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Anybody here ever do any real surf launches? Most of our areas have relatively tame beaches or boat ramps. Just curious if anyone has done a real surf launch & landing. I see articles and youtube vids...would be cool to get other perspectives. I'd like to give it a try one day...
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I have contemplated launching from Cape henlopen while my wife lays on the beach. I am hesitant to even take the yak though not knowing how high the surf would be. We will only take day trips and I don't want to haul the yak + gear + surf fishing gear as a backup.Mike -
Nags Head, where the waves can be a good size. Getting in, I had to walk the kayak out over the breakers. It was getting out that was quiet tricky. I ended up washing up onto the beach like a discarded clam shell with my yak about 25 feet away. Glad I didn't have anything valuable with me! I'll never do it again in big waves.Last edited by Pc4sun; 05-07-2014, 01:41 PM.Peggy
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I have done several off the fishing beaches in Delaware in 4' waves ...my only suggestion is to get in quickly, paddle like hell and pray.....haha good luck
My dad snapped a carbon fiber paddle in half on his 3rd attempt.Comment
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Is 4' considered "high/rough"? With no experience, I have no way to gauge what should be the threshold for a go/no-go decision.<insert witty comment here>Comment
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I would say read the waves and assess them yourself. Are they tight waves? ect. In this case it was summer and I had never done it before so i figured why not try...
That day we had good waves 3-4' but the period in between was long enough for me to walk out through the first and then get on and paddle through the trough and over the next wave....
I would say if it looks sketchy and your young and dumb go for it...
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It would be really cool if you filmed it for the rest of us to see.Originally posted by MetroMan View Post
Where are you planning on making your launch. I'm taking mine down to OBX, but not unitl September.2018 Hobie Outback (seagrass)
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I haven't launched through the surf yet going to do it this year but I spent a lot of time surf fishing and think if you can read the waves right and are patient it should not be a problem I was going to head to Assauteage with minimal gear and just play in the surf for a while and get used to itD Hawk
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I honestly don't know where/when just yet. But I am hoping to get ocean side at Ocean City. It will be recorded for sure...whenever it happens.Originally posted by buzz View PostIt would be really cool if you filmed it for the rest of us to see.
Where are you planning on making your launch. I'm taking mine down to OBX, but not unitl September.<insert witty comment here>Comment
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