PENSACOLA BEACH, FLORIDA, SURF REPORT AND FORECAST
Thursday, September 2, 2010  Morning Report

PENSACOLA SURF REPORT: We have some light offshore winds and some clean waves in the thigh to waist high range. The Pensacola Buoy is in the 3 ft range. Conditions are good. Looks like a great day for a longboard cruise or a SUP so get on it. The jellyfish are much improved. The tide was high around 4 am... low around 4:49 pm. Water temp around 87. Today will be sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph becoming light southeast in the afternoon.

PENSACOLA SURF FORECAST: The east wind waves will fade today and will be gone for the weekend.

TROPICAL FORECAST: Hurricane Earl is now a 145 mph Cat 4 storm and is sending large surf to the Florida East Coast. Earl will be heading up the East Coast getting very close to North Carolina. If that's not enough... there is Fiona coming behind Earl... and there is Gaston behind Fiona... and another wave coming off of Africa.

 
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Tuesday, August 31st
It's not nice to snake your buddy. Ciick to view.
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Surf Smooth archive footage from Aug 22nd, 2007
Hurricane Dean had entered the Gulf. Ciick to view.
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Friday, July 23nd, 2010
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LOCAL WEBCAMS
Island Empress Cam Innerlight Cross Cam
The Island Empress Cam
Looking SouthWest towards the Pensacola Beach Pier
The Innerlight Cross Cam
There is some work going on at the crosscam location so from time to time you may see a rope dangling in front of the cam

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'Black Wednesday' June 23rd, 2010
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'Waiting on the Oil '
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Pensacola Night scenes in High Def
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View the Blues at Pensacola Beach

Juan Sebastian de Elcano
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farewell to Pensacola

IN OTHER NEWS

  Pat Gudauskas lands the first Rodeo Flip in a ASP World Tour event

Classic Pensacola Surf History: Wanna see some surf history? Check out this  classic picture of the Booker T. Washington High School Surf Club.

Unusual Amount of Rescues: July 10th: The lifeguards on the NW Florida Gulf Coast have been busier than usual for the last two weeks due to the longer period groundswells from Alex and TD #2. There were times when they couldn't finish one rescue before being called to another. I was filming on the beach during the swells and witnessed and filmed numerous near drownings and rescues. Unfortunately, one life was lost at Navarre Beach but the number would have been much higher without the quick responses from our area lifeguards. As a surfer, I was proud to see how many rescues and assists were done by surfers. Your knowledge of waves and currents literally was a life saver. There are people alive today because of you.

Surf Smooth Holds Record for the Most Accurate Hurricane Forecast: Did you know that Surf Smooth has beaten all the Major Hurricane Forecasters for the last 10 years in a row and has a 100% accuracy record in predicting the number of Hurricanes that will occur each year? So, after careful analysis, here's our prediction for the 2010 season:

  • There will be 0-100 named storms
  • Between 0-50 of these will become hurricanes
  • There will be 0-25 major hurricanes
OK, let's see who is most accurate again this year!!!

Australia Dominates: Did the Australians have a good year of surfing in 2009 or what? Mick Fanning won the ASP World Tour, Joel Parkinson won the Triple Crown of Surfing, and Taj Burrow won the Pipemasters...if that's not enough... Stephanie Gilmore won the Female ASP World Tour. If it's any consolation, the U.S. had 5 surfers in the top 10 as opposed to 4 for Australia... (and 3 of the top ten are from Florida). Congratulations to our friends down under.

Navarre, Florida Surf Report: Hey, if you want a surf report from click to visit navarresurf.comNavarre  Beach, Florida check out navarresurf.com. They have a current surf report and lots of pictures of the Navarre Beach surf.

Hurricane Record Lost: Before Ida became a hurricane the 2009 Hurricane Season shared the record with 1982 for the year with the least amount of hurricanes (2). The record is now held solely by 1982.

Boardbag Charges: Going on a surf trip? Here's Surfline's latest breakdown of airline board bag charges. Prices seem to change often so be sure to check with your airline before purchasing a ticket. Also ask about board embargos. There are times when the airlines won't let boards aboard.

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An 'Alex Raw' Teaser, June 28-July 2nd
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
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Day 1 of Tropical Storm Alex
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A brief look at Destin on Wednesday
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'No Reason to Cry', June 19th, 2010
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View the slideshow of 'The Three Amigos' in Costa Rica

 


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