thinking back to last year

thinking back to last year jan.18th this swell showed up.  the water temp on the 12th was a bur 43. unless it gets really cold really fast we could hover in the 50's for a while. it is 52.2 @ johnny mercer's right now.  ten degrees is that a lot?

Day after swell

The hype was up for this weekend, the Falls first Nor'easter was forecast to bring Overhead waves for the Wrightsville Beach Area (Onslow Bay).  And in a single forecast period it all changed but there was still a solid ground swell of 5ft @ 16secs.  That translated to you better find somewhere off the island to surf or your will be fighting the crowds and generally not very happy.  The waves did show and I was off the island for sure.  I had a commitment in Georgia and missed the madness.  I only had hope that some of it would hang on 'til Monday.  I got to the beach and there was still some waist high swell rolling in with some occasional bigger sets but they were closing out fast as the tide started to rise and the crowd got bigger.

Unknown SUP'er getting a nice one.