Summer 2013-'14

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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by crabmeat thompson » Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:03 pm

I've been SUPing the river mouth. With the wind and swell its been a little heavy at times.

I surfed y'day for 45 minutes. The wobble kept throwing me and the little light 5'10" all over the place. Thought I snapped it at one point.

But yeah, the most prolonged onshore wind period I can ever remember.
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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by Donweather » Mon Feb 03, 2014 1:08 pm

Yeah Trev I feel for you SC surfers. You've had an amazing amount of relentless onshore winds up there this summer.

I was surprised at how long the winds stayed away yesterday morning. I surfed for 2.5 hrs before they came up. Yeah sure it was a little wobbly, but given I'd only surfed twice in the last 2 mths, it was rewarding enough for me.

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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by Grooter » Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:17 pm

As fcuken hot as it is right now in Victoria it's interesting to remember that December was a write-off as it was cold and southerly winds prevailed. Like many I was wondering that did the best winter in recent memory (2013) mean the worst summer?

Apparently not, January has been great.

Yesterday was no exception. Could only get out for the early and it was low tide with 1.5mtr swell so that is a right off for the ocean beaches unless you can be fcuked finding a good bank (time is precious so that option is out) so I grabbed the longboard and headed to Flinders and it was pretty damn good. Plenty of waves, great reforms and when the fog cleared nothing but blue sunny skies.
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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by channels » Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:10 pm

Despite the relentless Nor Easters this year, I don't recall seeing much in the way of bluebottles this year

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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by alakaboo » Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:40 pm

Was thinking the same thing.

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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by crabmeat thompson » Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:04 pm

Grooter wrote:As fcuken hot as it is right now in Victoria it's interesting to remember that December was a write-off as it was cold and southerly winds prevailed. Like many I was wondering that did the best winter in recent memory (2013) mean the worst summer?

Apparently not, January has been great.

Yesterday was no exception. Could only get out for the early and it was low tide with 1.5mtr swell so that is a right off for the ocean beaches unless you can be fcuked finding a good bank (time is precious so that option is out) so I grabbed the longboard and headed to Flinders and it was pretty damn good. Plenty of waves, great reforms and when the fog cleared nothing but blue sunny skies.
This morning would have been epic along the peninsula somewhere, no?
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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by Grooter » Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:27 pm

Braithy wrote:
Grooter wrote:As fcuken hot as it is right now in Victoria it's interesting to remember that December was a write-off as it was cold and southerly winds prevailed. Like many I was wondering that did the best winter in recent memory (2013) mean the worst summer?

Apparently not, January has been great.

Yesterday was no exception. Could only get out for the early and it was low tide with 1.5mtr swell so that is a right off for the ocean beaches unless you can be fcuked finding a good bank (time is precious so that option is out) so I grabbed the longboard and headed to Flinders and it was pretty damn good. Plenty of waves, great reforms and when the fog cleared nothing but blue sunny skies.
This morning would have been epic along the peninsula somewhere, no?
Anywhere on the Bass Strait facing beaches and you would have been in heaven - but I had to work :x
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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by black duck » Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:38 pm

alakaboo wrote:Was thinking the same thing.
Same - was talking to a couple of friends down the coast after a surf last week about the lack of blueys, looked down and saw 2 dead ones on the shoreline. "What was that you were saying", they said. Still and all, very few around this season, especially considering the relentless N/E winds.

Wonder if it's a random anomaly or part of a pattern not recognised?
No blue bottles, abundance of cicadas...
Turtles are the only thing I know that eat bluey's. You know of anything else that eats them Boo? Any enviro considerations impacting on their breeding you know of?
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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by alakaboo » Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:25 pm

Glaucus eats them, but a sting from that is worse.
and some crabs eat them I think.
Dunno why they're scarce

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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by steve shearer » Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:19 pm

I saw lots down at Pt Plomer before Xmas.

Haven't seen one here this summer.
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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by crabmeat thompson » Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:58 pm

Qld is about to light up like a christmas tree in july.
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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by steve shearer » Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:24 pm

amen.
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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by steve shearer » Wed Feb 05, 2014 2:53 pm

No > Braithy it's not going to happen.

Never seen such an active MT deliver so little.

This summer is broken.
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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by crabmeat thompson » Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:07 pm

Yeah ... it's baffling the complete and utter shit outta me.

Ah well. More time on the fairways, I guess.
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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by steve shearer » Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:12 am

I could kick huey in the nutz right now with a steel capped boot.
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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by crabmeat thompson » Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:27 am

Huey is trying his best. Cut the guy some slack.
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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by Donweather » Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:53 am

steve shearer wrote:This summer is broken.
I think I've been saying this for a while now!!!

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Re: Summer 2013-'14

Post by Skipper » Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:10 am

Were the pointers to it being something to speak of wrong or misread?
Huey changed the rules?

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