Surfing Hurricane Ida on Florida’s Gulf Coast

by beachhunter on November 9, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.

Today I spent a couple of hours photographing the surfers in the Gulf of Mexico enjoying a southerly swell from Hurricane Ida. This is a classic break– steep shifty peaks and a short wall breaking in shallow water. I’m not going to name the break, but if you’ve ever surfed it, you’ll recognize it. Enjoy. Click on any of the photos to enlarge.

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Tagged as: Hurricane, surfing

{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Stephen November 9, 2009 at 9:45 pm

Awesome pics David! I love watching surfers.

2 beachhunter November 9, 2009 at 10:06 pm

Hey Stephen! Nice to hear from you. The gulf was rockin’ today. Thanks for stopping by.

3 Rob Nixon November 10, 2009 at 7:17 am

Well once again Florida is scoring some great surf conditions with some really fun looking chest high waves and we are looking at Victory at Sea here on South Padre Island. 10-15 feet and blown out….

Hopefully today it will all come together!

4 beachhunter November 10, 2009 at 2:29 pm

Hope you get some good waves Rob!

5 Suwannee Refugee November 13, 2009 at 5:42 am

Great pics. No need to say anything but it looks like Southwest FL:)

Rob–How has the wind been on Padre island been for kiteboarding?

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