Is it too early to start talking about Fall? It’s not quite Fall, but this cold front doesn’t know that. We’re currently in a pattern of high pressure and light onshore winds with low rain chances. A frontal boundary approaches our area on Sunday. As the front approaches, the pressure gradient will tighten. The tightening pressure gradient will increase the southwest winds. This will increase the humidity and the rain chances. Surf’s up by Sunday afternoon, peaking overnight. Monday the surf continues. The fetch will extend from all the way over by Texas, so the swells should be well formed. The forecast is for 2-4 foot seas at its peak. It’ll be a nice waist high or better swell. The change in the pattern should bring down the temps four or five degrees. Nothing epic, but it could get shortboardable.
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Honeymoon Island Gallery: 1:30pm, Thurs, May 25th
We’ve had some astoundingly fun cleanup days this spring. Continue reading Honeymoon Island Gallery: 1:30pm, Thurs, May 25th
Longboarding the Key on April 24th
We really caught it good last week. On the sets the surf was pumping. The surf just got better and better as the afternoon progressed. The conditions were epic. Warm water makes for some of the most enjoyable days of surfing. I can’t leave out the fact that the crowd was non-existent. Despite having surfed with this guy for years at the key, for the life of me, I can’t think of his name. We were catching some epic warm water surf. It was another fun day of surfing on the gulf coast.