December 15,  2009

It seems like it has been all or nothing for surfing this past few months.

It is either full-on huge or just not even breaking.

I take that back.  There were a handful of days at the Frisco Pier that were fun before the mid-November northeaster ripped the sandbar at the pier apart.

Nor’Ida is what many are calling the storm that developed from the remnants of Hurricane Ida into a coastal low.  It sent heavy surf and surging ocean tide onto the island for four or five days.

 And, the storm totally rearranged every sandbar on the island -- some for better but a lot for the worse.

Most of the photos for this slide show were taken during Nor’Ida. Light winds on one of the first days and lots of salt spray in the air, made for great photos.

Surfing conditions really never panned out from Nor’Ida.

By the time the ocean had subsided some, there was so much debris floating around that it was really dangerous. We were forced out of the water one day by huge pieces of wood floating around us.  It was better to go in than get hit out in the water.

The last batch of photos were taken really recently from up in Avon.

Water temps are still relatively warm for this time of year. Hopefully, it will be another mild winter, so I can keep getting in the ocean to keep bringing you viewers more photos from the water.



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