surfing

Use to 'surf' as a teenager when I lived on the beach. Surfing on the Georgia coast isn't that great so I guess I use the term losely. Haven't been in AGES... the boards we used were giant things so different to those I see being used today.

I wonder also what the temp is sparx. The US east coast beachs and sea are low to high 70's by August. The US west coast is famed for surfers but the truth is that the west coast waters are colder then the east. San Franscisco bay is about 60F in summer and 55 in winter. The Pacific is deep right off the beach. On the east coast the water is shallow (under really 150 feet out to over 100 mles then it goes deep and the Gulf Stream keeps warm water moving. As far as waves go I think its about the same. hawii is where the huge surf is in the USA and it can be huge to the unreal side in some places there.

i am going to move to wrightsville beach in july, i surf a good bit and i think it helps build a lot of muscle in your shoulders but u just gotta transform that muscle into swimming muscle for it to do ne good, i dunno if that makes ne sense to you but i think surfing helps swimming, thats what im trying to say

Originally posted by sparx35 just curious,i sometimes go surfing in the cornish sea when i am lucky enough to holiday there,anyone else use their well earnt swimming skills for surfing or indeed any other water sport....fighting waves is hard work!!!!!Hey Sparx, I am curious. What is average water temperature at the peak summer season in the Cornish Sea? I've been told that the water at Blackpool (Irish Sea?) is pretty cold. The water here in Ocean City, Maryland (Mid-Altantic States) gets to about the mid-to upper 70's (degrees farenheit) at best here. In fact, because of the very mild and rainy weather we had last summer, the ocean was colder than usual.

never really checked the temp but the feel is usually cold,needless to say any lengthy stay in the water even in summer requires a wet suit.Also depends on the bay too,if its been a really hot day the sea can be warmer and on occasion lengthy stays in water can be without a wetsuit(notice i say lengthy stay ,i mean about 3 to 4 hour surf sessions...if your in an hour or under its possible to rough it)i would love to try surfing in hawai(i think i spelt it right)

I have heard of surfers in Ocean City, Maryland in the winter, but wearing wet suits. Ocean City does get snow, too. I don't know, but I'd rather try surfing in Hawaii in the winter than here. :D

I've been to wrightsville beach about a billion times during my life. I've seen bigger waves in a kiddie pool. Maybe it's a good place to hone your craft before you step up. There's no doubt that surfing is good exercise, however.

actually go to wrightsville beach anytime year round and you will see that it is a surfing hot spot, the water is packed with surfers even in the winter and maybe you have only been there on a flat day but it is common for it to be chest high + waves

Having spent my entire life in NC, I can say with a great deal of certainty the following: 1. The waves are puny, small and more suited for a canvas raft or a boogie board. 2. Lots of kids buy surfboards and paddle about, mostly be the piers. Lots more put them on jeeps to impress the fairer sex. 3. There are always occasions where a medium sized wave will pop up but that is far from the norm, far far from the norm. 4. If you exclude hurricane induced waves, the # of good wave days is even smaller. I bet you can catch a doozy during a hurricane. 5. It's only 60 miles to the gulf stream in many places. Now that's some quality fishing. I'm sure there are all sorts of pro surfers from NC, surfing by day, delivering pizzas to the tourists by night to suppor their pro careers. I've also skied in NC but wouldn't make any claim the slopes are worth a darn here either. Scenery at both the beach and the mountains is spectacular, however.

There are 6 or 7 of us from the Rose Bowl that like to go surfing, and three of us just got back from riverboarding on the south fork of the American River . . . that's swimming class III whitewater with fins and an overgrown boogie board. If it's in the water, we do it. carl