Good East Coast Surf from Hurricane Bertha
Mike Sturdivant made the trip over to St. Augustine and caught it good. Here are few links: St. Augustine and Somewhere in North Carolina?
Destin Memorial Day 2008
Steve Combs–Early morning in Destin; Photo Credit: Jill Combs
Mike Sturdivant ESA Contest at Okaloosa Island Pier.
John Cross–ESA Contest at Okaloosa Island Pier.
We had a fun Memorial Day holiday:
1. Waves all weekend.
2. Humpback whale spotted 1 mile off the beach. The article and photos are here.
3. A 6am wakeup call for me on Sunday to help save a guy that had gotten caught in a rip while taking a morning swim. His friend was screaming on the beach for help and woke up everyone in the whole area. Everyone was just standing around half-asleep and with no equipment on the beach to help. I ran down there with my board but the guy saved himself before I got there. The paramedics took it from there.
4. Mike, Jill, and I caught some waves in the outrigger kayak.
5. Mike and John surfed against each other in the final of an ESA surf contest at the Okaloosa Island Pier. (Mike took 1st place; John took 2nd place.)
-Steve Combs
Surf Session Inlet Beach
Mike Sturdivant, Paul Cross, and I had a nice dawn patrol session today. I left Mexico Beach at 5am and joined Mike at Inlet Beach, Florida just east of Rosemary Beach. After about an hour, I took off late on a wave and landed hard on the rail of my board. The board was dinged badly, and my foot was bleeding so I called it a day. I was able to take some good photos of Mike and Paul. -Steve Combs
Paul on a nice long left.
Mike off the top.
Louisiana Fishing Trip
Captain Bubba Bird took a group fishing on the Lump off the coast of Grand Isle, Louisiana.
From guest John Cross:
Basically we fished two days in a row on February 24-25, 2008 with two additional days of travel. It takes 6 hours to get to Grand Isle from my house. We stayed in an unattractive but clean hotel called the Sandollar Motel. It was more like a two-bedroom dorm room complete with bunk beds, kitchen and living area. Check out the slideshow:
