Car wash facelift

Mark Longenecker of Endless Summer Tattoo recently finished this mural on the car wash at 3rd St. and N. Atlantic Ave. Good job.

Early morning Coconuts

Calmer days

From the west

Art Festival Weekend

Kicking off the Art Festival, with a launch to Mars

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East of the beach

Close to the Port

Lonely left in south Cocoa Beach

Duke on Dock

Air show practice

Several of the planes were practicing for the air show Friday over the ocean. An F-18 was doing low passes down the beach and when it went supersonic the shock wave was mind blowing. I wasn't fast enough to get a photo but it looked like the one below. Same type of aircraft. If you're in town or nearby try to make it to the beach to see some incredible aircraft and aerobatics.

Woo-Hoo

Yesterday afternoon, within minutes of Kelly Slater clinching his 11th world surfing title in his 2nd heat at Ocean Beach San Francisco the boys had strung up a banner with a big 11 behind Kelly's statue at the entrance to downtown Cocoa Beach. The crowd watching on the big screen in the back room at Surfinista Cafe erupted when Kelly caught his winning wave in the last minutes of his heat. Computers all over town were tuned in to watch this unprecedented and likely never to be repeated moment. Needless to say, Cocoa Beach is very proud of our champion. Way to go, Kelly.

Cocoa Beach from the west

Couple of ibises looking for snacks in the Banana River.

Before the sun - south Cocoa Beach

Tandem surfing

Tandem surfing at the NKF contest Cocoa Beach Pier.
Photo by Lauren Lulich.

From the river

A small part of Harbor Isles, Cocoa Beach as seen from the Banana River.

Memorial Day 2009 south Cocoa Beach

Memorial Day 2009 Cocoa Beach, originally uploaded by Cocoa Beach.

Remembering a beautiful day gone by.

After the storm

Monday afternoon October 10, 2011.
24 hours earlier it was blowing 60 mph and
the ocean was whitewater to the horizon.

South Cocoa Beach sunset

Photo by Laza.

Thank you, Ophelia

Ophelia provided us with a couple of days of big, glassy conditions.
This was Sunday afternoon October 2, 2011 after several hours of
trading head-high plus waves with just one friend in the water.
Air temp; 80. Water temp; 83.

Lake Atlantic

East of Cocoa Beach last week.

Beach flowers

Amazing beauty from barely nutritious beach sand.

One more morning shower

Sticking with the theme, another morning shower.

Rinse, repeat

There has been a shower over the ocean at sunrise every morning this week.

Welcome to Sebastain Inlet

Squalls out on the Gulf Stream

Scattered showers over the ocean this beautiful September 19, 2011.

Cocoa Beach from the air

A perspective of the main runway at Patrick Air Force Base not
commonly seen by civilians.



Not exactly a "Maverick" fly-by of the tower but close enough to feel cool.



Sol y Mar condo at 14th St. south center foreground with Snug Harbor beyond.



Cocoa Beach Pier with a few surfers enjoying the last remnants of the Hurricane Maria swell.

All shots were from an early morning flight today with Florida Biplanes out of the Merritt Island Airport. I highly recommend taking advantage of their very reasonably priced flights along the beach, Space Center and further west. Acrobatics are possible for the more adventurous passengers. Two passengers can fit in the open cockpit with the wind in their face. Double thumbs up adventure.

Dune flowers

There's a lot more on the beach than sand and sea oats.

Scrunchie-butts???

To the moon

NASA's Grail probes streaking towards their mission on the moon aboard a Delta II rocket yesterday. I forgot about the launch and rushed outside when the thunder of the Delta II began rattling the office windows.

Meanwhile in south Cocoa Beach the slow beautiful season has begun.

Katia swell

A couple of guys in the water this morning for dawn patrol
to enjoy some of the Hurricane Katia swell that's still hanging
around. There is a Delta rocket scheduled to launch at 8:37 AM
this morning on a mission to the moon.

PJs in the river

When we see the plane above circling over the Banana River in south Cocoa Beach in the afternoon, we know to expect these below. Pararescuemen (PJs) out of Patrick Air Force Base jumping and landing in the river. We're proud to be the home of these brave, highly specialized troops.

Back to normal

Swell is finally gone. It was good while it lasted.

Irene swell Friday Aug 26, 2011

The surf cleaned up rapidly after Irene passed by and was in
great shape by early afternoon Friday. Here are a few shots
from south Cocoa Beach. Still in great shape this morning,
Saturday, but is dropping fast.

Morning after

A few shots from high tide at daybreak this morning Friday Aug. 26, 2011.
Erosion was minimal and we only lost a few of the easternmost
minor dune plants. Water crested the first edge and pooled in
between the dunes with no major effect. Having low tide coincide
with the peak of the wave heights was helpful. Reports from Elbow
Cay in Abaco are that the dune was breached between the Abaco Inn
and Sea Spray with the ocean washing into White Sound in the same
place that it did during Floyd.