East Cost Surfing

[jce338]

Say I was going on an East Coast ski tour next summer. What spots would you consider must-hits for culture/surf/beauty?

[Ottime]

The East does cost surfing. As for a ski tour, the surf can be gnar...

Maine, hands down. But I am biased. Not for culture, but surf breaks and beauty.

Other good locales:

New Hampshire has perhaps the most quality breaks packed in just 16 miles of coastline.

Rhode Island. Ruggles in Newport. Point Judith. Manasquan (sp).

Long Island. Jones Beach Breakwater. Points on the tip. Plenty of beach break in between. Rockaway, Queens, NYC. Oh, NYC has some culture.

Outer Banks, NC. Lighthouse, Frisco Pier, elsewhere. Not much culture, but plenty of empty peaks if you just walk down the beach

[jce338]

bump. looking at old school buses for the surf tour, so it is probably happening. any where from maine to florida is on the table.

[pappag]

In NJ, Casino Pier is pretty iconic. If you longboard, Manasquan Inlet is a must.

[Breakwater]

I currently live in Newport, R.I. I can tell you that the breaks here literally smell like human excriment.

[ex-powderbroker]

I would head farther out on LI towards montauk or the hamptons for surfing.

A good tour might be

Maine -> NH -> RI -> ferry to Montauk -> Rockaway -> Jersey and points south.

Lots of local culture at every stop if you think about it for a second.

[pappag]

During a strong south swell, pick just about any spot on the south shore of LI. Especially in late summer/early fall, the area tends to get HARD at least once for a few days. Montauk has some decent spots as well, but it's now illegal to surf there between 4/1 and 12/14 off Montauk Point SP (Ditch Plains might be allowed though I'm not sure).

If you can, stick around until October:
http://www.surfline.com/travel/tripw...re.cfm?id=1293



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[Breakwater]

Do the tour in reverse order as listed, that way you can ride the swell as it moves up the coast.

Dirty Jerz- Montauk, R.I. Cape Cod, Cape Ann, yada yada.

I'm sure you know of Magicseaweed.com and surfline.com, They will list conditions and locations of the most common surf breaks.

[Ottime]

The guys that forecast for magicseaweed are eating the magic seaweed. That site blows for any real forecasting.

Surfline is decent. Wetsand.com is comprehensive around here.

It is hard to travel and ride a swell north, IMO. The swell moves much faster than we do, especially getting around New England.

Watch the swell. Souths have a hard time getting around the Cape, but when they do, points north light up. Points and reefs in the north. Mostly beach break from Long Island south (except the tip). RI can be classic with a big south.

Did I mention Ruggles and Green Point before?

[willywhit]

bump. looking at old school buses for the surf tour, so it is probably happening. any where from maine to florida is on the table.

sounds like an epic TR. make sure you have a decent camera and laptop to document this epic adventure.
I'd start in Key West and finish in Bar HArbor Maine. There's a ton of good spots up and down the east coast.
If you have an Iphone, get the free surf report app from Oakley, it rocks.
I've bookmarked a dozen spots and check them daily just to get an idea where the surf is globally. NH Brazil Bali and NZ are my fav spots.
Cape Cod outer beaches gets some great swell when a storm passes through and the wind backs off.The pic is in Wellfleet.
If you kitsurfed, I'd say you had both bases covered. Paddle for waves in no wind and rip the blown out waves on a kite.
The new thang is SUP but I still think it's ghey but haven't really given it a shot in bigger fatter waves, I think I'd rather ride my 9'2" Bear big wave gun and still have my dignity.

[rightcoast]

I cant really speak for any southern spots, but MA and RI...def. check out Narragansett, pretty dependable longboard waves even in the summer, and Point Judith when it gets decent. i just happened to be there last Sat and got clean head high sets on the south side....with one other guy in the water with me.
And the Cape, i like Welfleet and truro a lot, if you hit it on a good day, its like Willy showed, clean and fun, sandy bottoms with an amazing view looking in at the National Seashore. Even if its small when the tides right, fun long breaks.

[willywhit]

I think I'd add a kayak to the equation too. just for exploring and the occasional surf session.
Newport RI is a DO NOT MISS on your trip. Such a great town for partying etc.
1st and 2nd are crowded on a good swell but a really easy wave to catch.
Ruggles, not so much.
what are you getting for a rig ?
may I recommend the EM 50 urban assault vehicle ?
http://www.northeastsurfing.com/newportcam.htm

my german kitesurfing buddy just scored this bad boy

[boltonoutlaw]

If you get to RI you should spend a day around Westerly to get the beach vibe, especially at Dickies (top photo) at Misquamicuit, and the lighthouse at Watch Hill (after Labor Day). It's like "Rich Man/Poor Man" within 5 miles. In September with a south swell, clear sky, and offshores it really is classic New England.

Dickies:



Watch Hill Lighthouse Point:



PS: That ^^^ is a SUP.

[willywhit]

it IS the Biggest lil state in the union
nice call, boltonoutlaw
found some porn

http://photos.surfline.com/view_gall...=date&days=all

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post session grinds and cold beverages

http://www.oceanmist.net/new_site/index.php

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http://www.originalwaterbrothers.com/

[rdennhs]

swellinfo.com and surf-forecast.com/breaks/

[Breakwater]

What's so wrong with eating the magicseaweed anyways?

[ArmadaBC]

If you want to take a break from the hustle of the North East head down to the Outer Banks while every fuck hole it seems rocks the OBX sticker the banks offer some of the best surfing on the EC.

The shelf is much smaller in this area as compared to the rest of the EC and they seem to catch every storm in the area. The north generally has more people though Hatteras gets pretty crowded. Duck Pier, Corolla and Laundromats are the most popular up north while Frisco Pier dominates the south. There are a number of inlets south of Ocracoke that offer truly unbelievable surf by EC standards but they are tough to get to without a boat.

[Ottime]

^^^ I've had some of my sickest EC barrels around Avon. Always wanted to find those inlets. We walked to the end of the island that Frisco is on one time. The wrap was insane.

Maine a little creative searching and you are surfing solo. Even fewer crowds than the Outer Banks. I used to have to look for people to come surf the better reefs with. Ogunquit is really the only crowd magnet north of Rye, NH. Maybe Higgins, but eventhat is usually pretty empty.

What's so wrong with eating the magicseaweed anyways?

Nothing if you don't mind becoming a mermaid. At least temporarily.

[peterslovo]

I used to have to look for people to come surf the better reefs with.

Still true.

Ogunquit is really the only crowd magnet north of Rye, NH. Maybe Higgins, but eventhat is usually pretty empty.

Unfortunately, untrue. Higgins is quite crowded nowadays (not meaning just summer).

[ArmadaBC]

^^^ I've had some of my sickest EC barrels around Avon. Always wanted to find those inlets. We walked to the end of the island that Frisco is on one time. The wrap was insane.

Maine a little creative searching and you are surfing solo. Even fewer crowds than the Outer Banks. I used to have to look for people to come surf the better reefs with. Ogunquit is really the only crowd magnet north of Rye, NH. Maybe Higgins, but eventhat is usually pretty empty.




Nothing if you don't mind becoming a mermaid. At least temporarily.

The sand moves so much on the Outer Banks that everything only lasts until the next storm.

I loved Maine's surf and lack of crowds but god damn is the water cold. Its july and the water is 60 degrees.

[jce338]

thanks for all of the suggestions. soaking it all in for sure.

Here is the start of a website for what we got cooking for next summer...

http://bumminforchange.com/

[rdennhs]

theres a spot an hour north of higgins that is just as good as any sand bar i've ever surfed. heading up there next south swell. Once Maine starts to jaught east there is so much coastline it's unfathomable, so many mysto spots.

[ex-powderbroker]

if you get to the northeast in november you might as well bring some skis too.

[Ottime]

Its july and the water is 60 degrees.

That is toasty by the standard here. But then again, it never drops much below 50 either.

[ex-powderbroker]

72 and tropical in the rockaways right now.