Where did you surf today ?

[Trev]

Ah well.
Lovely stuff down my way. I thought the SWesterly might flatten it but it hadn't at dawn. Came in at about 7.30 absolutely stuffed.

[Trev]

However, as I was leaving, the council was opening up the car parks.
Open car parks, eased travel restrictions, long weekend...………….. I think I'll stay at home now till Tuesday.

[Cuttlefish]

The irony...restrictions eased and it's time to stay home voluntarily! It's going to be an invasion this weekend!

[Larry]

What’s the name of that extremely tasty, fast-folding, highly desirable left sometimes right up the top end of Lighthouse, Ballina. The one that never works, ever.

[buddy]

What’s the name of that extremely tasty, fast-folding, highly desirable left sometimes right up the top end of Lighthouse, Ballina. The one that never works, ever.

I call it north lighthouse or out front of the surf club

Some times I call it speedland as it’s kind of off the south end of speeds reef while nth Shelley lefts in an east swell I call shelleywatu.

But I’m not sure anyone else does.

[steve shearer]

shellywatu is accepted nomenclature.

[Larry]

Anyone ever ridden on one of those banks out beyond the Richmond entrance?

[buddy]

Anyone ever ridden on one of those banks out beyond the Richmond entrance?

I have and I’ve seen a few others but very rare.
I took this photo in winter 2017 when there was plenty of shark fear still. The 2nd shot is just cropped in of the first.
Nth wall had been completely gutted for sometime after an earlier swell that year and the bar had all the sand.
This solid sth swell hit with an all day westerly and the bar was absolutely firing and big.
No one went out.
I’ll leave the size guesstimates to you guys.

[buddy]

This gives an idea of the size straight out from the lookout.

[Larry]

How far upriver was the swell travelling?

[buddy]

It's the less sand on the bar the more energy that can get upstream as it doesn't all get lost breaking on it.

[Hatchnam]

Is that Wales?

[steve shearer]

I remember that swell.
was about 6-8ft at the Point , so probs 10ft on the bar.


great fun, no cardio guys out.

[Beanpole]

Must be sharkier than the Tweed Bar. There would have been a tow in crew on it.

[Larry]

Whatabout that mudbank east of the bridge, just out from Greasys. the one that throws up Malibu rights ten inches high ?

[steve shearer]

seen it being foiled or ridden by outrigger canoes. I call it outside Missingham.

[buddy]

Land of lefts around here atm. Seems like the natural to goofies ratio has been reversed too.

[Larry]

Those lefts at ‘watu must have looked sensational paddling out this morning. It looked longer than yesterday.