| August
01 |
August
02 |
August
03 |
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OK,
it's August and that's great, but it's also flat and going stay that way
for a most of this week. Things will start coming together soon .... |
Flat
here. Waist plus off-shore glassy upcoast! |
Real
flippen flat. |
| August
04 |
August
05 |
August
06 |
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f
l a t |
c
on t i n u e d f l a t n e s s s s s s s s s |
Hot
beach day. Hit it now before the showers start rolling in. |
| August
07 |
August
08 |
August
09 |
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Muggy,
not so sunny Sunday. Flat. |
Flat
again. Weekly forecast looks like sh*t. This is just getting out of control
... |
Nice
morning for a run on the beach, but not much else. Hot and humid with some
large thunderheads off-shore. Congratulations Discovery! A beautifuly landing. |
| August
10 |
August
11 |
August
12 |
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| Overcast,
still and flat.
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Flat
now. Looking for some waves this weekend. |
Flatness
drags on in South Florida, meanwhile upcoast continues to have one of their
best summers in recent history. I'm hoping this will soon end (for us),
but it's hard to say. Your best bet is to hop in the car for an hour or
two drive for gauranteed waves. Hopefully next week .... |
| August
13 |
August
14 |
August
15 |
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Small
swell upcoast, which should increase over the weekend. Nothing but flatness
and heat here. |
Flat
here. |
Hot
and flat. |
| August
16 |
August
17 |
August
18 |
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Light
E breeze making it a little more bearable down on the sand, but not in
the ocean. Flat and looking to stay that way for a while longer. |
The
dog days of summer ... |
Hmmm
... lets just say not much has changed since yesterday at this time .... |
| August
19 |
August
20 |
August
21 |
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T.D.
10 died an untimely death last night. RIP. Nothing brewing. Nothing doing.
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Got
a little bit of everything going on out there ... sun, rain, clouds ...
more sun, but there's one thing gauranteed, you can leave your board at
home. Also, got a maybe something going on early next week with a tropical
wave nearing our coast. At least, I'm hoping it will kick up the wind. At
the end of next week, long range models show 3 possible hurricanes coming
of Africa, but that's still a little far out. Change is soon to come! |
I
think we've all just about reached our breaking point by now. It's flat.
It's been flat and most likely going to stay that way for the forseeable
future. This is my fifth year at sc.com and looking back in August's history
for rideable days is an adventure in itself. Face it, August just sucks, but
on the positive side, it's also just about over. Just try to stay sane and
in shape for August, August and surf season is just around the corner.
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| August
22 |
August
23 |
August
24 |
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| Flat.
Last night I ventured back into the slippery catacombs of SFS
(now updated) to confirm my theory that August is traditionally the flatest
month of the year. Although hurricane
season begins to ramp up in August,
most assume
June or July are the flatest months, but for the most part, unless
there's something tropical brewing,
the wind is completely snuffed in August. There is no holding back the month
that follows! September tears loose - it fires! September through November
are the most surfed months of the year, with almost every other day being
rideable .... several days (weeks) of hurricane swell, the beginnings of
winters lows and a very heavy dose of power chop. So, Days of Surf Past
is hereby shifting forward to September, focusing on what will soon be ours
.... SURF!!!!!!
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Flat. |
Summer
flatness hereby ends today. Nothing going now but that is soon to change
...
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| August
25 |
August
26 |
August
27 |
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Best
session of the year. Drove up the road a bit to a very popular break,
which happened to be not so popular this morning. Until 7am it was breaking
only about waist high, then someone hit the switch. Consistent chest high
to head + sets every 10 minutes or so. Only a handful of guys out. Great
waves until storms came in around 9ish and shredded it. Headed back home
where its solid waist to plus now and very very fun. Really no wind and
surf keeps picking up. Bridges due to close at noon, so if you're going
to hit it, get on it now. OH, my pics suck. Sorry ...
5PM
Update: INASANE!!!!!! Eye wall hitting now. Never, ever have I ever seen
anything like this and it's just a CAT 1!. Triple head high waves. Can't
believe we still have power.
Pics
of this afternoon local, before it broke loose.
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Power
finally back up! This afternoon's waves were on the beat side, particularly
when comparing them to yesterday. SSE wind still on it and there will be
surf in da AM. Pics of Saturday afternoon.
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SE
wind is blowing right along at 15 to 20+. SE power slam chop sandwich
is the today's chef's special. Solid waist high to chest + on the sets.
Don't even think of whining. Remember, it was flat for over two months.
Go surf!
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| August
28 |
August
29 |
August
30 |
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SE
continues to blow at 10 to15 mph producing marginally rideable thigh high
surf. This should continue through the day and probably into tomorrow
as well. Although the gulf coast is getting some sizeable, soon to be
massive surf, surf is not the focus. Cat 4 or 5 will absolutely devastate
one of my favorite cities (hence SC). 19 feet below sea level, and a culture
that just doesn't move fast. Please let this not happen ....
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Unrideable
this morning and will probably remain that way until the next storm marches
our way. Looks as if the Big Easy may have been spared a ground zero hit.
It's still not going to be pretty and Mississsippi will get wrecked. We
got beat on pretty bad in Broward (heard some rebel had
3 boards blown out of the back of his truck
driving A1A when she came ashore) and it was
barely even a Cat I. Can't even fathom what these people are and will be
going through. |
Light
N breeze and no surf. Nice morning for a run, but that's about it. |
| August
31 |
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| So
flat it may even go concave. |
