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I live in Orlando Florida have for about 8 months How do i find out if the waves our big anywhre here to surf?

Mar-3-2010 By admin

I enjoy to surf, but can never find out where the waves are big, is there a certain website i can check daily or something. Hopefully somebody knows?

Yes, Orlando is landlocked! But it is only about an hour and a half to Cocoa Beach, and within about two hours, you can be at some of the state’s best surf spots. I live 2 hours from the closest beach, does that mean I don’t go surfing? Hell no. Lots of surf shops up and down the coast have web sites with web cams and local wave reports that are pretty accurate. You can also subscribe to E-mail alerts from surfline.com, I do, and they are generally great information. Magicseaweed isn’t bad, but swell info from buoys doesn’t always translate into ride-able waves, so you need to study the weather, too. I am an old timer, and by watching the weather reports, and checking the buoy info, I can make some pretty fair predictions on my own. Good luck

http://magicseaweed.com/Florida-Surf-For…

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2 COMMENTS
  1. juanitodelgrande Said,

    Here are some links. They are from the Nat’l Data Bouy Center. The info they give is almost real time-the delays are usually ten minutes to an hour and a half. The bouy data stations that will be of most relevance to you is #41009, #41114, and #41113.
    References :
    http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/maps/Florida.shtml
    http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41009

  2. John F Said,

    Yes, Orlando is landlocked! But it is only about an hour and a half to Cocoa Beach, and within about two hours, you can be at some of the state’s best surf spots. I live 2 hours from the closest beach, does that mean I don’t go surfing? Hell no. Lots of surf shops up and down the coast have web sites with web cams and local wave reports that are pretty accurate. You can also subscribe to E-mail alerts from surfline.com, I do, and they are generally great information. Magicseaweed isn’t bad, but swell info from buoys doesn’t always translate into ride-able waves, so you need to study the weather, too. I am an old timer, and by watching the weather reports, and checking the buoy info, I can make some pretty fair predictions on my own. Good luck

    http://magicseaweed.com/Florida-Surf-For…
    References :

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