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Latest reports are for solid swell hitting up and down the coast. Certainly right now Thursdays call for maxed out conditions in Florida didn't come to pass and instead we saw solid 6-8ft waves at most locations. Here's a full recap of the forecast and the latest readouts:

Central Florida - We said 11ft@16 seconds, updated to 9ft@16 seconds. Actual buoy data (41009) is showing 7.5ft@16 seconds. Clearly, so far, under Thursdays call. Nearshore buoys (41113) peaked at 5ft@18 seconds. Frustratingly it ended up nearer wednesdays readouts and of course similar to those coming in in the last 24 hours than the over call that was thursday shout. We definitely saw a little more than this and although 5ft@18 seconds is a SOLID SOLID swell event by any measurable standard the models, and our call from them (and everything else we could see) was too high.

Outer Banks - We said 15ft@16 seconds as the peak, although this was revised last night downward a bit. In reality latest buoy readings (41025) are 12ft@16 seconds. Although again this is a touch under the model readouts at it's comfortably in the ball park...

New Jersey Area - Again the models were, at their peak, showing around that 15ft@16 seconds mark. Current readouts are in the 10ft@16 seconds range with Bill still tracking south of this area and in the general direction we'll recap on this tomorrow.

Overall it looks like the Thurs/Fri model readouts saw more swell from this system than actually arrived in Florida. While as surfers this probably isn't a bad deal (bigger not always being better and great waves to be had) as forecasters of course we aim to get it dialled.

In terms of the continued situation there's still a low probability of Bill bringing Tropical Storm force winds to North Eastern states (with a storm warning in place for Cape Cod) and it's almost certain to bring storm force winds to Nova Scotia where there's already a small swell running the storm set to arrive about the same time as the peak of the swell.

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