May16
Hey this is Jason @ Rodanthe Surf Shop with your Rodanthe surf report for Wednesday. Chest-head high w/bigger sets, Semi-glassy w/slight bump, s. current, good form, some hollow ones. Wind: SSW 10+mph, Wind 4cast SW 10-15mph. HT: 6am, LT: 12:45pm. H20 TEMP 71.
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May15
Tides: Low 11:00am / High 5:25pm / Low 11:40pm
This is Kevin at Hatteras Island Boardsports with your Avon surf report for Wednesday morning. Surf is in the chest high range and semi-clean. The waves tend to be closing out, but a few will come through clean. SSW wind is blowing at 8 mph forecast to increase to 15 mph and turn more southerly. Be sure to come into the shop and check out the new Simon Anderson surfboards! Already starting to sell they won’t be here long!
Jan26
This winter on the Outer Banks has been unseasonably warm. For people that enjoy the great outdoors, it’s been awesome. For fishermen, not so much as they are waiting for a good cold snap to help bring down the striped bass that have been hanging out in the Chesapeake Bay for the last few weeks. With this great weather, we have had some of the best sunrises/sunsets that I’ve ever experienced in January. Thank you Tammie from Ocean Watch OBX for capturing another great sunrise at Avalon Pier!
Jan17
Jason Brickhouse, Director of the Corolla Surf School, showing us how to have fun in Corolla’s Fall Surf. Filmed in Corolla, North Caorlina. October 2011.
Jan12
“Preserve Future Access to S-Turns,” is an effort from the Surfrider Foundation Outer Banks Chapter to ensure that surfers are able to continue enjoying what Surfer Magazine has claimed “one of the 100 best waves in the world”. S-Turns is located just North of Rodanthe on Hatteras Island. The S-Curves/S-Turns area has a deepwater trench offshore that causes the waves to have a bit more energy in comparison to neighboring beach breaks and is one of the most powerful waves on the East Coast. For many surfers, this is the main, if not only reason they decide to travel as far South as Rodanthe to score great surf. Now with the recent damage done from Hurricane Irene, there is the potential to have a permanent bridge built that might restrict all access to this coveted surf spot. To ensure that the Department of Transportation takes into consideration the opinions of surfers and beach goers alike, please take a brief moment to make yourself heard on this online petition: Click HERE: “Preserve Future Access to S-Turns”. Please consider signing soon as the deadline is January 20.
For more in-depth information, please visit www.outerbanksvoice.com
To see the petition, click to www.thepetitionsite.com.
To see all four original options for the breaches, click to nc12repairs.blogspot.com.
For more information or to share your opinion with NCDOT, click to www.ncdot.gov/travel/nc12recovery.
Photo: Matt Lusk (Photographer), Sterling Spencer (Surfer)
Oct2
I spent more time in the water than I did taking pictures so I only have a few to post. Conditions were improving all day and the wind for the most part remained offshore. Swell was stacked on the horizon with solid swell filling in from the formerly Cat 4 Ophelia hurricane that tracked Northeast of Bermuda recently. Needless to say, this unusual swell (6+ feet at 16+ seconds) made for some nicely formed sets that graced our beaches. There should be some swell leftovers and offshore winds for manana so stay tuned!
Sep19
Ever wonder what it looks like when dolphin are swimming in the surf from above? Well, it looks like they are there for the same reasons we are… to have fun in the waves. Filmed at Tallow’s Beach in Byron Bay, Australia, this was shot from a Quadrocopter produced and sold from Extreme Arials for the low low price of $4,800 AU.
Sep19
The OBX Pro is a $30,000 Profesional Surfing Event held in the Outer Banks every year. Part of the Western Atlantic Surf Series. The first Outer Banks Pro took place at Kitty Hawk Pier in the early 2000′s. Since the beginning, Wave Riding Vehicles has stood for surfing and spreading it’s Aloha throughout the world. They continue to support professional surfing in all of its forms. With the new construction of Jennette’s Pier, backed by the North Carolina Aquarium, WRV has the unique opportunity to run one of the most core surf contests in the region. Last year saw the largest purse ever brought to the East Coast. The Wave Riding Vehicles Outer Banks Pro Presented by Hurley with a total purse of $30,500 in prize money looks to be another hit this year! Special thanks to all the amazing sponsors; Hurley, Dragon Optics, Kona Brewing Company, Silmar, Arialite, Surfer, Eastern Surf Magazine, 99.1 The Sound and Charter Media.
Click Here for Outer Banks Pro Registration
Aug25
Well today started out rather flat but didn’t take long to start feeling the motions of a storm headed our way. By noon swell lines started to show up in town and so did the North bound visitors. Ocracoke had a mandatory visitor evacuation yesterday morning and now visitors on the entire Outer Banks are supposed to evacuate Thursday morning by 8am. That leaves the rest of us with the big decision of whether to stay or go. Swell is definitely on the rise. As I’m writing this (Wednesday at 11:55pm), the buoy models are looking pretty good. Duck Pier: 3.3 feet at 11 seconds. Virginia Beach buoy: 4.3 feet at 5.9 seconds…. and unfortunately buoy station 41025 (Diamond Shoals) is currently unavailable. What does that mean for tomorrow? Surf. The big question is what will the wind do? Hourly wind predictions are saying a SSW direction around 10mph in the am, shifting more out of the South by the afternoon and strengthening. The best chance for clean waves will probably be tomorrow morning and “maybe” Friday morning but a lot will change as this storm gets closer. As for the bigger picture, Hurricane Irene is forecasted to be a Category 2 hurricane with 105mph winds and “hopefully” keep the eye of the storm off into the Atlantic. Most models have been showing an easterly shifting trend in the last 48 hours – which is exactly what we’re hoping for. We will continue to monitor this system closely and document as much as we can during this event so stay tuned. Thanks for checking in with OBXsurfinfo.com
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