Montauk

[oldfielder]

You need to watch the storms that keep lurking way out to the south and east. When the surfers get excited out there you can usually expect some sporty conditions. They weren't crazy swells this weekend- very long period. It's just when you combine them with the right moon/ tide/wind that things start to get interesting. I'd love to tell you the water is predictable out there, but it's not something that's easy to say. Choppy days are not so bad. Big swells either. Put them together and you enter the washing machine anywhere near the rips.
The main problem is the sheer volume of water emptying over a tremendous amount of structure within a few miles of the point. It's what makes the fishing so good!
You can read the swell and wind pattern on the NOAA buoy off Islip- the Montauk one has been down for a while. they have a pretty good app for their buoys.