Volusia County, Florida (Daytona Beach) has piers, intended for fishing so surfers are shooed away, but the lifeguards are acutely aware of the rips and locate accordingly.
One of the happiest situations I've encountered is a popular "beginner" wave in Oregon, where a big stone wall on one side created a conveyer-belt structural rip, making for a very short paddle to the peak. A natural wave pool!
When I was there, Oregon beach info online was Celsisus temperatures and time-lapse surf imagery. Otter Rock now has a Surfline camera and it's still popular. Great small-day recreation for an inept surfer like me.
Volusia County, Florida (Daytona Beach) has piers, intended for fishing so surfers are shooed away, but the lifeguards are acutely aware of the rips and locate accordingly.
One of the happiest situations I've encountered is a popular "beginner" wave in Oregon, where a big stone wall on one side created a conveyer-belt structural rip, making for a very short paddle to the peak. A natural wave pool!
It's hard to convince people to give paddling next to a rocky wall a try, but it can be like magic on those bigger days.
When I was there, Oregon beach info online was Celsisus temperatures and time-lapse surf imagery. Otter Rock now has a Surfline camera and it's still popular. Great small-day recreation for an inept surfer like me.