Surfing huge waves from perfect storm. Florida Jim Sitton

Huge waves rip a pier down and capsize boats. Florida Coast Guard rescues capitain from death. Surfers are loving it!
This is the Halloween Swell of 91!
Jim Sitton Photographer/Editor, won an Emmy!

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• 1991

[Niemeyer2007]

I have personal surf footage of this day and the day after....I will post it in the next couple days. For those of you that know the area....I surfed Peanut Island that day (inside the inlet) and it was 3-5 Ft.!!!!!!!! Inside the inlet. Saw a Tropicana Freighter almost get rolled front to back over inside the inlet...that is a huge freighter that almost rolled.

[longboardpapa]

I'm lookin forward to your vid...

Jim

[buzana]

Why hasnt this been edited into a surf film yet?I was surfing this same swell at the Main Street Pier in Daytona Beach.I was a Jr. in High School and I left after 3rd period to get some of those 15 footers.I remember seeing the news footy and some friends actually drove south the day earlier to catch that swell in West Palm.Chuck Hundley was his name.(R.I.P.)

[longboardpapa]

most of my footage was used in a surf movie called SURF NRG by kevin welsh. it's still available on the net.

jim

[7514328]

What that Gov't vehicle doing at 0:33? Making sure the parking meters are still there?

[7514328]

The Government vehicle at 0:34. Must be driving around to make sure those parking meters aren't damaged.

[sumthinotherthanthat]

Proof that surfers are the most dedicated and ballsy athletes on the planet. Note...you don't see any spongers out there, do you?

[s96822]

I remember seeing the waves from the A train headed to Rockaway Beach, NY. I would call it 6-8 solid with 10-12' sets.

I surfed that swell on 90th street(if I recall rock jetty) on one of the days, i think the peak day. Offshore, looked liked places I have since surfed on Oahus north shore.

I rode a used Alan Byrne board that had been traded by Tom Carroll (purchased on a Hawaii trip) I think it was 7'6" and worked great that day.

Too bad I don't have Tom Carrols talent, only old board.

[Zepster77]

On this day at Lantana (just south of Lake Worth) it was an easy 10-12 feet (Hawaiian style) outside... the inside was unrideable, one big washing machine with lots of big debris floating in the soup... but outside It was breaking top-to-bottom spitting tubes, at least twice overhead.

[CtJester7807]

EPIC

To bad I wasnt even alive yet.

I live for the day i see the gulf coast break like this. It gets Insane one or twice everydecade, but jesuschrist, thats pure power

[textwarrior]

halloween swell 1991 ...  thanks for posting this i heard alot about it..

[gubban159]

thanks, i've been looking for this one. one of the most memorable east coast swells.

and the ocean stayed warm late (we like that in new england).

[motoz30]

post that shit. heard stories of how pnut island breaks less than a handful of times a decade. any footage you've got is gold.