9/25/26 Report - Higher Surf on the Treasure Coast. Checking Out Some Beaches to See How Things are Developing.

 

Here is a look at the beach cam at 8 AM Friday.  Look how high the water is.  It is hitting the face of the dunes despite all the renourishment sand out front.  Look at the waves breaking.  We haven't seen anything like that for quite a while.  Notice that rough spot about half way up.  I was always noticing that even before the renourishment.  Still there.  Don't know what causes that.

At that time the wind was WNW while the surf was ENE.  And the high tides today are running about 3.3 feet.  That is pretty good.

On a front moving through, at the beginning, you'll often see a little west tilt to the winds.  Since the beach here actually does not run straight north to south, but has an angle, a bit of a westerly component to a north wind works pretty well on our beaches.

Looking at Wabasso about ten minutes later, here is what we see.

Compare that with yesterday's view.  Very different.

Definite bit of an angle to the waves as they hit the beach, resulting in the swash running north to south.

So I went out a little later to see some of the beaches.

Rough Water Friday.

Looks like shoulder high around noon.  I was surprised there were no surfers there.  They must have gone somewhere else.  Maybe Pepper Park.

John Brooks Beach Friday Before Noon.

The water had been towards the back of the beach but the water was receding by now.

No cuts, but it looked like the beach had moved back some.  It was fluffy near the top though.

John Brooks A Bit Before Noon Friday.

Looks the same to the south.

Walton Rocks Friday.

Walton Rocks looked similar, although the beach was firm here and there were some creases at the top of the slope, which was not the case at John Brooks.

Walton Rocks Friday.

 You can see a very small six-inch-high crease in front of the trees in the distance.

Way up around the bend to the north, the dune face was eroding.  Although it looked like the erosion was in renourishment sand.  I didn't walk all the way up there to check it but somebody should.

The most discouraging thing I saw was hundreds of turtle eggs washed out along Walton Rocks.

Fort Pierce South Beach Friday.

Nothing looked very good along this stretch of Fort Pierce South Beach.  The dune foots were washed out a little in places.  

Fort Pierce South Beach Friday.

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

There are a couple things out there, but nothing very significant.

Windyty.com Showing the Nor'easter.

New Jersey and North Carolina are both taking a lot of damage and erosion from the nor'easter. 

"During winter, the polar jet stream transports cold Arctic air southward across the plains of Canada and the United States, then eastward toward the Atlantic Ocean where warm air from the Gulf…. And the Atlantic tries to move northward," noted the NOAA Website. "The warm waters of the Gulf Stream help keep the coastal waters relatively mild during the winter, which in turn helps warm the cold winter air over the water," The website continued. That difference in temperatures is a critical factor in powering the Nor'easter.

Here is a link to learn more about the erosion and damage up north.

Powerful Nor’easter To Hit I-95 Northeast Corridor With A Twist

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Back to the Treasure Coast...

Source: Surfguru.com.

As you can see, tomorrow will be a similarly high surf.  I'll watch to see what happens tomorrow.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net