Rate Your Autumn

[Grooter]

Absolutely fcuken incredible.

Started well with a good end to March and early April and I got some great surfs in

Last week was utterly incredible - and I missed it with a torn calf muscle from playing footy

[saltman]

Loving these crisp/chilly offshore mornings - climate changed in just 2 weeks

[steve shearer]

interesting scenario being painted at the end of the model runs on Access G

[saltman]

Hopefully we wil get a radical remodelling of the bank that extends from tweed to Byron

[steve shearer]

hmmm......we're just starting to get some real good banks down here. Not that keen on another reboot.

[saltman]

On the points yes but the open beaches are horrible
May see you Thursday

[steve shearer]

I'm gunna try and dodge the crowds.

call me if you wanna tip.

[saltman]

Cheers Planning on staying local tomorrow (unless its shiite then Ill keep driving)
will check in with you round midday

[Hatchnam]

Seen some pics on FB going around of some absolute beast waves today. That "south facing reef" nearby looking insane. Five times plus overhead and thick as hell.

[steve shearer]

5/10.
there was surf every day, most of it fun.

but there was not much of a typical autumn pattern. summer ran on into mid-april then winter kicked in Mid-May

[Straighthanded]

Just me or has the northern NSW / SE QLD coast had more decent size swells from the south than normal? like really south - 8 foot on the open side, 1 foot on the protected side stuff. Everytime we have a semblance of a beach break here on the exposed beach one of these swells arrives and blows it up.

And then there was the clean as north swell last wednesday that hit the coast at about a 45 degree angle - the south side back beach was running nearly parallel to the beach a la skeleton bay.

Weird old autumn for sure - some gold in between some very mediocre weeks.

[swvic]

Great. Last day* today and I surfed a draining left bank on my own at lunchtime

* I really think winter doesn't start until the solstice, but this year it could well be a bit early - today does feel very atumnal though

[Hatchnam]

Wonder how big this stormy ENE swell due Sunday thru Monday is going to get .

* popcorn *

[saltman]

So far a fizzer
Missed the marvellous month of May. A non event
And its June now !

[Hatchnam]

Did much of that recent huge south swell make its way up north ?

[Trev]

Did much of that recent huge south swell make its way up north ?

Absolutely nothing here. maybe the beaches north of Coolum.

[Hatchnam]

The reefs offshore from Cronulla were copping 12-15 foot. Surely Lennox would've at least got 6-8 foot ?

[steve shearer]

nah, it only got 3-4ft here, maybe a touch bigger but the peak of that swell was definitely the Illawarra/Cronulla.