[dropcap]F[/dropcap]unnily enough, when I headed to the United States’ National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) website for their updated thoughts on the Atlantic tropical storm season it was September 10th, my forecast deadline, that the graph settled on as the peak of hurricane season. With the Atlantic having remained pretty quiet it looks like the NHC’s prediction for a slower season was correct and it means we’ll be looking northward in October for some swell-producing systems. Indeed the first of the north swells, produced by some early and colder-than-average fronts had already arrived in early September. So this month, while we may still get something tropical start to whirl, our main focus will be to the north and we’ll be looking for southward dips in the jet stream and lows with significant drops in barometric pressure. The good news is October usually brings both of each. The bad news? It can also bring northerly blows which tend to shred what would otherwise be clean, pumping swell. But the mobile surf hunter can usually find points and coves with swell wrapping in and the breeze blowing spray off the top!
For you wild dolphin lovers out there, please be sure to write the Bahamas Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources and express your support to free the dolphins in a new captive facility off of Cable Beach, New Providence. The Bahamian government has appealed a July court ruling which would have closed the facility. Nearly 100,000 people have signed here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/703/523/691/oppose-new-dolphin-swim-facilities-in-the-bahamas/.