SUP @ dusk

South Cocoa Beach Banana River paddleboards at sunset.

So long, Discovery

Space Shuttle Discovery on her last day in Florida this morning just after sunrise. A sad moment to watch this spacecraft which has been such a big part of this community do it's last flyby atop the 747 on it's way to the Smithsonian. The beaches were packed with everyone getting their last glimpse of her in flight.

Farewell Discovery.

Shuttle Discovery launch July 4, 2006

Discovery lifting off above Cocoa Beach on July 4, 2006. She will be flying overhead Tuesday morning, April 17, atop a 747 on her way to the Smithsonian. Takeoff from Kennedy at 7 AM and doing a last flyby along the beaches. Don't miss it.

How different would things have been?

It's the parking, silly.

Above shot is Easter Sunday looking south towards the 1st (northern) parking
lot in Patrick Air Force Base know to the locals as Picnic Tables. The shot
below is looking north from the same spot (at the same time) into Cocoa Beach
where there is no public parking until you get to the city limits at around 18th Street
South. That's the simple secret to the uncrowded beaches of south Cocoa Beach.

Good Friday 2012

Cocoa Beach looking like Baja

South Cocoa Beach Swell - April 5, 2012

Offshore winds all day and super clean long period swell.