Where did you surf today ?

[Over55yrs]

Manly, cold, only a few out and just not clicking (well for me). Bower looked big.

[Rustt]

Surfed a little point, the closest thing we have to a queensland point break, gutless with a strong sweep.

[Rustt]

fcuk yeah. Bombies all lit up. No-one out...again!

No one out? I thought you lived in Sydney?

[brendo]

oh god, I've got too much work to do to down tools.

it's pretty as a picture 3ft here.

I only just put the 7'6" back under the house from the last swell.

shep, please transfer this post to the #firstworldproblems thread

[Nick Carroll]

fcuk yeah. Bombies all lit up. No-one out...again!

No one out? I thought you lived in Sydney?

well rustt you may find this difficult to grasp but the Sydney coast is a really fantastic place to be a surfer. There are no reeling Lennox type points but there are lots of pretty good quality beach breaks and many slabby reefs. In surf over eight feet there are heaps of deeper water bombie reefs which get better and better as the surf gets bigger, they will hold literally anything the ocean can throw at 'em. Not only that, the Sydney surf population is by and large semi-skilled recreational and middle-aged. Aside from Bondi which is a mix of that plus retardo-backpackers spazmos. There's maybe 200 skilled and tuned in people who will pursue surf in the six feet and above range, that's in the whole fcuken city, so the place is your oyster. I rarely surf with more than 10 or 12 people ever, and on days like this, I mostly surf by myself, with lil bro, or a half handful of others. That's the blunt truth of it. I live in Australia's biggest city and I bet my water time/crowd level is barely different to yours, maybe less.

[Rustt]

I surf around Ulladulla a bit as a good mate lives there, so I spose it would be similar to Sydney. I don't doubt the quality of waves. I am surprised at the lack of keen surfers, I expect you spend more time in the water than me, there are reasons why it isn't crowded down the almost coast.

[steve shearer]

You need a job to live in Sydney......ie most people are working at least 9-5 5 days a week.
thats another factor.

[Cranked]

Speaking of pretty as - my view a little while back, Mid sized day no one out except me

Nice

[Rustt]

I've only driven through Sydney all I've stopped for is a meal. I can understand why people would want to live there, looks like there is some good nooks and crannys.
Yeah steve, getting a full time job would put a dampener on moving there, doubt I earn what the average rent is.

[brendo]

You need a job to live in Sydney......ie most people are working at least 9-5 5 days a week.
thats another factor.

most of the guys I see around Cronulla during the week are semi retired or retired guys, then some tradies
having a surf if its ok. any size during the week the carparks are pretty empty. even early last week the
beachies were a solid 4-5ft and some nice waves and maybe a dozen out.
its so expensive its out of control. im tossing up selling and moving up or down the coast. ill be mortgage free
with dough in the bank. as it is I generally work 50hr weeks plus and have done quite a few21-28 days straight
over the last few yrs. and that's a big part of why my body is falling apart!

[Nick Carroll]

Oh yeah of course. I kind of think that is the trend in western nations for the next 20 years or so, more people surfing but less of them doing it a lot. They might like the idea but they're realists, they want a piece of the pie, which I think must have felt a lot easier to just chuck away 30 or 40 years ago. You didn't have to kill your parents in order to buy a house near some surf.

[marauding mullet]

Newcastle is a good alternative to Sydney. Probs not the same variety of surf, but houses are cheaper and it doesn't matter where you live, you're always close to the sea. No traffic to speak of. Seems to catch a tiny bit more swell too and the north coast is just up the road.

[Hatchnam]

Quick drive by check. South end was flat, mid/south was a sideways semi-closeout at eight foot that held up for a few seconds, then exploded full force on the inside bank. Mid north was just a massive wall of whitewash and destruction. Nobody out on the whole beach. Way too directional south, water moving everywhere full speed. Coogee, southy was ridiculous, super dodgy, nobody out. Wedding cake had one out. giant windy soup at about ten foot plus, peak shifting all over the place.

[Drailed]

You need a job to live in Sydney......ie most people are working at least 9-5 5 days a week.
thats another factor.

Wouldnt that be much the same for regional places as well. Sure the rents a bit cheaper but surely the wages are pretty shit too..??

[Over55yrs]

NC says "Sydney surf population is by and large semi-skilled recreational and middle-aged" - obviously you have seen me surf although I am now 61 years old so not exactly correct.

[Beanpole]

Come on 61 is the new 21.

[steve shearer]

You need a job to live in Sydney......ie most people are working at least 9-5 5 days a week.
thats another factor.

Wouldnt that be much the same for regional places as well. Sure the rents a bit cheaper but surely the wages are pretty shit too..??

Of course.

It's been a massive change here.

The surf is way, way less crowded during the week then it used to be, and way, way more crowded on weekends.

80's and 90's there would he households full of surfers doing bong hits and surfing the Point all day, every day.

Now it's some jerkoff from England via North Av surfing a SUP at the boat channel.

[steve shearer]

no sign of that swell here on dark....looking at the ASCAT I think that fetch was too much in the shadow of the Hunter curve.
We'll get the next pulse though.