Hurricane Noel- Surfing Huge Waves @ Rockaway Beach, NYC November 3rd, 2007

Hurricane Noel was a very late season storm that spun up near Hispanola and then tracked up the eastern seaboard. Even though Noel was transitioning to an extra-tropical system as she passed the New Jersey/New York area, she still packed quite a punch, and generated huge waves all along the south shore of Long Island. Surfers from all over the area converged on NYC beaches to take advantage of the big swells.

I started the day in Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan and shot some video of the choppy waters on the Hudson. Several outer rain bands of Noel were also visible and the winds were howling pretty good during the morning hours. After that I headed back to Queens, hopped in my car and drove down to Rockaway Beach where huge waves were breaking onshore. Granted, these waves were only about 10-15 feet which for some surfers might seem small, but for us here in the NYC area, they were quite large! And the surfers that were in attendance that day certainly were having a blast. They tides were running so high that day the water was even making it all the way to the boardwalk!

Hope you enjoy the video, and if you're a fan of the weather...please subscribe to my channel to keep up to date on all my latest storm chase adventures and weather/nature related videos. Thanks for watching!

Scott McPartland

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©2007 Scott McPartland
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[larnieeeex]

eh those are little as waves haha ! come to WA !

[tornadovideostock]

@larnieeeex ha ha this is true. But, they were pretty big for our area :) Thanks for watching!

[njer]

Very cool thank you for this movie and wait for more

[tornadovideostock]

@njer Thanks for watching!!

[boosted28]

Thanks for posting man,Those waves are awesome.

The water looks freezing though.

[tornadovideostock]

@boosted28 Oh yeah, early November here and the waters are cold for sure! lol....Hell, they aren't even that warm at the height of summer here. Thanks for watching!

[lucas99cazatormentas]

wow !!

[tornadovideostock]

@GonzaMart24 Glad you enjoyed! :)

[GonzaMart24]

That's great !!! Lol

[tornadovideostock]

@bluesemotion Thank you! So glad you enjoyed the vid :)