“All Was Right in the New Jersey Surf World Again"

Years from now, no one on the East Coast will be sitting around the fireplace with kids on their knee telling swell stories from 2025. First off, any of the old cottages with fireplaces anywhere near the coast have already been bulldozed for some kind of investment property. Secondly, 2025 was a junk year for surf, specifically in the mid-Atlantic.

Compared to the epic winter of 2023/24, the last 12 months started cold and flat. There were a handful of swells but more near misses. Then came...