Exit the House Rock eddy on the river left side, attaining the next eddy left via the small wave. Surf the next wave over above Grumpy toward the main channel left of the hole, or stay on the wave for a few shreds if you dare. Hairy ferry above Grumpy Ledge . . . Missing these moves or blowing off the wave can send you into the depths of the Grumpy Ledge hole - not a pleasant experience for most of us. Great Surf One hundred yards downstream of Grumpy is the first really solid surfing wave on the Ocoee.
Access is from an eddy on river left.
The best part of the wave is on the river right side, requiring a sometimes tricky move to get there. The easiest route to the sweet spot is to exit the eddy high and float back to the wave, landing in the surf. More difficult is to surf across the small hole from the eddy and jump the small rejector wave in the center onto the wave. In the early 1980s, a group of Navy SEALs used the Ocoee for training purposes. These frogmen swam the entire river underwater and would frequently surface in an eddy right next to a boat.