Key West Surf

KWPBC Pre Register is Now Open

2010-03-07T12:05:00.000-08:00

You can now go to keywestpaddleboardclassic.com and register for the race that will be held May 15, 2010 in Key West.

Finally a good Day At Louie's

2010-02-13T13:51:00.000-08:00

An unexpected afternoon of surf at Louie's Back Yard Friday February 12th was a nice way to start the spring surf season in key west. Hopefully the winds will keep the boards out until hurricane season.

2010 KWPBC Announced

2010-02-10T05:53:00.000-08:00

The 13th annual Key West Paddleboard Classic has been set for May 15, 2010. Keep up to date at keywestpaddleboardclassic.com or join their facebook group.

Thursday - Paddleboard Demo

2009-09-15T07:56:00.000-07:00

There is a Paddleboard demo this Thursday at 5:00 PM at Otherside Board Sports. If you want to get into Stand up check them out. othersideboardsports.com for more info.

2009 KWPC Results

2009-05-26T06:44:00.000-07:00

The Results for the 2009 Key West Paddleboard Classic, race around the island have been released. Good job everyone who participated and cant wait until next year. - Download Results PDF

10'6" Paddleboard
David Godoy 2:52:54
Alicia Stevens 3:14:38
Randy Reed 3:56:50
Peter Willmott paddled Island on a 8' surfboard

Stock Paddleboard
Jeff Noell 2:15:53
Lacie Flynn 2:29:25
John Eric Canellas 2:31:55
Ryann Keith 2:32:47
Cynthia Aguilar 2:35:50
Dessy Stoyanova 2:35:55
Daniel Dimarino 2:53:49
Jose Mayor 3:10:57

Unlimited Paddleboard
Javier Mayor 2:07:42 (Grand Champion)
Sean Turner 2:10:55
Greg Schmidt
John Cammack 2:15:54
Ricky Gehris 2:21:57
Matt Crowe 2:22:02
Tony Baker 2:23:47
Amanda Wilson 2:27:55
Christine McCrady 2:32:32
Leigh Smith 2:33:13
Rob Delaune 2:39:27
Molly Militello 2:44:02
Crystal Haire 2:44:05
Craig Pollack 2:46:03

Stand Up Paddleboard Stock
Jesse Anderson 2:4:28
Patrick Little 2:45:31
Thaddeus Foote 2:46:52
Jake Portwood 2:47:28
Pedro Barquin 2:49:58
Erik Schwarz 2:52:50
Brian Roy 3:10:58
Mike Kenna 3:17:12
Madek Porembski 3:38:14
Darien Hildreth 3:44:50
Megan Harber 3:52:22
Sarah Kouri 4:27:02
Heino Soebel 4:58:41

Stand Up Paddleboard 14"
Michael Westenberger 3:03:58

Stand Up Paddleboard Unlimited
Gary Wise 2:27:28
Chip Bock 2:42:30

Sea Kayak
Henry Hidy 2:15:07
Paul Turner 2:21:08
Sasha Cucci 2:21:11
Jamie Jackson 2:30:14

SurfSki
Andy Engle 1:36:18
Hank Oppenborn 1:37:39
Aaron Hammerling 1:52:05
Shawn Kouri 1:55:58
Burton Aidrich 1:57:45
Jason Kirkwood 1:59:21
Adiel Suarez-Murias 2:04:12
Mark Griffith 2:13:11
Tori Windmiller 2:23:34
Ben Hankinson 2:31:30

Dory
Shelly & Sherry Griffith 1:59:58
Jack Lucka & Clint Tracy 2:05:11
Mitchell McCrady 2:05:29
Urs Wunderii 2:15:47

2009 Paddleboard Video

2009-05-12T11:16:00.000-07:00

Yo. Check out a new video that was just put up by Madek in the kwsurf community section, showcasing the 2009 Key West Paddleboard Classic. Some absolutely fantastic shots of the race. Click Here to View it

KWsurf on Twitter

2009-03-27T08:05:00.000-07:00

Ok, before the name calling begins, let me explain. I had thought that twitter is ridiculous and had no relevant use for the past 4 years or so and not until recent have i seen the light. As i believed most people used it to pass along little tid bits of nothingness i have found it can be an incredibly useful tool when it comes to possible key west surf forecasting. You can go to twitter.com/kwsurf and choose to follow us as we will be only posting when we see waves or have a tip on waves coming our way. Twitter makes it even easier to update the forecast portion of kwsurf.com from anywhere but thats not the best part. If you sign up for a twitter account and reply to one of our posts, like if you see some waves somewhere, then your post will automatically upate on kwsurf.com as well. the more people get on board the more people we believe will be able to get in the water. If you don't want to be twitter nerd then no big deal, all the new forecast updates will come to kwsurf.com as well.

2009 Paddleboard Race

2009-03-13T06:13:00.000-07:00

The 12th annual Key West Paddleboard Classic, a 12 mile race around the island, has been announced for Saturday May 9th at Smathers Beach with a 10:00AM Start time. $25 entry fee (includes t-shirt). For more info email westy@kwsurf.com - Help spread the word by downloading, printing and putting up a flyer where you are at. download printable pdf

Good Day at EDR

2009-03-04T06:45:00.000-08:00

Key West finally got some decent surf, Monday March 2, 2009 out at the reef (EDR) and a group made it out to enjoy and got some nice shots as well. Check out some of the images in the featured pics.

Fury Blog Shout

2008-09-04T15:11:00.000-07:00

Check out Shayne Benowitz's take on the recent Sunday morning Key West surf session (at SoBe) provided by "Hurricane Gustav". She recollects about what was going on that day in her most recent Fury Blog Post.

Gustav Comes and Goes

2008-09-02T08:39:00.001-07:00

Thankfully Gustav wasn't too destructive to the Louisiana Coast but it did give Keys Surfers a good long weekend of local beach wave riding. So for all of that we are thankful. September may bring us some more as there are a couple of storms out there so be on the lookout.

KWSURF on Keys Weekly Cover

2008-08-27T13:23:00.001-07:00

KWSURF.COM picture of Westy and Ronan in the Line Up at Louies Back Yard during Tropical Storm Fay, makes the cover of the Key West edition of The Keys Weekly Newspaper .

KWSURF.COM NEW LOOK

2008-08-26T16:15:00.000-07:00

Check out the NEW layout for kwsurf.com and please go by the community section and sign up to add your own pictures and videos to show Surfing in (or even out of) the Florida Keys.

Paddleboard Race Video

2008-08-24T12:06:00.001-07:00

Yo - What up everyone - we just got a video up about the recent Paddle Around the Island Key West Paddle board Race Featuring Westy, who Raised $2,200 for 3 Key West Charities as he took 2nd Place in this Annual Event. Take a Look, its up all over kwsurf.com so you shouldn't be able to miss it. - 2008 Paddle Video

New Community Section

2008-08-24T12:04:00.000-07:00

Whats up everyone- I Just updated the Community Section so that anyone that wants to sign in can put up pictures and video and what ever else you want to contribute. As more people post their surfing media, in the future that will populate the rest of the site.

Paddleboard Around the Island

2008-06-23T08:30:00.001-07:00

Great Job to Westy, Paul Menta, Brian Roy, Letty Nowak, Andres and all the others who completed the 11th annual Key West Classic, Paddleboard race around the Island. I dont have the times but just getting around the Island is more than commendable. We'll get some pics and video up soon. It was a great event and cant wait to see who comes out and participates next year. Get More info at the Fury's Blog.

KW Paddle Board Race Announced for Sunday, June 22nd

2008-05-22T13:21:00.000-07:00

Quicksilver Edition 11th Annual Key West Classic. The “Original” East Coast Paddleboard Championship. 12-Mile Race around Key West for Paddleboards, Surfskis, Kayaks, and Ocean Surfboats. Sunday, June 22nd, 2008, 9:00 AM Start. Race starts and finishes at the west end of Smathers Beach in Key West near intersection of Bertha

Street and South Roosevelt (S. A1A). Party & Awards Ceremony to Follow at the Key West Sailing Club at 3:00 p.m.

Race Entry Fee: $25.00

Fee includes race entry, t-shirt, and post-race party w/ food and drink!

Trophies will be awarded to the top three finishers in each class!

AWARDS FOR THE FOLLOWING:

Grand Champion Paddleboard 12’ Stock Paddleboard Unlimited Paddleboard 10’6” Lifeguard Spec. Paddleboard Stand-Up Paddleboard Wahine Paddleboard Lifeguard Spec. Surfski Singles Spec. Surfboat Mixed Doubles Surfboat

For more information contact:

Rob Delaune (305) 293-0364 daytime

(305) 294-2112 evenings

(305) 304-4842 cell

robdelaune@bellsouth.net

Jim McCrady - (954) 804-1599 FAX: (954) 467-0238 Work

E-mail: JMcCrady@fortlauderdale.gov

Home E-mail: JMcCrady5@comcast.net

The Flakes at the Green Parrot

2008-05-14T09:47:00.000-07:00

The Flakes are playing at The Green Parrot Bar this Friday May 16th at
5:30 PM - Come check them out -

The Flakes Back at Blue Heaven

2008-04-30T20:48:00.001-07:00

Cayman and his band The Flakes began playing again every Tuesday at
Blue Heaven from 7 to 10. We are getting lots of good footage so be on
the lookout of a KWSURF Flakes video coming soon. And make sure to get
out to the Sugarloaf Lodge on Saturday to see them play at sunset (well worth the
short drive).

2' n messy

2008-04-28T08:38:00.001-07:00

Sunday-Funday was not so fun getting out and back in but some decent 2
footers at EDR nonetheless.

4 Hour Session

2008-04-17T08:20:00.000-07:00

Cottrell had incredible 1-3' A-Frames for a 4 hour session through sunset on April 16, 2008. The waves were so nice that i had to put the camera down and enjoy the surf, so we didn't get too many shots but a couple rides were captured.

Wonderful Ft. Pierce Weekend

2008-04-15T09:18:00.000-07:00

2-4' n glassy this weekend in ft. pierce. Probably the best ive seen it since Thanksgiving but the line up was packed everywhere. If we only had a wave like that down here. But Lots of fun for a couple of days nonetheless.

KW SURF Stickers

2008-04-09T06:49:00.000-07:00

Its been a struggle, but finally the first KW SURF board or bumper sticker is in production. It will be a couple of weeks till they are printed but give us a shout and well try to get one in your hands. email us for stickers

Last Weeks Waves ended.

2008-04-07T08:23:00.000-07:00

Lots of ridable waves last week, all over the place.

South Beach - April 3rd

South Beach - April 4th (AM)

Louie's - April 4th (PM)

South Beach - April 5th

Woman Key - April 6th

Thursday LBY Sunset

2008-04-04T07:27:00.000-07:00

Waves... Mo caught a few, Chris only caught 2 (at Louie's Back Yard). No Pictures taken to commemorate this occasion but hopeful for surf to build into Friday.

Another Ridable Sunset - South Beach (at Duval)

2008-03-31T19:54:00.001-07:00

East winds are bringing more uncommon waves to the Key West shores. Not much but started building at sunset. They aint big but still fun and ridable.

Revision* Always Bring 2 Boards

2008-03-31T19:36:00.000-07:00

Another relaxing Sunday-Funday so Aileen and I loaded up "a" board (not expecting much but a nice paddle option) and started out to woman key. As we were underway the wind picked up from the east and we noticed there was a little swell coming out of the East. So we decide to first check out EDR and it was a good 2'. I quickly hopped in to see if the break was deep enough to get a few rides and found a spot with plenty of water between reef and me. I got a few good waves and noticed the boat was rocking with Aileen stuck aboard with no board to come join. Didn't look like too much fun so i paddled back and modified the previous rule of always bring "a" board to always bring 2 boards.

Ridable Cottrell

2008-03-27T08:16:00.000-07:00

With a the wind coming out of the Northeast for the past couple of days we headed out to Cottrell hoping that the winds switch to more of an East wouldn't affect the swell coming from the north too much. Well it did push it down quite a bit but still some fun ridable waves for Jared and myself.

South Swell is Dead.

2008-03-20T15:20:00.000-07:00

With the swell coming out of the South pretty strong for the past couple days and wind dying we decided to go to take our chances at Woman Key with hopes of waist high glass... Wrong. Jared any myself got out there and quickly decided to try and see what was at the reef. We got to Eastern and there was plenty of waves but after a while in the water finally found a spot to the east that was deep enough to get quite a few good rides. Third day in a row that goes in the log books.

White Street Pier Sunrise

2008-03-19T10:45:00.000-07:00

The Sunset Surf was so good the evening before that a few of us decided to set the alarms and check out White St. Pier for sunset. The swell wasn't as strong but quite rideable so an unbelievable second day of Key West surf in a row was logged. We all had to leave the waves there and head to work but a morning of waves is just fine.

Louies Back Yard Went Off

2008-03-19T06:56:00.000-07:00

So as i was going for a nice little nice after work jog, and ran by south beach to see if there was any swell building for a possible Thursday Session at Woman Key, I saw that there was surf everywhere. I Sprinted home, sent a quick text to some people in the community, grabbed my board and a camera and headed to Louie's Back Yard. There was a guy already in the water and i couldn't get in fast enough. What a way to end the day!

Join Up-

2008-03-17T09:28:00.000-07:00

Hey, Thanks to everyone that are joining up to KWsurf.com community. As we are attempting to make that section better with allowing picture uploads and other stuff, it is taking us some time to build all of that, so for now, if you join up and want a link to your website, myspace or whatever please email that to me at chris@kwsurf.com and also if you could send a picture that you would like to go in the Community Pictures of you on a board, that would be fantastic.

Click here to email Pics and Links

Always Bring a Board

2008-03-17T07:03:00.000-07:00

As we set out for a nice relaxing Sunday on the water we had the thought to maybe explore where there could possibly be waves at Woman Key under the right conditions. With the hint of a leftover south swell we decided to throw my 9'6 in the boat so maybe we could paddle around a bit once we got out there. Surprisingly we got out there and there was a little section with some shin high peelers that were barely rideable, but still rideable. We didn't get many of the rides on camera but we did get a few. Another day logged?... well we rode some waves. but more important i think we have a spot to go with a south swell.

KW Surf Shirts In

2008-03-15T10:32:00.000-07:00

Find out how to get one- click here to email me

Saturday March 8th, 2008 - Bumpy Day at Sand Key

2008-03-10T08:22:00.000-07:00

Finally a full boat went out this past Saturday. We weren't being very decisive on what spot to hit as we got thrown around a bit on the way out, but we decided half way out to go ahead and make a stop at Sand Key. The front side had reminisce of a washing machine, but as we got a little closer, the backside appeared to be fairly clean. We got in for about an hour and a half with some pretty good rides in the incredibly shallow reefed area.

March 2nd Sunday Worship

2008-03-03T17:30:00.000-08:00

No one really thought the wind would last throughout the weekend, but Sunday morning it was such a nice day and looked like the wind may pic up a bit so we headed back to Cottrell Key. As we got about a quarter the way there, we could tell there would be waves but we couldn't tell if they would have any form. Once we got to the balls we saw plenty of waves. We got in, caught some waves for a little over an hour. At that point we had to change the tape in the camera and decided to get back in to get some stand up paddle shots. Unfortunately, the wind picked up quite a bit and changed direction a smidgen. This made it really get choppy, so we decided to call it a day. But another Key West surf day logged in 2008.

Need Help with Forecast -

2008-03-01T07:40:00.000-08:00

If you have any word on a possible forecast of surf in the key west surrounding area or a feeling like it will possibly hit, let me know when and where you think and i will get it posted. Please send all forecasts to forecast@kwsurf.com

Forums and Weather Pages are now Up

2008-02-22T06:30:00.000-08:00

Whats goin on everyone - so i got the forums up and going. Hopefully they will be the way we can get together, get organized, and get out to ride more key west waves. Sign up and get on the boat. And also i have started the weather page where i pull the part of wetsand.com (hopefully they wont mind me giving us a little easier access to it) that we can use down here. Also i have a link to A NOAA Site that took me forever to find, but now its easy. Word - and Keep informed.

1-2 Cottrell Afternoon

2008-02-19T21:08:00.000-08:00

Although it didn't look all that promising on the morning of Tuesday February 19th, for a ridable Key West day. A couple of us decided to take a chance in the afternoon because it looked like the winds out of the North would pick up just enough for a little sunset session. Although skeptical, at the last minute we loaded up the boat with a couple of boards headed out and we were able to log our second rideable Key West surf day of 2008. Only two of us took the chance so unfortunately only that same number got to ride some fun ones. Keep checking back to see the next time we will attempt to get out there, and find out how you can join us.

We Need Your Help

2008-02-16T11:27:00.000-08:00

As we attempt to build kwsurf.com we are looking for help with any pictures or video you may have of yourself or your buddies riding waves. And as we would love those pics and vid to be shot here in the keys, it doesn't have to. We will also have sections dedicated to Surf trips showing some of our favorite 2 day get-a-way spots up the Florida Coast, to longer trips to great spots all around the world. For more info or to submit your photos and video please contact chris@kwsurf.com.

Key West Surf website started

2008-02-14T09:09:00.000-08:00

In an effort to try and get people out to the spots around Key West that occasionally break, along with documenting any possible KW surf sessions is why we are putting this site together. We need the help of anyone that wants to dust off the boards whenever possible. So we need the help of everyone with predicting where there will be ridable waves, try to get a network of people that want get out there, and consolidate resources to document as many people riding waves in Key West as possible. The site is being built, but we need the network of people to come out of the Key West woodworks to make it work, and definitely more to come... email - chris@kwsurf.com to see how you can get involved.