Moshup Beach MV
My "Moshup Beach spot" was at the far left of the photo shown, during summer 2005. I found that the largest occupancy of this beach allowed distances of 50-100 feet between sunbathing groups of singles, gay and straight couples, and plenty of families. It did not appear to be the spot for Nudist Resort types. It was a pleasant 1/4 mile hike down from the cliff head to the clothed part of the beach... |
Colorful Lobsters in the News
Lobsters come in a variety of colors. The ones you will see at Five Islands and the rest of New England are mostly a dark reddish-brown in color. They can also be blue-green, yellow, white, orange and red. Albino lobsters (white) are the only ones that don't turn red when cooked. When lobsters are cooked, all other pigments are masked except for the underlying red color, this is why all lobsters a... |
South Shore Beach
ARE YOU KIDDING ME GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT |
SURF CONTEST POSTPONED
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yours isaca nyabuga |
Zac Sunderland Update 9-16
 Way to go youngman, so much admiration know how tough it is, my son sailed across the Pacific Ocean just that was exhausting
if sail was repaired boat would go faster, but no energy or time to patch sail. dark lonely big challanges
I will keep you in my prayers, know that your creator is a fortress, rock and protector. Enjoy every minute Congratulations for seeking your dream and being prepar... |
Colorful Lobsters in the News
About the size and shape of crayfish, these lobsters are much more strikingly colored. Reds and oranges are dominant, but some species have prominent purple and lavender markings.
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adolfo
http://www.addictionlink.org/drug-rehab-center/new-brunswick |
Humpback whales seen from Nat'l Seashore beaches
I saw one at Ricks Outer....oh wait nvm... |
1st Hawaiian President
I think the true locals would be the ones that were here before the boats got here. |
Humpback whales seen from Nat'l Seashore beaches
I saw one come up for air at the outer beach yesterday, maybe 100 yds off the line-up it's sprayed at least 15 feet high- |
Humpback whales seen from Nat'l Seashore beaches
We saw one and it's baby come up for air about 75yds outside the line-up at nauset light yesterday... |
1st Hawaiian President
The minimum two-generation barrier exists in other areas as well, but in reverse. Here in "downstate" Illinois, it's more like, don't let people know how long you've been here or they might think you're a native! Okay, so maybe that's my own bias, as a transplanted Easterner.
While I have spent part of every summer on the Cape since since 1960, what will make me PERSONALLY feel closer to "N" s... |
Waves and Tides Don't Care
deep man deep |
Speedbump blues
Costa Rica baby! |
Cape Cod Surf Challenge pics link
AWESOME pics , Thanks for the link. |
Speedbump blues
surfing nomads will be dominating in costa rica. yeah bouuyy! |
CC Surf Challenge Event and Results
thanks to the land-ho for a great awards party. brendan and matt ran a great contest as usual. and all the local surf shops who supported it were awesome! |
CC Surf Challenge Event and Results
M,
Awards party at the Ho back bar tonight. Should be pics and maybe video. Come on by. 6pm, Monday |
CAPE SURF CONTEST
Good call. |
Sand Fiddler Crab
I have a crab in my aquarium i believe is a fiddler due to one large claw and one small. I found him digging into a dead fish body today and eating the flesh. Did he kill the fish? It seemed healthy prior to being found in his claws. Also do Fiddler's eat fish? He was advertised as a Thai Crab in the Wal-Mart where I bought him, but I don't think he is a Thai Crab. He is about 1 in with claws.... |
Oceans alive!!
You've got my mouth watering.  |
Coast Guard Beach Cam
will be there in a few days!!! HOME!!!!  |
Manatee rescue effort worth it?
As someone who went to Sesuit Harbor a few times to view the manatee, and to document it in photographs, I, like many, was deeply saddened by his death.
I am having a hard time trying to understand why it took them so long to move him, and why, at such a late date, they chose a truck over air transport. When I saw him Friday morning, he was already very distressed, and the harbor patrol were tryin... |
Fishing boats off Nauset beach
My guess would be pulling Lobster or Tuna. |
Horseshoe Crab
these crabs are soo kewl! |
Coast Guard Beach Cam
I was on the outer thursday, saw the photographer described in earlier threads with the older grey Ford and big telephoto cam, anybody know who this is?? |
West coast musings
West Coast tides are totally different than ours (well not totally). If you look at a graphic chart of our tides, you'll notice that each day one high tide is a little higher and one low is a little lower, though only by a few inches over here. On the west coast, I'm not entirely sure why yet, this cycle is way more pronounced so that each day the cycle goes Low-High, High-Low, High-High, Low-Low.... |
Gigantic jellyfish blob kills 100,000 salmon
such a beautiful thing yet so deadly.. amazing |
CG cam image cleaned up
Nice job! Thanks. |
Cuttyhunk - A Magical Island off Cape Cod?
I have done the Audubon Society trip to Cuttyhunk and it was a trip well worth taking. Wonderful day trip. |
Cuttyhunk - A Magical Island off Cape Cod?
Some places should always be kept in SECRET and let the occassional intrepid explorer find them! Well, since the cat's out of the bag, Dr. Jim Quinn from Little Compton, RI experimented with oyster planting in the estuary pond in the 80's; the frequent storms and salt-water intrusion doomed it, but the real treasure is perfect surf on 2 left pointsthat work with small surf 2-4'- the only proble... |
Saturday 1:20 pm CG cam is back
Hey thanks for the cam-jam work. Seems like it's a second job for you. We're headed out to the Cape next week for a vaycay, if Kyle lets us in. We love the cam! |
New England Surf Reports
CAPE COD SURF CHALLENGE POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEKEND |
Eileen's blue Yater surfboard has been found.
I almost forgot to thank the crew at morebeach and whoever told Mike that it was my board. Who are you anyway? You guys are the best! |
TS Kyle
fractured my wrist, i'll be out for another month as of today... |
TS Kyle
What cast??!! |
nauset photos???
well, it wasnt luke, he was in the water. any other ideas?? it was out on the part you need the sticker to drive to. looked like an older f-150 with some rod-holders on the front. |
Grays Beach Yarmouth
I got engaged here! Beautiful |
Eileen's blue Yater surfboard has been found.
YaY! So happy you got your best friend back. Love you W.B. you Rock and deserve the best |
Photos of Sunday 9-21 from Tyler Brodie
Lee, I have a Ton of good shots of you from the afternoon before that, e-mail me your e-mail address n i'll send'm to ya...brodiesurfer16@yahoo.com |
nauset photos???
thanks, i just emailed him. good luck chasing the next few days. |
Eileen's blue Yater surfboard has been found.
has anyone heard the story of wrecking ball getting barrelled on sunday morning, not with her Yater, but with a big ugly Bic... that was priceless!!! |
nauset photos???
pretty sure it was luke simpson
www.lukesimpson.com |
Photos of Sunday 9-21 from Tyler Brodie
Hey, that's my little brother out there! |
Eileen's blue Yater surfboard has been found.
Congratulations on getting your board back. As a third year surfer, I looked at your picure with envy. Not being sexist, but I said "man if she can do it, so should I".
When it comes to boards, I have a custom sailboard made by Santa Cruz's Doug Haut. I picked it up at 4:00 on Christmas eve many years ago for my girlfriend, now wife. Although she still "owns" it, it is part of my genetic ma... |
Photos of Sunday 9-21 from Tyler Brodie
fantastic photos!!!! I hope I run into you someday! |
Eileen's blue Yater surfboard has been found.
Mike at the Boarding House is awsome! He paid $100 dollars for it. He left it up to me whether I reimbursh him. It was my mistake calling every surf shop on the Cape but The Boarding House about the MIA Yater. He has a list of lost boards and checks it if someone is selling him a used one. I plan on giving him the full amount. It is worth every cent! After I lost my board I recieved an overwhwlmi... |
Eileen's blue Yater surfboard has been found.
YEAAAAA |
Photos of Sunday 9-21 from Tyler Brodie
these are really nice pictures! |
Photos of Sunday 9-21 from Tyler Brodie
if you know him, feel free to e-mail it to him...just give photog credit. |
Photos of Sunday 9-21 from Tyler Brodie
Painter paul locked in on his longboard. Good one from a good guy who has put his time in. |
Sunday morning and afternoon
Nice fish !  |
Opinion: Financial Meldown Averted - What About Greenland?
A culture that bases it's everyday action on treating 'guilt as a virtue' never has self-empowerment; because the US has adopted the fallacies and delusion of manifest destiny because of the perversion of Christianity, no ecosystem is safe. The very nature of capitalism and calvinism promotes no equitable distribution of resources and finances ,and, as a result, the 'edge' species are exploited... |
Looking for ideas for a kayak trip
Thanks Ed. That sounds very cool. |
Looking for ideas for a kayak trip
If you have not done the Allagash River, that could be fun.
You can fly in http://www.katahdinair.com/ via sea plane and depending on schedule a 5-7 day trip. You can have an outfitter provide the gear.
I reccomend the late summer / early sept.
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Coast Guard Beach Cam last 10 Images
wow.
another amazing weekend on cape cod.
is there anywhere else you'd rather be?
there must be something in the salty air.. |
Looking for ideas for a kayak trip
It's Native American for "You'll need a fairly seaworthy kayak and some good compass & map skills on some of these lakes with craggy shorelines or you'll spend forever finding the outlets."
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CG Cam - Verizon error
... thx for the info obxjohn |
CG Cam - Verizon error
There was a power outage in Eastham yesterday. Could it be that the computer - modem - ISP server need to re-handshake secondary to outage, and the server is defaulting to previously uploaded images? |
Looking for ideas for a kayak trip
Thanks for the idea Chuck. The area around Princeton ME looks great. I'm sure the bugs are awful once the snow starts melting. It'd have to be a late summer/early fall trip. Pocomucus Lake? What does "pocomucus" mean?
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=45.2234, -67.9&ie=UTF8&ll=45.224733,-67.903576&spn=0.059486,0.151062&z=13 |
Looking for ideas for a kayak trip
Oops - I meant BUGS up there are ferocious. |
Looking for ideas for a kayak trip
I canoed this area more than 15 years ago, and it was quite wild then, probably hasn't changed much. most of the people we saw (maybe a group or two a day, if any at all, except on west grand lake, where we could see multiple motorboats in the distance a lot of the time), were fishermen. We went in summer, spring and fall would be a dream. Bus up there are FEROCIOUS in the spring, you'll avoid m... |
More info on closing Lecount to surfing
That's true there does need to be somthing, again you guys can wade anywhere we are reliant on a certain set of conditions to surf but being as it is that tourists do pay the bills through the summer season it will be interesting to see how this all plays out and if the town has some respect and reguard for those of us who actually use the spot... |
More info on closing Lecount to surfing
Don't agree, Mikem: I think that's expecting a lot. Tourists with kids aren't bad or stupid, just in such a different space that I really think something's got to be posted establishing surfers' right to tehir own area, to non-interference. It's like bicyclists to a motorist - you barley exist to them, till they door you bcause it never occurs to them to look back before they get out of their p... |
Lost in Wellfleet !!! -Blue Yater Longboard
Hey Eileen, Sorry about your board! Maybe the wind carried it deeper into the marsh (stranger things have happened) It'll turn up. As crappy as it would be for anyone to have taken it, its even crappier to take from a fellow surfer bc we all know none of us has any money to replace it! Good luck. |
More info on closing Lecount to surfing
It should be the other way around, thats like a dog walker asking baseball players to go somewhere else because they need to walk on the diamond. I understand we can find other places to surf and i do that on a regular basis but we as surfers take full advantage of the break and idk it just seems like somewhat of a waist to have all the ban... |
More info on closing Lecount to surfing
Aimee - I wouldn't let this discussion turn you off to Wellfleet. During the Bertha swell, I thought Lecount was too crowded so I continued 1 minute up the road to find perfect lefts and rights that I had more or less to myself... I actually wanted more company in the water. And the people I met were friendly, happy and joyful... all of the things that surfing embodies.
I suspect that a compromis... |
More info on closing Lecount to surfing
I was considering buying a home in Wellfleet but the surf was on the top of my list of reasons for choosing that town specifically. Seems I should do some further research. |
Could "Drill baby drill" be good for the environment?
The NY Times article conveniently forgets to mention that besides oil subsidies the American taxpayer has paid, the Water and Wildlife Fund has several billion w/ interest that sits collecting interest! Neither party has had the more gumption to access that and purchase wilderness areas, esp. New England sensitive areas. Drilling does NOTHING to alleviate the increasing CO2 problem and our ocean... |
More info on closing Lecount to surfing
Setting aside the anomoly of what happened at Lecount, the bigger question here is how do we share the beach and the waves? Surfers have unwritten rules that work surprisingly well. Non-surfers don't know those rules and there's no reason to expect them to. That's where lifeguards come in. Both in and away from lifeguard areas all we can ask is that people pay attention to their surroundings and s... |
More info on closing Lecount to surfing
I'm not a surfer (just a tourist boogie-boarder), but it seems to me that you folks might be a little less agravated at the tourists, going forward, if you could have a section of beach closed off to swimmers - preferably where there's a good break. That way - speaking to Chris's experience - you have recourse when mom & kids are in your way: it's posted, "surfers only", or swim at your own ris... |
Could "Drill baby drill" be good for the environment?
Honestly,I don't know whether to laugh or cry when i read such disingenuous foolishness
especially since drilling there would not seriously alleviate our growing energy needs. It's like advocating for more crime in the streets to get more funding for the police force. |
More info on closing Lecount to surfing
Sounds to me like they will enforce the no surfing in front of the protected beach from 9-4, fine by me; isn't that the case at every other beach only 3 months out of the year? BUT, I think there is allot of ignorance from parents and tourists that hasn't been mentioned.
Maybe I'm guilty of enjoying waist high waves on an 80 degree day in the middle of the summer? , paying my way into the beach a... |
More info on closing Lecount to surfing
It is to bad that the actions of few, effect everyone. The dirty mouthed mental migets, that are the cause, need to step up and make things right. We all have to share. Yes it stinks to have people in the way, but remember: YOU TO GOT IN THE WAY ONCE ALSO. |
Could "Drill baby drill" be good for the environment?
Don't you remember when the Argo Merchant spilled 3,000,000 gallons of oil on Cape Caawd in 1977? The waves were glassy for years and thee was no seaweed washing up the beach to get my bikini all yicky- Ah, those were he days! |
Lost in Wellfleet !!! -Blue Yater Longboard
Left Lecounts 5 mins after you...but there was no boards in the road, did you check the marsh? |
Lost in Wellfleet !!! -Blue Yater Longboard
how the hell dude you lose your board???? seriously??? everyone knows you're board, it'll show up... |
PR: Cape Cod Bay Challenge
Thanks Chris...I should have gotten this up. It was a fun day. We ended up raising $12,000 for the Ocean Conservancy. Full story on ke nalu.
http://www.kenalu.com/2008/08/15/cape-cod-bay-challenge-we-made-it/
vid creds to Lynn Wilson |
Lecount to be closed to surfers in '09.
It was only a matter of time before it would come to this. I've been surfing here since the mid 60's. As long as I can remember 4-Mile (White Crest Beach) is the only beach where we are officially allowed to surf in Wellfleet. Back then we couldn't surf at Lecounts, Cahoun's, or Newcombs from opening day in June until Labor day. That included "before and after hours". For the past 15-20 years we'v... |
Lecount to be closed to surfers in '09.
I taught lessons at the left break next to Lecount all summer. While not a firsthand observer, I heard about some incidents out front. There's a fine line between localism & blatant stupidity. My experience is that most 'fleet locals (whom I know many of) are cool & mellow to everyone in the water.
If swimmers/bodysurfers/spongers aren't well-versed in proper wave etiquette & safety (very common... |
Lost in Wellfleet !!! -Blue Yater Longboard
It's got a Blue futures fin, and some fixed tail damage look for that shtuff |
Lecount to be closed to surfers in '09.
i surf for peace of mind, as an escape from the happenings on shore... the ocean is our sanctuary... it is an impetuous reaction by the surfers in wellfleet (be it local or visitors) to disrupt the ebb and tide of our sanctuary and mother nature just for a selfish wave... walk down the beach, find a new sand bar, i managed to surf without crowds and conflict all summer... its obvious that we are n... |
Lecount to be closed to surfers in '09.
Most beaches in other states are closed to surfing during the "summer" monthes. Having grown up in New Jersey, where you could not surf during business hours on most beaches, I saw this first hand. I always loved the open free feeling on the National Sea Shore. I hope the new ruling can be changed for the surfers of the Cape. |
Lecount to be closed to surfers in '09.
This is an understandable albeit impetuous reaction to the situation described above but, alas regretable. Does this mean that the entire beach will be off-limits every hour of every day? Or only during life-guarded hours?
Why was there no discussion of moving the swimmers' protected beach slightly away from the break? All it would take is a sign and to move a life-guard chair. What can we... |
Coast Guard Beach Cam
As a returning Cape Cod guest each fall I have always loved this beach. This site is my "ocean fix" each morning when I turn on my computer and I can't wait to feel the sand beneath my feet in a couple of weeks. Can someone tell me what the black object is in the water on the right side of the cam image. The spot has been there most of this summer. |
Stand Up Paddleboards: Friend or Foe?
I couldn't agree more. It's about the rider not the board. All I do is standup. I've been very conscious of the concerns of regular surfers and always stay far to the edge or completely away from the lineup. That hasn't stopped fools from purposely paddling over and setting up camp in front of me just because they've read an article in surfer magazine. It has nothing to do with the board....rude i... |
Common Sand Dollar
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Common Spider Crab
look at this spider well they are spider crabs |
5th Annual Cape Cod Surf Challenge
Liking the new poster! , zombie dude looks like me after working on morebeach all night. |
This is gonna be good
Go have your fun.
I got my way with Hanna first thing!
FYI for those who are into sailing or kiting - The bay side (Skaket Beach for me)- on the water by 8 with my Haut (of Santa Cruz shapers Hall of Fame) and a Naish 4.2 (If you don't know who Robby Naish is, google him for required homework) for a solid 90 minutes of high wind sailing.
Just before lunch, I biked over to Nauset to see how th... |
Coast Guard Beach Cam last 10 Images
i think that is McG lifeguarding...i am sooooooo jealous!! |
What is a surfer mom? (Revised a little)
What would Sarah Palin compare bodyboarding moms too?
http://seafever.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/under-sea-dog.jpg
...this pic cracks me up, not exactly a bodyboarding setup but funny anyway
I think a better analogy would be surfing cat that shreds !
http://s3.amazonaws.com/readers/newsflavor/2008/03/23/109076_1.jpg
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What is a surfer mom? (Revised a little)
As the boos have come in, in the spirit of politicians the world over, let me clarify... SURFER MOMS ARE GODDESSES... of course. But if we stay in the realm of canines as Sarah Palin did, then what? |
Goodbye Nesta
What a beautiful friendship you had. |
Nice morning in Eastham today...
And another thing for sailors, it looks like the good west wind conditions scheduled for Sunday may to to waste with a mid day low tide.
RC
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Nice morning in Eastham today...
While on on it, 1.5 x head high sounds scary to me!
RC
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Nice morning in Eastham today...
To Mike and all:
Right after commiting to head north, I knew the timing wasn't gonna happen. I would have been at least an hour behind you. I tried to flag you down at school but no luck.
I did head out in my truck. The first stop time was 10:30, then 10:45, then 11:00. The waves were OK to good. The guilt of sneeking out during business hours and being completly on my own (maybe 1 or 2 peo... |
What is a surfer mom? (Revised a little)
The analogy doesn't work. I don't get the joke. |
What is a surfer mom? (Revised a little)
huskies do not go to the beach when it is hot, it should be a lab. |
PR: Cape Cod Bay Challenge
cool post chris |
Hurricane Swell and Boat Planning
If you have the time and you think it's worth it, give me a call.
RC
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