There was a little wave today, so I broke with tradition and ventured to Satellite Beach (usually stay local) to get a bit more size. What a zoo.

There was a guy to my left that tried to catch every single wave. He missed them all. He was right on the shoulder, paddled with all his might and didn't catch jack. I dismissed him after the third fun wave rolled under him, but that didn't stop him from trying.

There were a dozen people going straight on all manners of boards - foam, logs, shorties and old single fins that didn't work the day it walked out of the factory.

One guy got cut off twice on the same wave. The wave was two feet. I can understand Malibu or Trestles, but two foot Satty slop?

People were going right on lefts and left on rights. It was a weird, somewhat controlled chaos with sharks and Tarpon slipping in and about the people. The only thing missing was the Big Top tent.

What happened? There used to be a pecking order with a modicum of respect and the better places had the better surfers. When you became competent, you started surfing the better spots and eventually ended up with the better waves. That $h!t is right out the window. It's Gooberville with a vengeance, and the once preferred spots with the better surf are nothing more than a preschool calamity of dings, dents, pearl dives, stinkbug squats and sand filled sinus cavities.

The times they are a changin.

I hear bowling is fun.









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no consequences.. no respect... equality... everyone has the right... beach for everyone... of all ages... kids dont learn how to act at young age... grow up acting incorrectly and allowing others to act incorrectly.. trash everywhere.. out-of-sight-out-of-mind attitude.. just california liberal estrogeny orlando-y behavior.. if you actually have to show your face at the same place a few times, you learn how to behave really quickly... transient residents don't need to act right... and im sure you are talking about crytower aka lietower aka hypetower aka california

Looks like there's been a little something for the last couple - and the masses have descended from all over the state..

Pre cove it really wasn't that bad, but when most beaches closed w/ cove satty was still open and the hoards appeared and haven't left - even with only microwaves..

Being 'close by' and 'at hand' def helps when a little 'surprise' wave appears - with only limited local attendance...

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Please stop feeding the trolls - they will go away if you do...

Edited: 07/19/2022 at 01:34 PM by surfsail

Many places in California are still ruled by a pecking order. Ever tried to get a set wave at Trestles? Hell, ever been to Oxard at all for that matter. lol




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Edited: 07/19/2022 at 02:31 PM by Cole

brevard isn't cali? ya don't say

Hightower and Grant Ave seem to attract the crowds from all walks of life. I go a little south, and just surf the spot in front of the AirBnB down there.

The line up will clean up once we get a proper swell. It always does...

Where did you go in Sat Beach and where is local? No need to disclose any secret sandbars, but if where you went today in SB was crowded, it must have been a known spot.

Only a few out where I went around 8:30 am and I saw RCs with maybe 15-20 out.

Yeah checked Lums and Hightower this morning and not a parking spot to be had. Not a surprise at Lums but Hightower? On a Tuesday during work hours with waist high waves? I remember when Hightower was just an annoying stoplight you got stuck at occasionally. Turned around and surfed an uncrowded and fun 2nd Light

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"If I say it's safe to surf this beach, captain, then it's safe to surf this beach!"

Edited: 07/19/2022 at 06:18 PM by SurfCaster

Between the cams, the internet and the jungle drums, no waist high wave in summer will go unsurfed.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

Speaking of cams, some of the Summer Haven old-timers joked earlier this summer about sabotaging the Matanzas Inlet Magicseaweed/Surfline cam on a private house there because it has gotten so crowded. The cam has been non-functional for several weeks now. Coincident?

I'm too busy at this phase of life to surf weekday mornings unless it looks pretty decent......but anyhow, I saw some swell in the water in CB and went down to Satellite for a quick session. What a shitshow by 7am! There was barely even a wave and it was freakin packed everywhere! What's up with this ?? There are far too many people on/in the water surfing and fishing in Florida. We need a good Florida scare.... encephalitis, a bad hurricane, or a serial killer to get people the hell out of here.

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Thousands of more homes coming in the Viera area. Get use to more people. I remember when we use to have a skateboard half pipe out on the mormon swamp West of 95 and it was all cattle. Early 80s. I read somewhere that 10,000 new homes are going up out there the next decade. Not much you can do about it but complain. I try not to but it's difficult.

The Hightower phenomena is interesting. That is right it use to be a place you skip but now it's super popular. Huge Condo Complex going up there with a A1A cross walk bridge. I imagine they ain't gonna want all that free parking and rif-raf there parking there anymore. It's gonna get tight.

Has "gulfster", which zeroes in on Sat Bch and gets a LOT of hits, had an impact?

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"Most people would die sooner than think; in fact, they do." - Bertrand Russell


"Morality is doing what is right, regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right.


If I do not answer you .... nothing personal, I just have you on ignore.

amazing. most would have recognized your authoritay...

Use to be a regular at RC's but it has gotten ridiculous. I am sure hightower is even worse. Every session now your sure to get dropped in on by some kook, guys blowing waves you could have easily caught. "locals" out there on cheater longboards hogging all the set waves. And when you do get a set wave there are 100 people flailing on the inside to ruin your wave as you dodge hitting them. You would think when there is a big swell it would thin it out but no. Nobody knows their limit anymore and thinks they rip so they are even more dangerous bailing their boards in front of people. Lately I have been surfing out behind my neighborhood and even though the wave isnt as good I at least have fun with just my neighbors who we all know each other and hoot each other on. Let the kooks have Hightower but RC's needs some regulating.

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The saving grace, Winter is coming!

What they really need is to start enforcing parking at Atlantic plaza. Can't ride your bike to RC's don't surf there ...

I am interested to see what happens when it gets more than four feet. The only issue with this of course, is that it never gets to four feet anymore.



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Edited: 07/22/2022 at 10:15 AM by Cole

It's because of my bakers cyst pray for it to go away

Which religion is yours? I want to make sure this works.



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The one found in the gospels. If it works and I make it back, I promise to say a prayer for all of you!

Hightower does seem to be growing exponentially with everyone parking across the street which, as Dave said, will be coming to a halt soon. Cole, hit me up w/ a text about mags; moved to CB (Jamaica Cove).

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"Surfing is prayer of a high order, the sea a beautiful church, the wave a silent sermon"
Tom Blake

Magnets are bumping while swelling in my knee is starting to subside. Tentatively planning a return to the water wish I had a mellower board as all of mine are built for speed. Gonna be fun learning to duck dive with my left knee. Thank you so much for the prayers I no someone did, rite back at you soon as I'm done with this post. Yew!

Welcome, and I will. You are right up the road.



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I've been going to Satellite beach alot lately around Pelican park and have had no issues. In fact the only paddle boarder I encountered said he would try not to hog too many waves and he proceeded to constantly catch waves where no one else was going for them which was great. 2nd light ironically is the only place recently where I've encountered some real jack asses (short boarders, and I'm a short boarder) so I quit going there.

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Heavy is sign of reliability

Another possible factor - youtube vlogs (by Jamie O'Brien, Nathan Florence, Koa Rothman, Ben Gravy, etc.) have brought the entire world into every last aspect of the surfing experience from a first and second person point of view, likely making it all seem far less mysterious and overly attainable. And of course the explosion in popularity and accessibility of nifty, safe, and easy-to-use soft tops, which also happen to be hawked by many of the same youtube vloggers...

I believe the surf world may be ready for a Soviet-style disinformation campaign, which would aim to make surfing maximally frustrating and anti-addictive. E.g. "Ride what the real pros ride - narrowness, low volume, and rocker are your friends!", "NSI works best during a negative low tide with N winds over 20 kts", etc. Haha

Not for nothing but i think someone said it earlier. "Water temp and air temps go down? WILL stop the madness 1000%" I watched this happen between last summer and this one specifically for hightower... We will be back to the regular scheduled program in the very near future i think homies

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SK8 AND DESTROY

Bring back "Summer of the Shark".

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Cocoa Beach---Party Wave!

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We gonna get some legit swell soon you'll see and they gonna get stomped

Having to pay for parking in neighboring cities has pushed people to SB. Enforce parking and add paid parking, that will thin things out.

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and with all due respect to the many analyses of wtf happened eh?! Imho- it's,, ''Surf Schools'' ~~ Two fold with them too. (hmm, too many 2's too)) anyway, #1- What did surf culture think would result over a time if we allowed a million of the 10 million freak'n kooks newly taught to go ahead and continue trying to integrate into the lineups? They'd just be invisible?! #2 The educators neglect(ed) to "strongly" priority emphasize or, those of us who choose to live the life by the spirit and soul of the endeavor weren't proactive enough when the multitude o'school phenomenon began back those yrs ago, 'require' them, 'demand' them, somehow forcefully within our surf communities around the globe, the teaching of; "Surf Etiquette". To have fine tuned that process so as to never risk the way things have become even one iota, (you're gonna love this some of ya)-- 'legally' allow and make it an acceptable requirement (probably the only thing in society) of "Physical Regulation" out in the water for break'n da ediquette 'Laws'! Mangs'-- dat's the way it was when WE were come'n up back then til somebody called the cops the 1st time~~ anyway, ymmv damn- after reread'n this, I think we need t'go find some Waves. yeEw! Get sum

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If you are complaining about kooks when its 2ft dribble, I hate to say it, but you are one.

equipeola - I think you are spot on. The instructors don't want to offend their customers by saying, "You are a kook for the first 10 years, show respect and here's how to show it."

Have you looked at your screen name?



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Johnny tsunamis disinformation campaign is a very intriguing idea. The whole "surfing sucks don't try it" is too cute to work.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

The surf schools nowadays are all-encompassing too.


In addition to selling lessons, they can also sell you:

surfboards
skateboards
pretend friends
a house
drugs?