October 9, 2006 - Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester, MA

This was the first time I surfed MA this year...kinda weird. It was a beautiful day all sunshine, 70s and light wind from the SW so all of us went to the beach for the afternoon for one last day of summer? There was actually a lot of people at Good Harbor, but parking is free this time of year which is nice. The tide was super high and there was a strong current pulling to the north so I had to keep paddling to the south. The water was nice and crystal clear, not to cold, and you could see to the bottom. Waves were waist high and real fun and easy to catch. Wind was about 10mph from the SW which created sort of a chop. I caught a bunch of rides during my hour long session but no real memorable ones to write about. One wave I had a nice late drop-in on that was fun. Could have used a long board today, but it was pretty fun. We went to the new Brickhouse Surf Shop in Gloucester and Woodmans afterwards for fried hell.