round of swells. Last weeks paddle out and throwing of shells back to the sea did please the wave gods. See my post about Juno paddle out , above.  So we have more good surf all week! Enjoy and be kind to those around you.

I don't have too much confidence in that round 1 swell. My reservation is due to the smallish fetch and the models low confidence.  Round 2  looking good for 7-8 ft at 12-13 sec . Thursday may even serve up SW winds.  Even a third potential wave maker at the end of the week.  May not be a bad spring after all.

Not that it matters but I surfed Captiva ealier today. 1 ft mush but actually fun.

winds look too east for tuesd/wends.. maybe later

xaptiva!!!

th will be the day, if anything. perfect timing, my last exam is on tuesday! i will post re: carpooling later on this week.

Who's gonna make the drive north thurs? I was thinking about Juno Pier

That cam is out for a good reason. I believe they are UPDATING Java to Javafx. Straight steaming no more jerky images, BTW did I mention you'll be able to do it on most "smart phones" right from your car.No more calling people to check the computers at home.
Don't say I didn't tell you.

Come on bro, if your going to drive north don't waste your time joining the masses at Juno Pier. Go a few more miles and score less crowded surf. There will be surf in all the right places, why be come part of the cesspool of Juno?

What are some other good spots in that area? Perhaps not too far north, (I dread the long drive back home after surfing for 4 hours). 

Pete i agree , but i will give it a look tues none the less.

i hope this swell/wind direction stays the same for thrusday as surfline is calling it. LW/RR = best bet

Try Jupiter or Hobe Sound. Both places offer a few uncrowded beaches with great surf potential. Only a few minutes up the road.

HOT & FLAT... (a Haiku bitches)

        The doldrums cause most

        Severe pain; madness sets in.

                                 Sell dog.  Buy airfare!

(That's Japanese literature for that a$$.  If I don't surf soon, hari-kari will ensue.  Konichiwa, bitches!)

I might give the jupiter inlet a look, or perhaps kite beach. But really I just hope the swell makes it down here for once this spring.

Been hearing from a local in Juno that the sand bars at Kite are messed up thus, everyone is crowding the pier.

true that,  but might want to venture a bit beyond Kite beach.

Last time i went up, the pics are in the pictures page, kite was much better than the pier. The only part of the pier working sum what was the North side inside peak with 75 groms on it.... and kite still looked better.

GLos

where you gonna be on Wed? 

Prob going to start somewhere near Juno and just eye out a bunch of the different breaks in that area and see whats working best. Between Seminole rocks (hidden little spot),  The Police station break, pier, kite, corners, civic center, and the Jetty, their is always something working.... If your not going up to early rob give me a call and head up. I have to work so i won't be heading out until the afternoon but im staying till dark.

GLos