UF/IFAS Santa Rosa County Extension 4H

Posted by: barryweather, 05:26 PM GMT del 21 Dicembre 2009

Welcome to the first day of winter. I hope you haven't been too naughty, because Santa is scheduled to bring some swell with offshore conditions on Christmas Day. The tide will be low in the morning, so I'm not sure how the inside sandbars will be. The outsides could be firing though, because the predicted wave heights are in the 5 - 8 foot range on Christmas eve. Water temperatures are currently 60 or below near shore. In fact, the Gulf Shores bouy 20 miles out is registering 59 degrees. At the very least, you'll need booties along with you fullsuit.

As for myself, I will most likely sit this one out as I will be assembling a new swing set and spending time with my wife and kids. I might beg for a late day session as the tide fills in, provided that its good. I do have another reason to stay out of the water: it is a strange skin "infection" that has plagued my left side from my armpit to my waist. It cropped up on December 9th, the day after my last session. My doctor should be able to tell me whether or not it is Staph some time today, but I have already been taking antibiotics as well as using prescription antibacterial lotion and hibiclens. You can get the latter over the counter if you are ever feeling more that a little dirty.

The latest swell model:

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As requested I will post some horticultural info at the bottom of my blog in the form of a link to our local office in Santa Rosa County and our state website. Remember this information is specific to the panhandle area of Florida and to the state of Florida respectively. If you live outside of this area please consult your local Cooperative Extension Office for more specific information.

UF/IFAS Santa Rosa County Cooperative Extension Service

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Thanks
Barry

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December Surf

Posted by: barryweather, 03:58 PM GMT del 11 Dicembre 2009

I've seen some pictures from December that look pretty good. Check out Nik McCue's December pics here Side Stream Sports Here is a video from another spot on Wednesday the 9th Surf Smooth (I know, I know it's not in Florida)The sidestream sports pics above show that Pensacola pier was definately the spot though. I was there with my son Reed so I didn't get to surf, but I did get a little surf the day before. However, I was able to snap a decent picture with my phone...

Pensacola Pier Surf

Pensacola Sunset

Updated: 04:04 PM GMT del 11 Dicembre 2009

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First December Swell

Posted by: barryweather, 08:53 PM GMT del 01 Dicembre 2009

Yesterday some lucky surfers caught a fun longboard swell here in Pensacola. Now we have a system coming out of the western gulf that may produce 15 foot waves close to shore. The waves aren't hitting the beach yet, and Wednesday will bring gale force winds making waves dangerous and hard to catch (if not impossible). It is possible that the fetch will create some fun 8 second leftovers for Thursday morning with offshore winds. It will die quickly as usual, but ther...

Updated: 03:42 PM GMT del 11 Dicembre 2009

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Tropical Storm Ida? 8-9 foot seas to start November

Posted by: barryweather, 09:04 PM GMT del 04 novembre 2009

October helped to replenish many surf starved Panhandle Floridians and November is shaping up nicely. Apparently, we may see Tropical Storm Ida before the day is up. Before her swells begin to reach our shores, if they ever do, we are predicted to have building surf this weekend up to 9 foot on Monday (Gulf Coast Scale heh heh!). Unfortunately the winds will most likely be sideshore/onshore and heavy at times with SCA to possible GF winds. Right now side shore c...

Updated: 03:45 PM GMT del 06 novembre 2009

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The flatest summer I've suffered through in a while.

Posted by: barryweather, 06:44 PM GMT del 14 Luglio 2009

There hasn't been much surf to speak of this summer. We have had a few small swells though. Then Claudette appeared almost out of nothing. I missed the best surf which occured the night that Claudette made landfall and the next morning. In fact, that morning there were even some head high barrels to be had with plenty of close outs. I was able to catch some waist to chest high slop at low tide. Needless to say, I was a bit disappointed. I did get a few good drops in...

Updated: 08:36 PM GMT del 19 Agosto 2009

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