Posts Tagged ‘outer banks’

Ida follow up

As the wind and waves subside from the remnants of Ida, a quick follow up on what’s happening.  All in all I think everyone around here has seen worse damage from other storms. It was more similar to a Nor’easter without the winds, and it definitely wasn’t tropical in nature either. As of today on [...]

Following Ida, or is it following me?

I know it has been a while since I posted but I just got busy and shortly I will backtrack and post some thing from the past couple of months but this is about right now.  On the 1st of November, my friend Jeff Oden and I went to visit a friend who just finished [...]

Crystal Clear Outerbanks

Yeah, I know this is supposed to be about surfing but there hasn’t been much this month and the water has been crystal clear. This is a very rare occurrence on the Outer Banks and I wanted to share these pics with everyone.
After the last post, the water has stayed clear for almost 2 weeks. [...]

May : Surf From Above and Below

May which is usually a good month for surf let us down this year. If you were into windsurfing or kiteboarding it was the month to be here. Warming temps and sideshore winds. The first 9 days of the month the wind blew SW at least 15-25 if not more. There was some rideable days [...]

April Surf Report

photos taken by Robbie Johnson. To see more pics of the same day check out http://www.surfcarolinamagazine.com/photos.html
April, 2009 would be the best month of surf so far this year, but it was still up and down, surf and water temps. Started out with some South west winds blowing in warmer water which was a relief since [...]

It’s Getting Warmer

Since the last time I posted on March 16th we’ve had two pretty big lows form off the coast creating really large swells. Wednesday March  18th and Thursday March 26th the surf was really big and breaking way outside on the outer bar. The strange thing was both of them grew in size rapidly without [...]

INTRO from Scott Busbey : Buxton, NC

Welcome,
This is all new for me so I will try my best to keep you informed on what is happening with the surf in Buxton and on Hatteras Island. If you’re looking for a daily report, check out SwellInfo.com.  I will be doing a daily morning report on their site and I will still do [...]