| The Chris Smith Report:
The waves looked good at lunch time and my afternoon was clear, so we know
what I had to do. I packed up my stuff and headed east, to arrive
at Assateague in a very heavy fog. I could hear the waves breaking
but couldn't see them. After driving to get there I figured I might
as well paddle out and see what was going on. Because the sun was
blocked I opted for a hood, mistake, I was roasting after just paddling
out. The water temp was up to 54 and the waves were waist to chest
high and breaking nicely on the outside bar, both right and left.
I had a fun couple of hours in the rush hour conditions, 3 people.
It was very surreal, I could just make out one of the other surfers in
the fog. I had no idea were I was when I got out because you couldn't
see the shore until almost to the beach break. But, I was surprised
to find the combination of rights and lefts and minor current left me almost
exactly where I started. The showers were on and it was nice not
to drive home salty.
Hopefully the conditions
will hold for the folks going again tomorrow.
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