There’s a general pattern to the wind in the summertime. The breeze is either light at daybreak or it’s out of the west. These are pretty much optimal conditions for surfing. Then the wind comes up, onshore by mid-morning. By noon, or sometimes early afternoon if we’re lucky, the wind is honking from the southeast. It lessens by evening, and then we start the whole pattern again.

On Saturday, the wind stayed offshore all day for the 11th Annual Alliance fora Living Ocean LBI Longboard Classic in…