The surf at Beavertail just prior to high tide on Monday morning. (Photo by Bob Plain)
The best, and worst, place in Rhode Island to weather a hurricane is on Jamestown and seasoned wave watchers know well there is no better place to see the surf during a storm than from Beavertail.
From the southern terminus of Conanicut Island one can see whitecaps crashing into both Newport and Narragansett. And that the spit of land named after an animal’s ass points directly toward the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, so the waves hit the rocks here with an incredible force.
Thus, that’s where I went to see high tide this morning and shot a short video for those of you who either couldn’t or wouldn’t go to the coast during times of high seas. Looking southeasterly, it shows what the surf was like at around 8 this morning:
Did the Jamestown Police have their officer posted out there? I don’t know whether to give them credit or not for posting an officer out there knowing he or she will eventually be cut off from the rest of their brethren and the island. Hopefully their services won’t be needed.