Saturday Report Below…
How many swells did WFL get this summer?
Map pre Greeks- Cristobal, Isaias, Hanna, Gamma, Delta, Eta, Sally, Laura, Marco, Beta and Nana… Nana, Hannah, Gamma and Isaias were small but they count. Help me out bc the storms I didn’t get to surf do not stick in my head like they used to. I do remember Teddy, Paulette, Epsilon and Theta though…
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Saturday WFL Update 6am: A great week for WFL surf has faded back to calm. Looking ahead the Monday front looks really weak and backdoor. Maybe a 1ft N line late Monday and down south Tuesday but gusty NE winds are forecast from late Monday on for the rest of next week. New on the maps today is a cold front for the following week 10 days out right before the holiday. We will keep an eye on it. To the guys I surfed 05′ season with- which season was better? 05 or 20? I think 20′ for shear quantity of storms but that’s from 1100 miles away… Site Note: I’m taking a couple days off, going to SJU with the wifey, much needed moment of space- back on Tuesday, late.
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You are all very welcome for the swell. I always say if I get hurt or really sick the swell will get good 😢. After a pretty bad crash on my mountain bike, a few weeks ago, I am just about healed enough to surf. Lucky me it is right after some of the best waves the Gulf has had in quite a while. But it looks like things are still going to be quite active around here. So many pics from this past swell and it looked so fun all most spots on the coast.
Very interesting where Mitch made landfall and sent waves to WFL. It always reminds me that the maps we see are not actual representation of the curvature of the earth (sorry flat-earthers). I hope Eta can bring the goods and not too much destruction in CA or wherever it heads afterwards.
the first groups of ducks are in the bay now so that means no more significant tropics stuff. they know better than us.
first legit cold front since april/may. finally. was fun.
I was able to catch a window of the occasional waist high bump around 2-4pm. A hard angled shorepound running down the sandbar made for some short mini barrels followed by some coqiuna burn on the lb. Pretty fun and a lil chilly all by myself but so worth it🤙
HD, the siting rafts of bluebills and other diving ducks in the bay is a sure sign of winter’s imminent arrival, but our 1st true sold front was way back on 9/30 with fun one day similar but a lil’ bit bigger than yesterday. Then we had a record breaking hot October but some really good trop. swells. Been a good year for gulf surfing overall.
yea i know, dw. my point is more catered to what you mentioned tho—that front was followed by record highs for nearly an entire month. so long term, it didnt really have much merit—maybe it held down some tropical activity for a week. this one was the first serious dip in temperature. we are lucky here in that the high pressure typically keeps the storms away from us long enough for them to track elsewhere/get picked up by a cold front.
Been a great year for the Gulf of Mexico!
HD, you’re spot on. Tuesday morning’s 56 here in Seminole was the coldest since probably since March or April. I guess ten months of hot weather and two cool months is the new norm…not good 🙁
Dang I just looked at a model forecast and I had an 80’s flashback of Hurricane Elena (1985?).
I’m sure the forecast will change a little but trippy man!
Can I just ask for a cute little storm in the gulf about a third the way out flounder around out there over the weekend then simply disappear on Monday while I get back to work and no one has to call their home owners insurance company. Is that too much to ask?
What a great name for a storm that we can’t figure out the E.T.A.
It’s looking like a really good setup now for Tuesday Wednesday.
Ready for another week of surfing all day, working whenever I can. Wish my new Mayo was ready
Are you people ready for another ridiculous round of south swell!?!? Can the sandbars take it again? Will they close the bridges? Is the grouper bite moving inshore? Most importantly, if I put my trash out tonight, will my receptacles still be on my property tomorrow??? 🤙👉🤛🌀
Have we seen a weakening storm moving SW away from Florida, but into the Channel swell window before? HYPE or barrel fest? One things for sure – Fort Desoto will be good no matter what.
There were a few small waves yesterday but pretty weak. I think Eta is sending some waves now that it is heading our direction and once Cuba is out of the way, its game on for Wed & Thur. Hopefully Eta doesn’t get too close to WFL and blow it out.
praise jebus for my gubment job that allows me to surf tomorrow. and thanks to the veterans out there.
Still no sign of sw swell on the buoys….
well its movin close to us now so here come the hard easterlies crazy drift and storm surge. leave it to the last storm of the 2020 season.
Eta coming in too close for comfort now. Micah is right get it early gonna get sloppy fast. It’s already raining in Sarasota and the radar doesn’t show it letting up anytime soon. Last call for securing your yard/property! Will the juice show up before Eta blows it out?
I smell skunk
went from barely rideable at dawn to pumping an hour or two later. then the squalls came. got mines—and a fin to the jaw during a closeout barrel.
The shoal was doing it’s thing from 645-9am. Chest-Head high long lines with juice, especially towards the end of my session but it started getting so squally with the offshores it was hard to paddle into the waves and make it down the face. Fun waves regardless. I have another chance to get out there later today conditions permitting. I hope you got some 🤙
Just surf vnj, overhead sets and macking. Strong swell plenty of waves. Tubes to be had
FUGG, If you dare to paddle out there now, then you are the man! Those Easterlies up the face drop in are on a whole other level on the shifty shoal. Right place at the right time and the rewards are great.
I’ve got something planned during the height of the storm up here in N. Pine. Going to head out and execute my plan now. Happy hunting.
Novices, stay the heck out of the water during conditions like this. You could severely hurt someone.
Positive note: It’s chunky out there!
I’d say we haven’t seen surf this good in the gulf since 2005. South of the skyway was all time today. Every 15 years is a bit of a wait between sets though…
I got loose from work and hit N Pine from 11-2…it was excellent. I have not seen the inside of the green room for quite a while and had 2 very good barrels. The rest of the time was good workable lefts. This has suddenly become one of the better Gulf years I have experienced.
awesome stay safe, eta is supposed to weaken soon…
who’s the goofy ft that got the big barrel? who sliced their leg?
waves looked so solid
The AMI boys the fort desota boys the Ven j boys all got some! Everyone should be PUMPED! I was watching it all go down from DUUVAL at work lol.
I wasn’t able to surf yesterday, but I saw all the pics and I gotta say that it’s the biggest Gulf that I have ever seen. Whoever the guy is that was getting those left barrels deserves props (sick) … and best water shots that I think I have ever seen too. I wish I was able to surf yesterday, but i’m stoked for everyone who scored. It’s been a really great ‘Cane season. In a way, it rivals our epic 2005 season (Gulf side anyway).
Sometimes you take chances and it doesn’t pay off but yesterday evening paid off for me.
I took the kayak to Dunedin and took off from edgewater Park and made my way across to caladesi. I fought the current getting across, tucked the kayak in the mangroves, walked across to my destination which is the bend in the coast that wraps around from north clearwater hoping to score offshore winds as the brunt of the swell filled in. I wasn’t expecting what I found which were square walls reeling down the beach with no rain.
I surfed from 230 till complete darkness because it was just that good. By the time I got back to my kayak and pushed off the rain quickly got nuts and I had a wild paddle back in.
For me personally, this was in my top 3 surfs in Pinellas. Its super neat being up there with nobody around. It was worth every bit of energy getting out there and back
Not complaining at all here…just a comparison. Wed=filet mignon and then Thurs was maybe a plant based burger. I mean, yes you can eat it but after the filet it is just not appealing. I really thought we would get another good day with the kind of energy that pushed in Wed. Probably looking at cold fronts from here on out but tropical has been fun.
few inches of water in my house spoiled a would be second day off in a row dawn session. cuda been worse. /2020…
Throughout the decades our buildings construction has weathered storms much better than in years passed. In Central America they don’t have the defenses that we have. Drainage is a huge issue there. Its hard to imagine another major hurricane hitting the area again as they aren’t even drained out from ETA. Humanitarian nightmare in the making.
youll be surprised when a more powerful storm hits here ^ we’ll all be screwed unless you live on a hill (wind damage tho) or way the heck inland.
Does anyone know of any reputable charities that would actually help areas like Honduras w/o the govt or charities themselves taking most of the donations? I have tons of children’s clothes about to hit the curb of local goodwill.
sadly Iota looks like a knock out punch for the poor in Honduras. I donated to a religious organization which is active helping people in Honduras. Maybe after this next disaster they will get more of the attention they need and there will be opportunities to help in a charitable way but I know what your saying Skrims- you send it to the wrong people it will never make it where it needs to go. Yesterday Levi was saying Iota could go N of Honduras which would be amazing but unlikely
2020 takes the cake for number of great swells compared to 05. But damn, Wilma was sooo good. Blue skies and long barrels with that one!
2020 versus 2005 … it’s actually a solid debate, which one was better. They both were really good in their own ways. I can tell you that the frequency of Gulf swell in 2005 was better. There didn’t seem to be a week that went by where we weren’t getting quality surf. The entire stretch Gulfside was pretty much epic. For me, Katrina was better than Wilma … and by the time Wilma rolled around I was so rashed up and surfed out that I could hardly believe that we had the stretch of waves that we did.
2020 … lots of storms all over the place, but longer duration between them Gulfside … with the exception of this last one, the others weren’t as juicy and powerful as 2005. But talk about dayyyyysssss of waves when it happened.
They both are going down in the record books for sure.
Any ideas why some Hawaiian surfers can be so self destructive? So sad about schmoo… AI Sunny and now Schmoo
If anyone out there is so sad and depressed that you have those thoughts man…reach out to someone… So sad
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I’d say 2005 sent longer rounds of good surf. It was non-stop. But Wednesday morning may have been the best I’ve ever seen Gulfside. Atleast in AMI.
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Not going to get in a religious debate but the hope you speak of is connected to our thought line on this website- surfing forever right here on this planet
We all need something more than sex drugs and rock and roll. The guys live in paradise and still its not enough drugs and bad times happen and happiness is unattainable those happy circuits are fried by life and drugs the only option is out…. Sucks
Believe what you must, but I speak biblical truth not my opinion. Christ fills the void that nothing else can. I know because I’ve been that hopeless before, but was saved by God’s grace. Peace out my friend.