BOB FREEMAN’S WEEKEND SURF REPORT

By  //  February 9, 2014

Good Morning Surfers!

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 SURF REPORT FOR SATURDAY, FEB. 8, 2014

This weekend’s surf is driven by a distant Easterly groundswell source.

NOAA’s local buoys are still showing an easterly swell as our dominate swell source, but its fetch weakens as it nears our surf zones.

Today’s surf will average only thigh-high with clean lines from an early westerly breeze. The nearby swell will still produce rare bigger sets worth waiting for.

Saturday wave heights map…

• Playalinda …   2’+
• Cape Canaveral … 1′-2′
• Cocoa Beach … 2’+
• Satellite Beach … 2’+
• Indialantic … 2’+
• Melbourne Beach … 2′
• Sebastian Inlet … 2′

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA  – Those of you seeking an early “Dawn Patrol” session will find waves in the waist-high range with semi-clean surface conditions from a northerly wind.

Those of you seeking an early "Dawn Patrol" session will find waves in the waist-high range with semi-clean surface conditions from a northerly wind. There is a chanch for northwesterly winds very early.
Those of you seeking an early “Dawn Patrol” session will find waves in the waist-high range with semi-clean surface conditions from a northerly wind. There is a chanch for northwesterly winds very early.

There is a chanch for northwesterly winds very early.

This weekend’s surf is driven by a distant Easterly groundswell source.

Lower tide occuring during the morning hours will help to provide better surfable waves at all popular surf spots.

SATURDAY’S SURF WILL BE IDEAL FOR LONGBARDING

Saturday’s surf will probably run in the thigh- to waist-high range with cleaner conditions expected from offshore winds.

These conditions could be ideal for longboarding, but shortboarders may have to look around to locate waves more suitable for their smaller boards.

SUNDAY SURF WILL CONTINUE IN THIGH-TO-WAIST RANGE

I plan to surf early and through the incoming high tide push.
I plan to surf early and through the incoming high tide push.

I believe Sunday’s surf will continue in the thigh- to waist-high range with semi-clean conditions again from northwesterly winds.

I plan to surf early and through the incoming high tide push.

My outlook for this coming week is for the easterly groundswell to continue to send thigh-high surf our way all week. Watch for some days to be bigger than others with variable winds.

• Water Temp for Friday…64-65
• Water Temp for Sat-Sun…65-67

MAP WAVE HEIGHTS

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Playalinda …   3′
Cape Canaveral … 2′-3′
Cocoa Beach … 3’+
Satellite Beach … 3’+
Indialantic … 3’+
Melbourne Beach … 2′-3′
Sebastian Inlet … 2′-3′

SATURDAY:
Playalinda …   3′
Cape Canaveral … 2′-3′
Cocoa Beach … 3′
Satellite Beach … 3′
Indialantic … 3′
Melbourne Beach … 2′-3′
Sebastian Inlet … 2′-3′

SUNDAY:
Playalinda …   2′-3′
Cape Canaveral … 2′
Cocoa Beach … 2′-3′
Satellite Beach … 2′-3′
Indialantic … 2′-3′
Melbourne Beach … 2′-3′
Sebastian Inlet … 2′-3′

Bob Freeman has been surfing Brevard’s waves since 1966. 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bob-Freeman-180-2Bob Freeman has been surfing Brevard’s waves since 1966. He was also the first to surf several of North Carolina’s remote islands in the mid ’60s and travels frequently to surf in Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Mexico and Hawaii. He provided his first surf reporting and weekend forecasts in 1968 live on WKKO radio from the RonJon Surf Shop on Cocoa Beach Pier. He was the 1968 Florida Men’s Surfing Champion and is the current Florida Legend’s Surfing Champion. He has gathered over 300 amateur 1st place awards in both shortboard and longboard divisions. He is a 2014 Inductee into the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame.

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