Sometimes you can see rainbows in the rocky coast geyser sprays

photos and video from shore. September 23 and 24, 2024

Gray to Glorious #GloucesterMA waves today

photo caption: 3/10/2024 at about high tide, views from Gloucester and Rockport, Long Beach, Twin Lights. Before the sun came out, the wind was strong enough this morning to move a portapotty off site 100′ down a street. Later, when the sun broke, waves in the surf matched up with a cloud filled blue sky.

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Video clips: Long Beach 2024, March 10

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From the seawall, ricochet wave rolls

From Cape Ann Motor Inn

Photos above: C. Ryan 3/10/2024

March 9, 2024: The gray days are pretty, too. Snow buntings still about.

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High Tide today! Long Beach #RockportMA #GloucesterMA nov. 6 2021

Running out of beach today

photos about an hour before high tide 11/6/2021

Cape Ann Motor Inn, Cape Ann SUP & Surf, The Cow food truck – all open at Long Beach

Feels like summer!

Cape Ann Motor Inn

Cape Ann SUP & surf – renting boogie boards, too!

The Cow Beach Food & Ice Cream food truck (on busy, sunny days!)

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Piping plovers and other shorebirds are visiting, too. If you see them, be happy and celebrate a healthy beach.

Heavy surf and high tide rough on heavy equipment at Long Beach

Views today were taken an hour before the afternoon high tide. Prior high tide left its mark, and I expect more tomorrow with such high winds predicted.

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2019 winter repairs

Feb 8 prepping for repairs

Crashing Surf

The waves along the back shore were pretty terrific the other day

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I have never seen heavy surf last as long as it has. It has been truly beautiful.

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Good harbor beach Area in storm

Rain wind and surf at Good Harbor Beach area last week.

Surf at the back Shore

Yesterday’s Surf at the Back Shore.

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Love when this happens to ocean spray! Saturday looks like we’re going to have some sea swells. We’re spared today’s “high surf advisory” accorded to Cape Cod and Maine from Hurricane Gert.

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minutes before the sunspray

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Seals & surf

A few photos over the past week in the harbor and back shore.

storm out at sea brings more surf and surfers

Long Beach can be a surf spot on Saturdays year round; yesterday was dotted.

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Thanksgiving Morning Surf

 

Thanksgiving morning I took an early morning walk to relax before all the craziness started. It reminded me to be extra thankful for the wonderful place I live.

The light we have on Cape Ann is amazing and everyday it’s a little bit different. It was nice to  have the Thanksgiving break, where I had time to enjoy the mornings a little more, rather than my usual rush to work and sitting in 128 traffic.

~Alicia

 

Skip Montello- Catching The Curl

Skip writes-

Hi Joey,

Surfers love catching and riding the best waves but getting one on camera just right may require upwards of 150 or more camera clicks; here is one from (more than 140) yesterday at Back Beach.

Thanks, Skip

North Coast Angler www.northcoastangler.com

Skip Montello Photos www.skipmontellophotos.com

Catching the Curl

Start of surf season, Good Harbor Beach From Kathy Chapman


Start of surf season, Good Harbor Beach.

http://www.kathychapman.com

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After the Storm- Good Harbor Beach

After the rains and wind waned, the people went to the beach!

Even the Crazies came out to play…

-Alicia

Brianmoc Video of Porter B Fighting a 42 inch Striper

Brian Moc Writes-

Porter B with yet one more big striped bass in 2010! this little fish was 42 inches & its was his 8th ish in two weeks! Also this guy Catch & Releases! Caught on a raindow Gibbs 1oz pencil popper . Word on the street is his last year fishing because he is getting married to his super hot high school sweetie in 2011!

Brian Moc has a great series of saltwater fishing videos from Cape Ann

You can check out his Youtube channel here

Nice Fish!

Surfing at Good Harbor

I’ve been taking a break from posting recently because I was on my Gloucester vacation and totally took advantage of it by disconnecting myself from the world. It was wonderful!

Here are some surf pics. I still need a lot of practice but getting the hang of it. Look how beautiful that water is!

John Hintlian From Hye Tyde Captures The Swell

John Hintlian The Creator Of Hye Tyde Captures The Swell and Some Video of the Nautilus Road Fire in this Flickr Slide Show-

Click the picture for the slide show and subscribe to his killer blog Hye Tyde

John has a great eye and unique style and flavor to his art.  It’s always fresh to me.

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John Hintlian The Creator Of Hye Tyde Captures The Swell and Some Video of the Nautilus Road Fire in this Flickr Slide Show-