Surfing in a Snowstorm: Bomb Cyclone Hernando Hits New Jersey (Video)

Surfers like Ben Gravy, above, who scored at home in New Jersey amidst a snowstorm. At one point during the session, there was over two feet of snow on the sand. Yet, with cranking barrels courtesy of the 19ft at 11 seconds swell, they continued surfing.

“Winter Storm Hernando kind of came out of nowhere,” Gravy wrote. “We expected snow & we expected waves, but we had no way of knowing that we were going to wake up to a 19ft @ 11 second buoy reading & these type of extreme bomb cyclone conditions. Happy to make it through this one safe & sound with a few solid waves under our belts as the icing on the, very frozen, cake.”

Elsewhere, in New York, local news caught up with a surfer after braving the stormy ocean. As expected, the reporter was shocked someone would surf in such conditions.

“It was a dream out there!” the surfer said. “This is what we live for. The waves were three-to-four-feet with a nice offshore wind, so when the wind is blowing in that direction, it causes waves to curl. And you get those beautiful cylinders that you see on TV.”

The reporter was stunned: “A nor’easter is good for surfing? Who would’ve thought?”

And the surfer confirmed: “Yeah, a nor’easter is what we dream of. Usually, the waves can get up to six-to-eight-feet in the Rockaways. When it’s that big over there, they usually wrap around into Coney Island. We had a blast.”