Ditch Plains Surfers - Montauk, NY

Ditch Plains Beach is a popular surfing location in Montauk, located at the eastern end of Long Island, New York.

This footage was shot on Saturday afternoon, August 28, 2010.

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• Montauk
• Surfing
• Surf
• Surfers
• Ditch Plains
• Beach
• Ocean
• New York
• NY
• Waves
• Longboard
• Wipeout
• runway
• travel log
• airplanes
• helicopter
• underwater diving
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[FantasticBabblings]

There used to be surfing just west of the Lighthouse on the ocean side. If you search for Montauk Surfing Report on Google there are a few sites that tell where the best surfing is going to be and the tide schedules etc. One I know of is surfline dot com. Sorry, but YouTube doesn't allow links in comments.

Have fun!

[thizizliz]

Fun stuff - it's a gas to see all that youth, grace and strength. Oh, and energy! Good golly, the energy. Even in the one guy with a little maturity. Good stuff and I could listen to the sound track forever. By the way, I really enjoyed some of your creative editing.

[FantasticBabblings]

@thizizliz Thanks, Liz. I have mentioned before that the creative vids don't get the views, but some of my older ones have legs and get views over a long period of time. It doesn't really matter, but it's nice to know people still watch after all the work creating them. It's a boutique business :) But thanks to you for always being there and supporting what I do.

[fehquig]

This is both visual and auditory hypnotism! Unfortunately, there is still an undercurrent of music from "Jaws" whenever I see "Montauk" written anywhere.

You'd think that memory would be faded after the thirty-five years since I read the book...

[FantasticBabblings]

@fehquig I thought about it when I was shooting. One part hoping nobody got hurt, another part thinking how great it would be to get a shark attack on video :) I am a camera whore. It's sad.

[jimisru]

Thoughts.

Young people are beautiful.

The ocean is amazing. I miss being near the surf

7:18 was very pretty.

[FantasticBabblings]

@jimisru I share your thoughs. I was also glad to see some folks (a couple of men and one woman) more my size and age out there. I felt a sense of pride for the old guys who still get out and take risks. But some of the young ones made my heart flutter.

[sofunnyyo12]

im going to start surfing tomrrow in ditch plains. do u recomend any other places for new surfers?

[bigfri5]

I go to Montauk every year in the first week of august. I like Ditchplanes. But that Beach Behind the IGA super market, kicked up a nice swell when i went.

[FantasticBabblings]

@sunsetlover Even the older beer bellied bodies were nice, just for the fact that they still get out there and do it, some of them quite well. But the young ones are especially lovely :)

[FantasticBabblings]

@LeSaMilano Looking at some of those guys made me feel refreshed too :)