Giant Waves & Angry Surf St. Andrews State Park on Panama City Beach
September, 5th thru 13th
We arrived at St. Andrews State Park on Friday September 5th with Hurricane Ike approaching Cuba after having ravaged Haiti. It was making unpredictable turns so everyone along the Gulf Coast was watching and waiting to see what that monster was going to do.
No giant waves or angry surf in this picture from St Andrews State Park but things will change tomorrow
We started our stay with the Gulf of Mexico looking like this. Beautiful emerald colored water with just moderate surf. In fact it is hard to see the first wave as the Gulf laps at the shoreline. Things will change in a few days, take a good look at this picture.
No giant waves or angry surf in this picture from St Andrews State Park tomorrow will be totally different
And one last picture of how calm the Gulf was before Hurricane Ike stirred things up.
Giant waves and angry surf greeted visitors to St Andrews State Park at daylight
What a difference a day makes! Amen! These large breakers were what was pushing the wall of water "storm surge" into St. Andrews Bay and indeed along the entire Gulf Coast.
Giant waves and angry surf in the pass at St Andrews State Park
These are giant waves crashing across a sand bar on the eastern side of the Pass where boats enter and exit St. Andrews Bay. Surfers flew in here from as far away as California and Hawaii to surf these "World-Class" waves. Surfers told us that when conditions were right (and they were RIGHT) this was one of the premier wave sets in the world. The dots you see in the water are surfers. We watched as surfers caught a wave to the right of this picture and rode it well past where this picture ends on the left side.
These boats delivered the Surfers riding on those giant waves at St Andrews State Park
These are boats that ferried the surfers to this surf spot. The waves the surfers are riding are 100-yards or so to the right of this picture.
Giant breaking waves at St Andrews State Park
This is a gnarly wave breaking in the middle of the pass. The rock jetty you see protects the western side of the Pass and is located in St. Andrews State Park.
Giant Wave at St Andrews State Park
This enormous wave was loaded with surfers. In case you are not oriented the waves are moving from right to left. The picture is being taken looking to the east from St Andrews State Park across the pass. That is Shell Island on the other side.
Angry surf battering the Jetty at St Andrews State Park
Waves battering the western jetty that protects the pass into St. Andrews Bay.
Angry surf and giant waves are battering the shoreline in St Andrews State Park
The Gulf certainly doesn't look like it did yesterday.
The sunset coupled with angry surf made this an interesting picture
Rough surf, a beautiful sunset, shore birds, and snow white sand. What else could someone ask for?
Giant waves and angry surf made this a day to avoid getting in the water
This isn't a day to get in the water. As you can see the rough surf has cleared this snow white beach of swimmers.
Sunset & angry surf at St Andrews State Park
I was trying to capture some of the angry surf in these pictures. Pay attention to how there is one monster wave set after the other lined up in this picture.
Angry surf and giant waves
When writers write about the "frothing surf" this must be what they have in mind.
Giant waves and angry surf combine to make this an awesome picture
Awesome, totally awesome. Hurrican Ike is really creating a spectacle on Panama City Beach.
Gulf of Mexico as seen from St Andrews State Park as Hurricane Ike makes landfall in Galveston, Texas
What a difference a day makes. I think this is the night that Hurricane Ike roared ashore in Galveston, Texas 500-miles or more west of here. As you can see the waves are smaller now than they were when the hurricane was in the middle of the Gulf.
That is all there is.
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