After the bump before July 4th, California has been small and a bit chilly. Who has the stories on the swell from Bertha??? Real power or close-interval chop or what???
From: LF
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: Bertha
Date: 15 Jul 1996
I jumped in the water on Friday morning at Matunuck in RI. Bertha was sending solid shoulder to head high with occasional overhead sets. Nice clean lines! My brother surfed the Lighthouse at Point Judith that same morning. He said it was pretty consistenly overhead. Also pretty clean and consistent. Lots of fun. Saturday Bertha made landfall. If high wind and heavy rain weren’t enough of a deterrent then it must have been wave conditions that kept most of us beach bound.
Sunday was another story. Although conditions were not as good as Friday there was still plenty of fun to be had. Again, I went out at Matunuck early in the morning and had the place to myself. A light west wind put a little cross chop on somewhat peaky waves. The tide was also approaching high on the reef, but my daughter and I had the place all to ourselves for about three hours. When we finished, we took a ride to Point Judith. Again, waves were a little peaky and the outside break had a bit of chop to it. Just inside was much cleaner and the 40 – 50 (or so) guys (and a few women too) seemed to getting some great rides. I’d say lot’s of stoke was had by all!
From: LP
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: Surfing in Mass?
Date: 14 Apr 1997
No problem, youngster; plenty of places: RI has warm (non-wetsuit) breaks during the summer: the beaches in Newport and the beaches between Narragansett and Pt. Judith (my favorite); with a wetsuit, Scituate’s Egypt Beach is your closest bet. Best thing about the RI places is that you might be able to convince Dad to take the whole family for a beach day – and surf for you! Also, checkout the family camping at Fisherman’s, a state-run quiet campground equidistant between Narragansett and Pt. Judith. And Don’t forget Wellfleet!!
From: scoops
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: Massachusetts Surfing?
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 96
The closest place is probably the water tower in Winthrop (next to Logan Airport). Also Long Beach and Good Harbor beach in Gloucester, Egypt beach in Scituate, Nantasket beach in Hull, Coast Guard beach on the Cape is OK too.
From: NM
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: NH surf
After an intense coastal low pressure that left 12″ of new powder in the White Mtns, the surf at Hampton Beach was head high for some of the sweetest waves all season. Rye Rocks was even better! Except for when some Dad dropped off a school of groms for us to babysit. (Me and my longboard kept getting tangled up in their leashes.) Anyway high fives and hot chocolate all around.
