3pm: The surf looks slightly better today. It’s an outgoing tide. The lineup isn’t too crowded. The winds are onshore and gusty despite what the Pier 60 weather station says. The surf will keep going through the evening. Is this a tropical storm or what?
1:30pm: A storm just rolled in. The storm band was a short quick shot of rain. The high tide seems like a storm surge high tide. I don’t actually think it is. The water is washing into the parking lot again. The surf is rideable, and looks fun at times. No one is out, and there’s still a light drizzle. The size of the surf will drop again for the super low tide. Now or later, who knows. I’m debating now or later. It doesn’t look much bigger than yesterday, still coming in with long waits between set waves.
The imported sand they trucked to the beach or moved from some other place after the dredge seems to be almost gone:
It looks really fun, surprisingly fun. The surf actually looks solid. I’d call it knee to thigh right now with the size to get to waist to chest when the tide drops out. Luckily the tide is dropping now until 7pm. The water level is high so the dropping tide should give it better shape. All afternoon and evening is going to be the time to surf. The low tide is 7pm.
2:30pm: Moon is trash right now. I can’t deal with northwest swells at Honeymoon. It’s just so mushy. I’m headed to the key 🔑. Oh wait, Tommy just rolled up. We’re surfing here I think.
7pm: The swell has glassed off. Surprisingly the size of the surf has actually dropped. The tide has falled super low. The super low tides aren’t great for anywhere around here. It’s still windy but it’s directly onshore so the waves are glassy. A ton of people have shown up. The lineup got pretty full today. It’s been a fun day.
Overhead surf shop is doing it again. They are hosting their End of Summer skimboarding contest. This fun filled competitive event will bring together the gulf coast’s best up and coming competitive skimboarders at the 130th public beach access on Maderia Beach. The divisions will include beginning, intermediate, and advanced. The contest starts at 8:30 in the morning. There will be a ceremony after the contest with food, music, and a live trophy painting. Don’t miss out on what’s sure to be an exciting event.
A tropical disturbance with zero percent chance of becoming a organized system is expected to move toward the eastern part of Florida and ride up along the coast. Locally, we’re only expecting a slight increase in rain chances as this big ball of moisture gets closer. I suppose it’s possible that it takes a track through the gulf. Far more likely the course will take its currently forecast track. The chances for surf on the gulf side are slim to none, although we should see a good swell begin to fill in on the east coast as early as Friday with light onshore winds. The strong winds look to stay centered over the right side of the low while it stays just offshore. It looks like Friday, Saturday, and Sunday should be storm surf over there with the surf fading beyond Sunday as the storm drifts away. Saturday looks like the day to go. If anyone wants to make a trip we could have a big carpool. I did that once with the USF surf club which was pretty fun. Maybe we can coordinate something if enough people are interested.
