Chanced an 8:40am departure to LBB. Pretty happy with the 2hrs I got before the wind came in. Started off waist with occasional shoulder high 'set' waves - then picked up a little with the occasional head high wave as the tide continued to come in. Nice take offs but the waves didn't wall-up too far, quite peaky shortish rides. Still it was fun.

Blue & green 7'6" - LB shaped nose...

GPA said..

Blue & green 7'6" - LB shaped nose...

Saw you! I thought it was..

good day for us, a very good day.muscles ache, face burning, generally zoned out with a big smile. Good times

Oi! Did you get my message on facey?
Glad to hear you're scoring...

mocha1 said...
Are Guling, Lombok is delivering head to double head walls of joy morning and afternoon
some unruly locals and semi local French fu..s make some sessions a little carnival like but still getting my quota

^^love that place. I remember a local guy threatening a euro backpacker because he was NOT catching any waves!

Jesus ****ing christ kill me...

My stoicism is wearing thin and the shadow of the future seems to have no end.

Please Perth...throw up some swell!!

Buy a SUP and/or a Kite rig Suba if your planning on living in Perth for a while yet, and enjoy your time in the water rather than the lack of surf becoming another frustration. In all seriousness.....some people in this forum are convinced that the 'local' waves were still inconsistent and crap 30 years ago...just that being a grom meant the froth threshold was much lower.
I'd ask them this then. How many days the past 5 months has there been rideable (waist to chest) surf between Funbury and Lancelin? Sure, Rotto has had a few days...but speaking with a long time Rottnest surfer, the crowds have been out of control except on one occasion when he scored because of local knowledge and a sneaky rising swell.

The surf is getting worse ...the lack of sand movement, combined with inconsistent swells and overcrowding when the 'waves' are 1ft closeouts isn't a recipe for fun. Anyone who thinks otherwise is in denial and desperate. Perth is in desperate need of some artificial reefs/structures to help trap sand and act as a focal point for what little swell seems to make it pass Garden, Carnac, Rottnest and the outer reefs.

After 45 plus years of surfing and a good chunk of solid time in Indonesia,returning to Perth,more permanent work,married and kids,i had to save my soul and found my alternative when the surf is marginal or just [email protected] outa the box and found it puts the grin back inside and out....even though surfing for i is top o the wazza when its on

amazing how perth can be flat, yet a solid drive away is on the pump. photo from earlier this week. am not mad/desperate enough to join the crowds i saw flowing in the opposite direction to me today.

Not that I've seen, but I don't check it super regularly...

Windy down here but these guys found some fun waves out of it. The water looked like a washing machine with an almighty current. ??

DARTH said..
Had a light paddle at Trigg Point, small but a few coming through. Perfect conditions except for an inconsiderate longboarder with no leggie. Lucky he didn't take out a fella teaching his kids to surf in close. Got me tho.......

Bummer. Did you get a fin as compensation?

Saw some crazy driving on the way up to Lanno, over taking on blind hill ind bends, we wernt surprised that a major accident happened tbh

It regularly goes down for days at a time. This is a long one. I like it. It's brought back the surf check and I have had two surfs this week that were pretty good and pretty uncrowded. Leave it down, I say.