First things first: the Surfline forecast was way off today!
I kept watching it all week, following the Nor’Easter rumbling out in the Atlantic. Up until Thursday it showed decent conditions for Saturday. Then on Friday it switched, favoring Friday as the best day. Peeking through the cam on Friday I thought OK, definitely on the larger side for that break, but still choppy and weird. And it was raining, windy, cold, already getting dark, and I just wasn’t feeling it. So come Saturday, I wake up early without any intention to go, but then I look through the cam and see people in the water around sunrise. Surfline conditions still not great. I open the other app, Surf Forecast, and this one shows a recommendation for the morning.
So I pack up and go. Still good on time to low tide, as if my inner clock had known and woke me up in time.
Again, super glad I went! Thigh-high clean bumps, good setup with some light offshore winds. Caught the first 3 waves I paddled into and rode them basically all the way to the beach. Super fun! In full control, going left, straight to get some speed, right, wherever the wave wasn’t closing. Real good!
But temps were definitely chilly: 2°C, light breeze, I won’t go lower than that. Peeling out of a 4/3 wetsuit in the cold is no fun. My toes and heel were getting notably numb after an hour in the water, so I got back to shore. Glad I pulled the trigger on these new North Face Thermoball Booties, absolute frozen toe saver!
