So i'm visiting UMiami for Grad School in January..do any of you guys know if there are ANY decent surf spots in Miami? I'm not talking 6+ feet or anything, but maybe some clean 2-5 foot breaks?? Thanks -Bruce
Costa Rica is a 3 hour flight. Puerto Rico an hour. When it breaks in Miami, it is at South Beach near Government Cut, and it gets very crowded with lots of Cholos. 8 foot A frames. String bikinis. Brazilian wax jobs. And those are the local GUYS I'm taking about. Harbor House at Haulover Inlet ( North Miami Beach) is good on a northeaster, usually in the 3 to 5 foot range during big blows.
LOL! Great comment - love it. Odds are there won't be a massive 8 foot NE swell when I go there but do you think theres anything ride-able on an average day with some windswell?
get a huge longboard (or, better yet, a SUP) and you'll get some. Maybe add a hybrid groveler for the rare punchy windswell...but those awesome turquoise A frame peaks you see in pictures happen about once a year.
It gets good down there but like the others said, it's rare! Anything south of Sebastian really needs a good swell to get working. With that said, Sebastian isn't that far from Miami. There's some killer campgrounds there if you want to make a weekend trip or extend your surf time.
I dated a girl that went to UM and I visited her like 5 times last year. The only time I caught it down there was when Hurricane sandy hit I got stuck there for an extra week but caught it amazing on that weekend at south beach. Did have to surf with 300 or more people in a 8 block radius..... Every other time it was dead flat.
-Bruce Plan on driving north at least 1 1/2 hours or more to one of the spots listed on Swell or MSW. I Hail from Jacksonville and have been in Miami for 6 months. The barrier islands down here prevent all but the strongest swells getting through. I have only been once since moving here because of the inconsistent very small waves. That said if the report looks good, you want to go to South Beach, south of 5th.
hey mr resurrection, make a formal introduction. you cant just run up on us in here and start blabbing.
Don't forget to include pics of your girlfriend/wife/mom, etc in your intro post to be kept on file for future use. BTW, the 4 sec ESE wind chop is firing down here today. Get some.
Yea the sand and consistency of waves are that of the gulf, but maaan that sand is perfection. mini supertubes when it breaks brah
