Autumn up North = Spring Down South

[Ianab]

Change of seasons, means the beach is a nice place again here  ;D

About a mile up the beach from the carpark, the only footprints are ours 





Once the water warm up a little we will have to go back and collect a few mussles of the rocks  ;D

Cheers

Ian

[moosehunter]

 Thats my kind of beach. Very nice without many people
mh

[RSteiner]

What's the surf like there?  I couldn't see the waves very well.  With crowds like that you wouldn't have to worry about "dropping in" on someone elses wave.  8)

Just how cold or warm does the water get? 

Our ocean water got to about 60 F this summer and now is running around 52 F.  But we have had some good surf from the hurricanes that have come by New England in the last 6 weeks.

I have always heard it was beautiful where you liveand the pictures prove it.

Randy

[Ianab]

Surf can be pretty awesome there if the wind is right, was about 6ft waves there that day, but onshore winds and a bit messy. Get the same swell with the wind offshore and it can be VERY good  Can get a bit crowded in the good spots sometimes, but other days there may just be a couple of guys out.
You can surf all year round, but you want a good wetsuit for 9 months of the year. Summer is OK in skins or a springsuit. 50F would be about the minimum and up to a nice 65F in the summer.

Cheers

Ian

[RSteiner]

I like 6 footers.  8) 8)

I have a 4mm/3mm wet suit, hood, booties and gloves for spring surfing here and a 3mm for the summer.  In April the water was 43 F, one can take that for only a couple of hours at a stretch is the waves are good.

Lets see, your summer period is our winter.  Sounds like a good road trip. 

Randy

[Paschale]

I like 6 footers.  8) 8)

I have a 4mm/3mm wet suit, hood, booties and gloves for spring surfing here and a 3mm for the summer.  In April the water was 43 F, one can take that for only a couple of hours at a stretch is the waves are good.

Lets see, your summer period is our winter.  Sounds like a good road trip. 

Randy

Where do you live, Randy?  I was in Santa Cruz this summer and really enjoyed watching the surfers. 

[Tom]

It's a much different beach than we have here in Florida on the Atlantic side or the Gulf of Mexico side either one.   Rocks and Heights aren't to be found on our coasts.  I am enthralled with the water fall.  That's beautiful and I would imagine that it provides many opportunities for Photographs.

[RSteiner]

Paschale

I live about 115 miles from the 17 or so miles of ocean coast line that the state of New Hampshire has.  It is a combination of sand beach and rock ledge with some rocky spots in between.  It's about a 2 1/2 hour drive.

My son got me started on it about 10 years ago.   I have to admit I'm not a stand up surfer, boggie boarding is what I like best.  You can carve up a wave as much on a boggie board almost as much as a short boarder can.  You cann do 360 degree spins on a boggie board that is difficult on a short board.

The long boards are far easier to catch a wave with but with a pair of fins and getting in the right take-off spot the bogie board does okay.  On a boggie board you can ride in the tube of smaller waves, which is a real treat.  Besides when you wipe out you do not fall as far.  Some times the water is only inches over rocks after the wave passes in one of my favorite spots on the boggie board you glide right over them.

The surf is best in New Hampshire during hurricane season in the fall and in the spring for some reason.  I hear that Lake Michigan has waves big enough to surf they are just closer together than the ocean.  Try it some time if you like the water I think you'll like it.

Randy

[Tom]

Some times the water is only inches over rocks after the wave passes

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That sounds like hill-climbing in go a Kart.  You're only inches above the rocks there too.  I know it must be fun.  But, there is something inherently wrong with the desire to place ones derriere within inches of a bunch of sharp rocks at 30 miles per hour and believing that a thin layer of cloth is going to keep you from getting "skint".  It falls in the category of jumping out of a perfectly good airplane or holding your hand in a band-saw's sawdust chute.    I think I'd make a better Spectator. :D

[sawguy21]

But the adrenaline rush is so invigorating :D

[Ianab]

Just for you Randy  ;D



Thats bodyboarding at Stent Road reef, about 1/2 an hour up the coast from the first beach. It's all volcanic boulders, but when it's that big you have plenty of water under the keel. Thats not me there, but I have bboarded there a few times on big days, now thats a rush  8)

The trick to taking off on the bboard is to leave it a bit later or deeper into the wave, you can practically freefall down the face and still make your bottom turn, you cant do that on a standup board either.

Cheers

Ian

[Paschale]

WOW!  That looks like tons of fun, and at the same time, absolutely terrifying!

[RSteiner]

Ian

That's a bigger wave than I have been on so far!!!

I have been on some 10 footers and the amount of water and the power of the water is awesome.  At one point I thought an adrenaline rush was a brown substance on those big waves.  I do think your heart stops beating for a few seconds when you drop down to the bottom of a big wave. Some times getting back outside is a head pounding experience.

The speed at which you move on the bigger waves is much faster than it looks to the bystander.  The thrill of a good ride is narcotic.

My favorite place is a cove with two nice points, one called Rye on the Rocks to the left and the right is called Fox Hill.  The cove in the middle allows you to paddle outside in pretty calm water then you can wait for the wave you want. 

Randy