Surf trip to Cabarete, Dominican Republic

Surf trip to the Dominican Republic coming up on Saturday, we rented this Cabarete beach rental for 10 days.

I think the DR is a pretty under rated surf destination, as most of the East Coast pays attention to PR in the Winter. But the DR has basically the same swell exposure as PR, its way cheaper, less crowded, and there are tons of spots to find off the map. Check it out for yourself:

http://www.wannasurf.com/spot/Central_America/Dominican_Republic/index.html

We are looking at two potential wave makers as of right now, for NY/NJ and the DR, one coming on Friday/Saturday and another bigger swell coming on Sunday/Monday. Pictures from the trip to follow...

West winds take control

There was a little longboardable wave Sunday afternoon, nothing special.

Looking for another swell to come our way on Friday night or Saturday morning

Stoked

Yesterday was firing, today is basically flat. Some waist high close outs but not worth it at all.

Maybe a little wave on Sunday?

Looks Pretty Damn Good

Waves looked super good pretty much all day. Too bad I've been sick. I'm sure Alex pulled into more than his fair share of tubes while I was laid up on the couch.

Go surf

Fun combo swell (S windswell and East groundswell) in the chest to head+ range with light offshores. Hopefully it fills in more with the incoming tide.

Go get some.

Thursday

New swell on tap for Thursday. Swell should build with southerly flow on Wednesday, then clean up with West winds on Thursday.

Get amped.

Flatness for now, new swell Thurs

Hard offshores for the beginning of the week keep us flat, but there should be another head high swell with clean conditions on Thursday.

The little swell that could

I was impressed with the holding power of this swell. The incoming tide was damn good- lining up nice with some decent barrels coming through, plus it had some push behind it.
Though...a pack of people showed up (again) and paddled out where we were sitting. Am I nuts, or does this piss you guys off, too?
Changed jetties, and got a sick backside barrel from behind the peak. Grabbed a rail and pointed it towards daylight...couldn't believe I made it. Got that one on mental playback!

Don't think it will have anything left for the morning- but maybe? Hopefully?!

Post-Session Update

Tide drop helped the waves a bunch. There's some pretty damn good rights reelin off the local jetty. It's still about chest+ with some better sets.

I was surfing with a buddy for over an hour when a bunch of people show up at once. They all paddle over the jetty where we've been for quite some time. This alone drives me nutty. There's scores of jetties in either direction and they need to plop down right next to us. One of the kids decides to paddle around both of us- so when he starts paddling I drop in on him. He looks bewildered. I gave him an explanation...hopefully he learned something. Maybe he'll tell someone else. (Though, my guess is that he'll complain about it to his friends, instead)

Lunch now, and then probably go out as the tide starts to come back in...

It would be so good right now if....

Typical. If the X (wind) was a bit Y (less) it would be so good. Ughh.

Anyway, there's still waves it's about head high on the sets. The wind (25+ kts) is making it look almost impossible to get into waves, but it's still do-able. It's also looking pretty mushy due to the wind blowing the tops off of waves. Maybe the dropping tide will help.

Well..... I'm going out, again. (at least it's warm!)