Getting to the very beginning of a wave allows you to surf the wave to it’s maximum potential and furthest length. A duck dive is one of the most useful surfing tools you can learn, so that you can maximize a wave. The duck dive is used to Continue reading Duck Dive
Category Archives: Surfing
Southy in West Florida
A small summer low crossed the state last week. You could almost call it a tropical system.
It never really reached tropical wave strength, but did send small ground swell to West Central Florida once it reached the balmy gulf waters.
East Coast – Hurricane Cristobal
Pumping surfed graced the shores of East Florida all last week. The quality of waves produced by this storm exceeded the quality of the waves by the previous two category 1 storms of this hurricane season. Why were the waves from Cristobal so fun? To assess this question we are going to look at the pressure of the air in the center of Hurricane Cristobal, then compare the air pressure in the center of Hurricane Arthur and Hurricane Bertha. While many additional variables are important to determining the quality of waves produced by hurricanes, looking at the pressure of these storms will provide us with information about these storms strength and it will help us determine how accurate we can be Continue reading East Coast – Hurricane Cristobal
March Mentalness
Two storms this March served up some spectacular waves for the Gulf of Mexico. The second swell Continue reading March Mentalness
Eight Eighty
This is the most well exposed spot in Clearwater. This spot breaks best on south swells in the summer and west swells in the winter. It surfs well on small summer swells when the tides are at mid to lower ranges. Continue reading Eight Eighty
Bombs for Groms – Mini Swell in the Gulf
There is nothing quite like putting on a swimsuit to go for a surf. For lovers of surfing and those who wish to share what they love with the people they care about, this is the time to do it. The infusion of Continue reading Bombs for Groms – Mini Swell in the Gulf
Tropical Storm/Hurricane Bertha
This storm took shape as tropical storm Bertha in the carribean near Barbados. It needed to cross harsh atmospheric environment and land masses before it was able to strengthen into a hurricane. After emerging into open water of the western atlantic it began to strengthen and just as it emerged into the wave window for most of east Florida it’s winds were sustained at 75 mph, the minimum to be categorized as a hurricane. At 3am on Monday tropical storm Bertha’s winds were sustained at 65 miles per hour. By nine in the morning the winds were sustained at 70 miles per hour; not quite hurricane winds. At 3pm the reconissance team returned with evidence of sustained winds at 80mph, and so on August 4 at 3pm the storm was considered a Hurricane. Continue reading Tropical Storm/Hurricane Bertha