Surf Report: Indiana

Water: lower 60s Sunny Breezy

Waves - two foot Shape: average

The big sets of the summer have finally hit the Indiana shores after one of the worst flat periods for over a decade IMHO. Sometimes something is better than nothing.

Sitting, waiting for two foot sets, one starts to understand those guys fishing in rain puddles next the tollway.

The surfing rules in the summer Midwest are very strict. I didn't go to jail today, so things are not all bad.

An obvious Troll Post!

not at all, you dont know Bawb very well, do you? i think its cool to hear when the great lakes guys are getting surf. i was in cleveland recently and saw some 3 footers breaking, it was really pretty neat to finally see surf in fresh water.

where was the 'shark sightings' bob? you usually include that.

surfgeo

'i know in my farts i'm honey'

I put the Bawb in Bob. .... so I guess not!

Bawbbie , Very Sorry Bawb Gleshna!

Calling others names and putting down others as done in the previous posts reveals the inferiority feelings of the posters IMHO.

People that respect themselves don't act this way.

Your a Troll and as such will be treated that way!

Couldn't have been too recently, it hasn't been 3 foot here for a least 2 months (unless you are appling the Tejas scale to the wave heights - everything is bigger in Texas)

I'm wishing I could say that soon.

edmund Lake Erie has been flat as a lake

That particular post wasn't a troll.

While a session that could best be described as 'desperation surf', here is my report for the same afternoon:

Sunny, winds NNW at 10-15 mph Waves knee to thigh high Water temp 62F, Air 64F Place: Captain Whiting's Siding near Whilhala, Indiana, June 22

This system had potential to switch around to a sustained northerly. It did not because barometric pressure increased too quicky and a high pressure system approached from the southwest.

In the early afternoon I was really stoked for the remote possibility of some surf, albeit small. It has been a long time. Thane Pope had sent me some new parts for my Pope Bisect 10'longboard gratis, so I used that board. Besides, my plans were to get to the Univ of Chicago lab for some more Linux torture after the session. The beauty of using the bisect is that I can lock up the board inside the car. The south side of Chicago is no place to leave a board tethered to a vehicle roof. Boards left that way tend to disappear rather quickly 'round here.

I arrived and was pleased seeing the first small set rolling in. It was very apparent from wind direction that it was blowing offshore already, so I wouldn't have a great deal of time to surf.

I caught a number of rides and just enjoyed the great and wonderful feeling of gliding along on a wave. You know that push, that downward skiing sort of feeling...even though the drops were ever so small. I had to be very careful to not get too close to the shore, my single fin dug in the sand a few times.

When I determined that surfing was 'over', it was time to swim in the shorebreak, parallel to shore. I did this for about an hour and it is really good exercise. I'm training for a triathlon and it was one of my three 'bricks' (practice events) for the day.

Refreshed, somewhat stoked and somewhat disappointed, I headed for the lab thereafter, Chicago's impressive skyline to be seen off of the skyway toll bridge. Surf will come, but it sure is a waiting game here.

craig http://www.lakesurf.com

I wouldn't doubt the surf conditions off the great lakes area. Storms roll inland and create huge swells due to the 40-50 mph winds accompanying the torrential rains. I was in South Haven, MI a month ago on business when one of these blew in and was very impressed. Large Florida lakes like Ockechobee, being only 8 feet deep in places, become dangerous when large storm fronts move in creating 3-4 foot surf conditions. Mother nature can be a mother...

Anyone can see pictures:
http://www.lakesurf.com/