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alternative name | Check out the Surf Report |
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Surf Quality |
| | wave quality | Sloppy |
| | experience | experienced surfers |
| | surf frequency | sometimes break |
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Wave |
| type | beach-break |
| | direction | right and left |
| | bottom | sandy |
| | power | - fun
- powerless
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| | normal length | short (<50m) |
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Tide, Swell and Wind |
| | swell direction | - SouthEast
- East
- NorthEast
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| | wind direction | - NorthWest
- West
- SouthWest
- South
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| | swell size | starts working at less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 2m+ / 6ft+ |
| | tide position | high tide only |
| | tide movement | rising tide |
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Hidden Islands Access |
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It's simple. Go to Savannah, Georgia and travel out to Tybee Island. At the southern end of the island is a rivermouth. Cross it in a kayak with a month's worth of food and water and a satellite phone. Bring a board, of course. Experience a world like you have never seen before. |
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distance | surf trip |
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walk | long walk (>30 mn) |
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easy to find? | hard to find |
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public access? | public access |
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special access | by boat only |
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dangers | - rips / undertow
- sharks
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Additional Surfing Infos |
| | Park your car at the Southern end of Tybee Island, and bring a kayak. Forget about a regular boat, because you could quite easily get stuck on a sandbar and lose it all. Never go alone, and even two is a bad idea. Bring two friends. Paddle south of Tybee Island and you will have (I am not kidding here) one hundred miles of uninhabited coastline full of sharks, alligators, wild pigs, monkeys (yes, monkeys), wild horses, the occasional wave, and more.
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There are about twelve islands off the coast of Georgia, and only four have people living on them. One is the northernmost Tybee Island and the others are about sixty miles south. You have literally one hundred miles of empty beaches full of all kinds of wonder and wild animals. The waves are always small (bring a longboard too), but the experience, even without surf, is worth it. I am not kidding when I say go in a group of three or more. Bring a satellite phone, because nothing else will work here. Do not cross rivermouths or inlets as the tide is going out or you may be pulled miles out to sea (It happened to me). Use a weather radio to avoid thunderstorms and the occasional hurricane, and only swim or surf off the beach, not in the rivermouths or inlets or marshes. There are tons of sharks and alligators, and they won't bother you, but.... Stingrays everywhere. But once in a while, you will find a head high wave with no one around, and then it's fun. Oh yeah, bring a gun of some kind. Trust me on this. Also, bring everything you need (food, water, toilet paper, first aid kit, etc.) If you make this trip, you will never forget it. It is one of the last uninhabited stretches of land in the USA. It is magnificant, with old trees, huge beaches, dense brush, wild pigs, horses, monkeys (imported), rattlesnakes, and more. On Sapelo Island there is even a group of people that live as they did two hundred years ago (decendents of slaves). It is something else. It's like Indonesia, but without the great surf. The surf usually stinks, but once in a while... |
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It's a great place to go, but be careful. I was pulled out to sea in my kayak at low tide and then bombarded by a squall. I was alone, and that was a mistake. Another time I hit a sandbar on my waverunner and was thrown twenty feet (it hurt bad, but I was okay). Another time I saw and entire boat torn lose from a tree by the falling tide and half burried in the sand. There are wrecked boats in the marshes. Also, you can get lost in the swampy marshes where the rivers meet the sea, so be careful. It is the strangest place I have ever been, and could take your life if you aren't carefull. Have fun. |
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comment by cboo, 2008-07-17 19:14:38