We had the rare pleasure of getting some surf above knee-high the past two days. Who says Friday the 13th isn't lucky? And Surfline was calling Nantasket flat today. Phsshhhh. Rhode Island and all of the south-facing beaches of New England got the best of the Hurricane Chris swell on Thursday night. I was able to catch the dwindling part of this swell on Friday down at Horseneck Beach. It was clean, waist to stomach-high waves, and I pretty much had it all to myself. It was h

June 2017 has been pretty active so far if you're comparing it to most years. There have been a dozen days above waist high and the month's not even over yet. I managed to get on one day and it was quite good. I could have done without the gigantic sunfish swimming next to me and giving me a momentary heart attack. But fifteen waves in an hour and a half is a great average. You can't do that in California, it would take you four hours with those crowds. School is still in ses

I was just reflecting on this past winter's surf sessions and the empty glassy magic that becomes the Northeast. I already miss it. Well, I don't miss my 5 mil wetsuit that's for sure. But I was thinking... Is there was a way to determine what the best month of surfing is each year? There have been a few summer months where I catch massive numbers of waves in New England, but are the waves actually better then? Does quantity surpass quality? Can you even base it on the most w

March is the busiest month of the year for me. It's really difficult to surf. There's a very low probability of good wave conditions lining up with free time. But in order to surf during other parts of the year, I need to make money where I can. The first three times I had a shot at getting wet were fruitless, but the last weekend in March rewarded me with a nice day at Horseneck Beach. I'd heard that the surf was decent a few days before, when the official reports were sayin