"These are the kinds of storms that separate the men from the boys," exclaimed Jayme Noe, owner of Cocoa Beach Surf & Skate. "We pray for this kind of thing. This is what we live for." "It's going to be absolutely epic Friday and Saturday," Noe predicted. But that was not the case Thursday night when the ocean looked like a washing machine on 'Heavy duty' cycle. "It's all closed out, and there are large rip tides," complained Nola Yates, an employee at Balsa Bill Surf Shop in Satellite Beach. "A lot of people are looking, but few are going out." Earlier in the day the waves were rideable, however. A Florida News Journal report stated: "We saw about 30 surfers at Paradise Beach in Melbourne, and found some had come from as far away as New Jersey and Texas. Brevard County Lifeguards reported they had not made any rescues and called it lucky. "
The beaches on PAFB property were closed but didn't deter a few surfers. At around 5 p.m., two surfers were seen being tossed around at the south end of the OC, by the radar. And, further north, two highschoolers were asked to come in by PAFB Security.
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