Hurricane Gustav Synopsis
Well, like Dolly (Unlike Fay) we had some good surf for an extended amount of time. Hurricane Gustav surf showed up small on Saturday night and held through Tuesday afternoon. It seemed like no surf really got to us until the storm center was about due west of us in the Gulf of Mexico.
With the storm reaching Category 3 strength south of us I thought we would be in for some overhead conditions but they never really got that big at Upham Beach. Though there were some larger waves breaking out beyond the pass. A report from Jorge Pagan in Bradenton was that surf did reach 1-2 feet overhead down there on Sunday afternoon but the biggest waves in St. Pete were probably in the chest high range.
Thank you Gustav….
Fun surf yesterday and today from Hurricane Gustav. A couple pics below show the size from Monday:
Surf Report 9/1/08 Gustav
Upham Beach 10:15am: Surf is still up from Hurricane Gustav. Sounds like it is about waist to chest high. Should be rideable all day so get out there if you can! I think there will be some longboardable surf tomorrow still left over, but may be a little mushy as winds become onshore.