St Augustine Beach - Surf Report

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6:50 am…   Mushy, lumpy surf real early.  Still waves, but not very organized. On the local buoy the early reading is 4.6 feet at 8 seconds, with the groundswell readinfg not a spread out 3.3 feet at 7.7 seconds.  . The marine forecast is calling for E winds today. 11:00 am… Just got back from the beach, it looks pretty fun. Waves are running in the waist to rib high range (Still!) Its rather peaky with the east wind but there are fun ones to be had none the less. There were several people out catching some fun ones. Pictures are up in Box #2. Its shaping up to be a pretty day after yesterday’s cold snap, plus there are waves, get on it…….. 2 pm..  Some fun looking outside set waves at times. Looks a little better than earlier.  Vince is going to do another report later this afternoon

Last Two Authors Selected for Flager's Writers-in-Residence Program

St. Augustine's Flagler College's 19-year-old Writers-in-Residence program invites Dwight Pitcaithley to speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24, about "The Secession of Florida in 1861: Reflections After 150 Years."

Pitcaithley, former chief historian with the National Park Service and a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Virginia Room of the Ringhaver Student Center on the corner of King and Sevilla streets. The event is free.

The next author in the Writers-in-Residence series is Connie May Fowler, at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 7, in the Flagler College Auditorium. Fowler will discuss her book, "How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly." Her latest novel will be published in April.

St Augustine Lions 30th Seafood Festifal 3/11 - 3/13/11

The festival takes place on Francis Field at 29 W. Castillo Drive in St. Augustine, next to the Visitors Center. Featured headliner is Grammy nominee Valerie Smith with Liberty Pike. Festival hours are 3-9 on Friday, 10-9 on Saturday, and 10-5 on Sunday.

Admission is $2 for adults and kids 12 and under is free! Sorry no pets allowed. The proceeds benefit Lions Club charities. For more information visit www.lionsfestival.com, or email admin@lionsfestival.com.

Get ready to eat great seafood; tap your toes to the music, and then stroll through more than 100 arts and crafts exhibitors. These are just a few of the highlights of the 30th Annual Lions Seafood Festival to be held in St. Augustine on March 11-13th, 2011. We are Bigger, Better and More Delicious the ever before. Tons of delicious seafood, outstanding music, affordable arts & crafts and a kids zone makes this fun for all ages. You can win cash, contests and prizes too.

St Augustine Beach Surf Report

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6:50 am…   The surf has dropped some overnight.     Peakier and a little mushy lumpy at the higher tide… but still does not look bad. On the local buoy the early reading is 3.3 feet at 10 seconds, down from yesterdays  3.9 feet at 9 seconds. The marine forecast is calling for NE winds today. 7:45 am…    Early morning surf photos are up in box #1 and you can see there is still surf.  Not as good looking as yesterday, but not bad looking as you can see in the photos.    The wind is NNW, but forecast to go NE, which would chop it up… 11:44 am…. There is still swell, that’s the good news. It’s consistantly in the waist to rib range, maybe a little bigger on the sets The wind is picking up out of the NNW. I just got out of the water before I did the report, its still fun. There is a weird little cross chop with the North wind so you have to wait for one to line up just right but there are fun waves out there.

St Augustine Beach - "Music by the Sea" 2011 Concert Series

Great News!  The schedule is out for the "Music by the Sea" 2011 Concert Series.  The lineup for May looks like this: 

5/11/11  St Augustine High School Jazz Ambassadors (Jazz & Swing)          Wildflower Cafe
5/18/11  Billy Buchanan & The Free Avenue Band (Florida Funk/ R & R)    South Ebeach Grill
5/25/11  Amy Alysia & the Soul Operation (R/B Motown)                           Seafood Kitchen

More to come throughout the summer.  It's a great time.

St Augustine Beach

Daily Surf Report:  Much larger surf this morning.   the swell has jumped overnight.  Quite choppy though.  On the local buoy the early reading is 7.5 feet at 11 seconds, up from yesterdays 3.0 feet at 4 seconds.
The marine forecast is calling for strong NE winds today.

7:55 am…  Early morning photos are up in box #1 and you can see the surf is much larger than yesterday!   Finally some decent sized surf. It’s quite choppy early though and likely will remain so as the wind is forecast to remain onshore.  It still could be fun at times though...

11:30am…  New photos are up in box 2,  the surf has increased and there are plenty of head high sets coming in fairly consistently.  The wind is still hard out of the north with a strong current, but there could definitely be some fun waves coming in if you don’t mind the drift!

The Celtic Festival - March 11 - 17, Come Join the Fun

The 2011 Festival is arguably the finest International collaboration of Celtic Music and Arts that the United States has ever seen.

Some of the greatest living musicians, artists, writers and poets from Ireland, the US, and the Celtic region of Spain (home of St. Augustine’s founder in 1565), will converge in this wonderfully romantic city for a weeklong celebration to honor the great traditions of music, literature, dance and all things Celtic.

Following exciting weekend concerts, day-long festivities will continue throughout the week. Traditional music pub sessions, art exhibitions, poetry readings, storytelling & culinary events hosted by Celtic masters, will culminate in the ultimate party that is St Patrick’s Day.