Surf

It was flat all day and night yesterday. It is starting to pick up but we still have offshore winds. Expect it to build during the day.

Kids are all out on Seacrest Beach surfing. Some nice breaks.

Looks safe.

It looked great about 9 this morning - I came back from my bike ride ready to load up the surfboard, but then a neighbor told my boys that there are a bunch of jellyfish out this morning. Then my husband repported that the flies were awful. The boys lost their enthusiasm. Boo hoo.

The creatures know something is going on!!!

I thought those flies were gone by late Aug - Sept??

Just ate lunch at DK's and the waves were breaking nicely....

Surf activity is picking up.

I really need to stop eating that Key Lime Pie....

Doug

P.S. - These freakin flies were the worst I have ever seen late yesterday

Yellow flies are back?

Yellow flies are back?

Black flies. They've been bad for a couple of weeks now.

Black flies. They've been bad for a couple of weeks now.

And remember how awful they are in October?!!!!

Are the black ones the biters? I'm so confused. I thought the yellow ones were the biters!?!

I hate the biting flies whatever color they are! They make the mosquitoes in New England (my standard for what hurts and itches) look like a bunch of pussycats. I can't tell you the number of times we've been down to the beach in the fall, covered from head to toe with our towels to keep those vicious little vampires off us!

What do the skies look like today?

Kurt will be happy! I finally found the search link! :clap_1:

All about the flies:

http://www.sowal.com/bb/showthread.php?t=471&highlight=black+flies

Re: Biting Flies

Tip for those who are eaten alive by flies: Avon (I am not a rep nor do I play one on TV) has a fabulous product called Skin So Soft - consistency is like oil; smear it on your bod and it works like a charm. Was so desperate one year that I found a rep in the phone book, met her in Destin, and bought the biggest bottle she had. We swear by this stuff - makes life on the beach bearable when those buggers are feeding. ;-)

Kurt will be happy! I finally found the search link! :clap_1:

All about the flies:

http://www.sowal.com/bb/showthread.php?t=471&highlight=black+flies

I remember that thread...and I was afraid we would experience them in August but never did. The winds must have been on our side. We were attacked by mosquitos at dusk but that was at the state park. After that one night we put on our bug repellant after dinner everynight and was fine the rest of the week. I didn't get one bite in SoWal and returned to Ohio to get 4 mosquito bites the first night we were home while talking to the neighbors at dusk!

Kurt will be happy! I finally found the search link! :clap_1:

All about the flies:

http://www.sowal.com/bb/showthread.php?t=471&highlight=black+flies

Great work wintersbk!

Experience sez wind from the cattle areas to the north brings the biting flies and wind from the southern gulf brings rain. Hmmm.

I don't know if it was flies or mosquitoes, but something was eating the h*ll out of us down there. I have about 50 (literally) bites on my legs.
Worst seemed to be out back at the Red Bar.. we were all smacking all over ourselves as soon as we walked out there. Maybe water got trapped under the deck in Dennis to breed skeeters?

I thought those flies were gone by late Aug - Sept??

You are thinking about the Deer (Yellow) Flies. These are the Dog (Black) flies.

Re: Biting Flies

Tip for those who are eaten alive by flies: Avon (I am not a rep nor do I play one on TV) has a fabulous product called Skin So Soft - consistency is like oil; smear it on your bod and it works like a charm. Was so desperate one year that I found a rep in the phone book, met her in Destin, and bought the biggest bottle she had. We swear by this stuff - makes life on the beach bearable when those buggers are feeding. ;-)

Bought Skin So Soft, tried it, did not work. This afternoon, I was spraying bug spray with deet on directly on the flies which were biting me. Only the hand slap makes them fly away, deet is no good.

Fortunately, the Dog Flies, unlike the Deer Flies, do not make you slap yourself so hard that you injure your Grandchildren. They are more like a gnat pestering the heck out of you.

Whatever you do, don't scratch those bites. The biting flies can leave scars. And do not wear black on the beach. Sounds nuts, but I have years of experience with these devils. They love my bod. My husband could not believe it one year when we were down there. They literally drove me back into the house and didn't bite him at all. Yes, they are particularly bad behind The Red Bar in that brackish inlet between Western Lake and the Gulf. Don't wade in there when the flies are swarming. Yuck. When will evolution catch up with this curse?

I don't know if it was flies or mosquitoes, but something was eating the h*ll out of us down there. I have about 50 (literally) bites on my legs.
Worst seemed to be out back at the Red Bar.. we were all smacking all over ourselves as soon as we walked out there. Maybe water got trapped under the deck in Dennis to breed skeeters?

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Definitely the Dog Flies.

It looked great about 9 this morning - I came back from my bike ride ready to load up the surfboard, but then a neighbor told my boys that there are a bunch of jellyfish out this morning. Then my husband repported that the flies were awful. The boys lost their enthusiasm. Boo hoo.

I did the triathlon at Sandestin this morning. Surf wasn't up yet during the swim (6:30 start time) but the jellies were out something fierce. Mr. Mouse said he saw a woman who had gotten a jelly stuck between her skin and her cycling-style race top. She then had to pull it out of her top when she got out of the water.

Not sure how long it was there, but I hope she was okay. That had to sting something really, really fierce.

More photos in my album.

More photos in my album.

Is that there HAY on the beach in GT?

Whatever you do, don't scratch those bites. The biting flies can leave scars. And do not wear black on the beach. Sounds nuts, but I have years of experience with these devils. They love my bod. My husband could not believe it one year when we were down there. They literally drove me back into the house and didn't bite him at all. Yes, they are particularly bad behind The Red Bar in that brackish inlet between Western Lake and the Gulf. Don't wade in there when the flies are swarming. Yuck. When will evolution catch up with this curse?

So the dog flies -- are they the round, fat black flies that look like bees? Because those things were hunting me down every time I was at the beach in June.

Got bit by a couple of yellow flies too. I am very popular among the six-legged set. :roll: