A certain beachie north of there was not as bad as I thought it would be

Heads up

Looks like we are going to get a hint of swell this weekend

Ended up taking a drive yesterday and did better than I thought we would. Pretty consistent waist to chest with four of us out and offshore. Could've been worse.

Got bogged 'cos I was using a borrowed 4b and thought I had it in 4L and it was in 2L.
Standing there cursing poxy lightweight Gutluxes when one of the boys says "Why aren't the front wheels turning?"
KOOK!

^^^^ should be nice and clean for the rest of the long weekend doggie. The frequency was 14 and that gave the small swell some push.

Surfed a really fun ledge in the lefties region this morning was pretty chockas everywhere but this joint was empty. One other bloke paddled out after us. Was pretty good, pics tomorrow.

swalkington said...

zuke, have you got any photos of the right from a different angle like looking into the barrel. keen to see em if ya do.

No I don't, I usually take a quick photo at anchor before hopping in. I might try next time I'm out there, when it's big it sucks dry about 2' below the ledge at the peak. Very intimidating!

Did the north metro run between Nth Mullaloo and Sth Trigg... nothing to get excited about. Trigg was so straight third car park was all but un-rideable... Point Packed was well - packed!

Got despo and went out at Mettams rights on the 9.1 - got a reasonable right, but still a bit too rocky for my liking, so paddled over to the left which I have not surfed for 15+ years... 22 of us waiting for shoulder high fatties... 4 to a wave. If you can accept that it's a fat party wave and there's nothing else going it was a bit of fun.

Bloke with a fancy watch said the water temp was 23.5 - which was nice.

EDIT - red thumb for a metro report - you gotta be kidding...

Great weekend with the south west delivering

swalkington said...

Zuke said...

swalkington said...

zuke, have you got any photos of the right from a different angle like looking into the barrel. keen to see em if ya do.

No I don't, I usually take a quick photo at anchor before hopping in. I might try next time I'm out there, when it's big it sucks dry about 2' below the ledge at the peak. Very intimidating!

is it a long wave? (sorry for all the questions)

Long enough to put a on my face.

Look at the pics and decide for your self. I'm sure we all have our own/different ideas on that.

Mitts46 said...

Great weekend with the south west delivering

I'm with you Mitts, great weekend. Certainly crowded , although quiet in other spots. sick conditions, bring on the next couple of months!

and...

Got out at surf beach a few times over the weekend. There wasn't much on in the way of size but shape wise it actually wasn't too bad. There were a few fun ones on offer with nice glassy conditions all weekend.

The crowds however were pretty mental, and there was a small group of older blokes (late 40's) on longboards causing absolute chaos in the lineup through a number of collisions and near misses. I saw one bloke in particular ding two boards in separate incidents through a combination of dropping in and then kicking his board out. I saw the same bloke ding a 3rd kids board the following morning. They were obviously new to surfing, and entitled to enjoy the ocean as much as anyone, but wouldn't it be nice if these great big logs were sold with a brief guide to surf safety and etiquette?

Surf's up! But find a reefy because the beaches are straight. The Point had a bit of size.

Perth reefs were the go today! Scarbs was average