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Frame Grabs from a Swell at the End of March on the Gulf Coast.

Hollow Sand Key Park in the Winter

Sand Key Park in West Florida gets really fun in the winter-time, and early mornings can be a blast after a big windy cold front.  Often, after the winds blow from the northwest for a while, it changes direction, and begins to blow from the northeast.  When it blows from the northeast the wind blows right into the curl of the waves.  The northeast wind helps the curl maintain its shape while it breaks, it helps it stay hollow.  These are the days at Sand Key when your most likely to find a make-able barrel, it’s a good time to get tubed.

Raymond Hess about to get barrelled at Sand Key Park

Warm Front in Texas, Cold Front in West Florida: Published:03/26/17

Texas is in for the best surf of the region in the coming week.  Mid-day on Wednesday the swell begins to rise to the 9-12 foot mark, biggest by evening, this of course accompanied by 25 knot winds.  First thing Thursday morning the swell will be dropping.  After noon the wave heights remain about the same, and by evening the winds will go offshore.

There is a pre-front front coming to the southeast in a couple days opening the door for the second front, another west Florida wave-maker.  The first will stall just north of West FloridaContinue reading Warm Front in Texas, Cold Front in West Florida: Published:03/26/17