All posts by: ‘Gary’
Corolla Surf Report 5/20/13
High Tide 4:06 PM/ Low Tide 9:42 AM Another decent day of surf! I’m giving it waist to chest on the faces with a light off-shore wind. Water temps are still on the chilly side at 55 degrees Fahrenheit but it should be a sunny …
Corolla Surf Report
High Tide 3:12 PM/ Low Tide 8:48 AM I’m going surfing! What little wind we have is blowing at about 7 to 9 mph. Surface conditions are semi-glassy and wave height is almost chest high. I took these pictures of the Corolla Ocean Rescue Lifeguards …
Corolla Surf Report 5/18/2013
High Tide 2:18 PM/ Low Tide 7:54 AM Sorry about being late getting the report in but I was Corolla Ocean Rescue at the 5K Scute Race! At this posting, Corolla has choppy windblown sections and early AM thunderstorms. Wave height is waist high with …
Corolla Surf Report 5/17/2013
High Tide 1:24PM/ Low Tide 7:06 AM Another great spring day! We have an incoming tide at this posting. The open sections are knee cap high as you can tell by the pictures. The wind has switched since yesterday and is now coming out of …
Corolla Surf Report 5/16/2013
High Tide 12:36 PM /Low Tide 6:24 AM Great day on the beach. At this posting, wind speed is down. This is allowing small knee cap to thigh high waves to have open sections. At this posting, conditions are longboard able. The SW wind pushed …
Corolla Surf Shop 5/15/2013
High Tide 11:52 AM/ Low Tide 5:42 PM At this morning’s posting, Corolla has a strong wind out of the South which is keeping wave height down to around knee cap high. You can go long boarding but the sections are not going to have …
Corolla Surf Report 5/14/2013
High Tide 11:06 AM/Low Tide 4:54 PM The on-shore wind is still pushing the sections over but it also moved gulf stream waters closure to shore. The Research Pier is reporting 61 degrees Fahrenheit. We are doing surf lessons today, so I’ll let you know …
Corolla Surf Report 5/13/2013
High Tide 10:18 AM / Low tide 4:12 PM The “X” factor today is the the on-shore wind. At this posting, Corolla has thigh knee cap high sections and choppy surface conditions. The swell is being generated by the wind which is blowing at 15 …
Corolla Surf Report 5/12/13
High Tide 9:42 AM / Low Tide 3:36 PM Despite the drop in air temp and an on-shore wind, Corolla has slightly improved over yesterday. We have an outgoing tide at this posting and wave heigh is knee-cap to thigh high. The sun just came …
Corolla Surf Report 5/11/13
High Tide 9:06 AM / LOw Tide 3:54 PM The 4th day in a row of spring weather that really feels like summer Wave size has dropped to -knee cap due to a steady side-to-off shore wind. You might be able to catch …
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