http://news.ninemsn.com.au/surfreport/scarborough/
…be thankful that you have your health , and rideable waves
i’m thankful for the warmth too
ben
[…i think this surfmat will be getting some use in the coming weeks / months , somehow !]
Now you know how it feels… I spent the whole summer drydocked because of my ear operation and then most of fall looking a global surf maps, watching all those orange and red swirls in the Southern Hemi while our coast was dark blue ( I check swell at www.wetsand.com… alot of people complain about their accuracy but I find it very accurate for my area…just got to remember they are talking faces, so 3 feet is waist high not head high).
This morning I got one big momma, I’d say 10 -12 foot on the face. I was up high in the pocket and it was still overhead, so I did a soul arch. I felt like Jeff Hakman from photo I had on my wall when I was a teen, “The Hawaiian ‘just being there with style’ approach.” He was at Honolua Bay. I was at …well Palos Verdes Cove. But, hey, a guy can dream, right? Anyways, I was so happy, you know that feeling when you paddle back out to the pack with a smile you just can’t wipe off your face. You don’t want to rub it in, that you just got the best wave of the morning, but you can’t stop grinning? It was like that.
Sorry Chip. Just had to talk that story. Cheer up there’ll be more waves.
PS- Ever think about building a paddle board? That’s what I always think about come summer time.
Hi Ben,
Thats the Scabs I remember the couple of times I’ve been there. Although it was a little bigger.
But the breaks down South aren’t too far away, if one is desperate, and they always seem to have swell.
The water looks nice though.
You could probably talk the clubbies I saw, into towing you around behind the IRB?
It cant stay flat forever, right?
Regards
Daren
3pm today [saturday 17th december 2006] …just south of trigg ‘point’ …
.3 of a metre swell
[ie: 1/3 of 39" ]
http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/imarine/coastaldata/1739.asp
Just back from a spur of the moment paddle from methams to trigg point and back ~2-3kms on the 12’6" even caught a few at the point, shortboarders where doing better on waist high bank…
water is crystal clear and hardly a breath of wind, stop off every now and then to dive into rock caves… ah luv been on the water
only 4 months until surf season chip…
"…It cant stay flat forever, right? "
actually, statistically speaking it is possible: say, to have a 50 year flat spell
In terms of geologic time, the time should pass quickly- but to me a couple
weeks seems like forever, I mean, 2 weeks is enough to get out of shape
Have you considered golf mate?
PS. remember all those “piccies” of you and crew (with surf reports) while is was dead
flat here, and descriptions of surfing til your arms couldn’t take it? Well, after the last
couple of weeks, I was glad to have a day off from surfing today (still OH, just a bit blown)
to do “something different” for a change, like re-wax some of my boards as it cleans up and
turns side-offshore soon…LOL
cheers
wanna bring that weapon of mass destruction to “the usual spot” tomorrow morning , Shane ?
i’ll have a camera , to get shots of ian and i with mats , popeye with his mal …you with your 12’6 er ??
a sways gathering , perhaps ??
lavz , where are YOU , mate ?
…you free at oh say 6am tomorrow till 7.30 or later ?
cheers
ben
…because Nat will be there , maybe she could even get a group shot of all of us ??
wish i could make the sway gavering at the spot. really fun beach break i say!
I will try and wake up early, I do have work this week and want to get some fcs plugs for the quadie. maybe next week between xmass and new years… I havent adjusted to daylight savings time yet… minimal swell atthe moment as well. arms are starting to ache from the paddle…
What’s wrong with that stuff, looked surfable, I bet Joel Tudor would be hanging ten and surfing with style in that stuff…!
And the Aussies talk about windging poms…tut tut!
Hahahahaha