I found a surf buddy! I love international travel, but for general practice I found a great list of 7 Northeastern surf spots for beginning surfers.
I went home this weekend and my grandparent's neighbor was selling her 2008 Jeep Wrangler X Unlimited. It's a yellow, 4X4, 4-door, hard top beauty. I kinda really want it.
1. Ocean City, Maryland.
Surf Report: Situated on a barrier island in the middle of more than 100 miles of beach breaks from Assateague Island, Virginia, in the south to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, in the north, if you can't find your own peak here, you might want to take up snowboarding. During summer months, the pacified Atlantic offers small and easy rolling waves up until hurricane season.
2. North Beach, New Hampshire.
Surf Report: The Wall on Hampton's North Beach is so-called because of the 1.5-mile-long concrete seawall that extends from Boars Head north to Plaice Cove. With a wide, sandy bottom, the beach has a few exposed rocks at low tide and gets washy at high tide, but the waves here are generally long, easy, and forgiving-ideal for beginners.
3. Narragansett Town Beach, Rhode Island.
Surf Report: Only seven miles from the University of Rhode Island and 14 from Newport, Town Beach is a beautiful stretch of white sand backed by a wildlife refuge. Local instructor Peter Pan has been teaching surfing since 1978 and recommends the easy-breaking, mostly sand-bottom rights and lefts. Facing southeast, Town Beach is protected from the wind and there is almost always something to ride. Ideal for beginners: long, rolling waves with a fairly-easy-to-paddle-out lineup.
4.Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts.
Surf Report: Nearly 400 years ago, the Mayflower crew first sighted land here after 65 days at sea. Now it's a family beach that fills with visitors at the height of summer. Onshore and sideshore breezes during bouts of hot weather push temps as high as 70 degrees and the waves tend to be mushy and forgiving. If the wind blows hard offshore, cold water is pulled from the deep and temperatures can drop to 50 degrees overnight.
I went home this weekend and my grandparent's neighbor was selling her 2008 Jeep Wrangler X Unlimited. It's a yellow, 4X4, 4-door, hard top beauty. I kinda really want it.
1. Ocean City, Maryland.
Surf Report: Situated on a barrier island in the middle of more than 100 miles of beach breaks from Assateague Island, Virginia, in the south to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, in the north, if you can't find your own peak here, you might want to take up snowboarding. During summer months, the pacified Atlantic offers small and easy rolling waves up until hurricane season.
2. North Beach, New Hampshire.
Surf Report: The Wall on Hampton's North Beach is so-called because of the 1.5-mile-long concrete seawall that extends from Boars Head north to Plaice Cove. With a wide, sandy bottom, the beach has a few exposed rocks at low tide and gets washy at high tide, but the waves here are generally long, easy, and forgiving-ideal for beginners.
3. Narragansett Town Beach, Rhode Island.
Surf Report: Only seven miles from the University of Rhode Island and 14 from Newport, Town Beach is a beautiful stretch of white sand backed by a wildlife refuge. Local instructor Peter Pan has been teaching surfing since 1978 and recommends the easy-breaking, mostly sand-bottom rights and lefts. Facing southeast, Town Beach is protected from the wind and there is almost always something to ride. Ideal for beginners: long, rolling waves with a fairly-easy-to-paddle-out lineup.
4.Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts.
Surf Report: Nearly 400 years ago, the Mayflower crew first sighted land here after 65 days at sea. Now it's a family beach that fills with visitors at the height of summer. Onshore and sideshore breezes during bouts of hot weather push temps as high as 70 degrees and the waves tend to be mushy and forgiving. If the wind blows hard offshore, cold water is pulled from the deep and temperatures can drop to 50 degrees overnight.
5. Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Surf Report: There are 14 miles of beach breaks on Nantucket's south-facing shore that pick up any hint of south windswell when much of New England is flat. The surf is easy, with rolling beach break waves along the south shore, and proximity to the Gulf Stream means water temps close to 70 in the summer.
6. Sea Isle City, New Jersey
Surf Report: Seventy-five miles from Philadelphia, off the Garden State Parkway, and over the marshlands on Route 625, Sea Isle City looks southeast into the Atlantic Ocean, soaks up whatever energy is out there, and spreads it over long, sandy beach breaks that are perfect for beginners.
7. Robert Moses State Park, Long Island, New York
Surf Report: The break near the Field 5 parking lot is newbie-perfect in summer.
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