Where did you surf today ?

[Hatchnam]

Steve. I was talking "beach break" not point break. Nice attempt at conflating the two however

[steve shearer]

"I don't know of any other beach up north that could compare in that sense. Again, consistency (over quality) is something I value."

I just gave you an example of a break up north that shitts all over Maroubra for both consistency and quality.

breaks in E'ly tradewind swells, breaks in cyclonic NE swells, breaks in E'ly groundswells, breaks in small long period S swells, breaks in funky little SE swells etc etc etc.

[Hatchnam]

It's one spot though Steve. It's not the entire SEQ to N-NSW stretch. It's sheer consistency is an anomaly, not representative.

[alakaboo]

In 2 years working on the Goldy and Tweed 2 days a week I got more waves than in 5.5 years in the eastern suburbs of Sydney surfing 3-4 times a week.
Sometimes I would go surf pointbreaks because I was lonely.

If you're going to include everything within 5 hours drive north or south then yeah, you get better reefs, but Steve gets Ballina and dbah, the most consistently surfable waves on the east coast, plus probably 3-4 of the top 10 pointbreaks on the planet. Plus straddie, which has options around every point of the compass.

Sometimes changing your mind is a good idea.

[Yuke Hunt]

Haha ... Iggy, the relentless, one jihad after another ... you're a fuckin cereal killer alright ... must be something to do with all the fruit loops and flakes in the bigs-moke.

Beach Breaks, okay, I'll play, lets say just over the seaway at straddle is a plethora of pumpin peaks.
Or maybe, just maybe anything on any given day along the vast and sparsely (thats Sparsely, not Parsley) populated beaches anywhere from say around Evans Head north. Sydney pales in comparison ... you can have Punchbowl, us poor hicks'll settle for surfin punchy bowls. Cheers bruz.

[Hatchnam]

Are we having fun yet ?

[Yuke Hunt]

Are we having fun yet ?

Aren't we always ?

[steve shearer]

It's one spot though Steve. It's not the entire SEQ to N-NSW stretch. It's sheer consistency is an anomaly, not representative.

Sorry mate, that is just dead wrong. Like, you couldn't get more screamingly 100% earth is flat 2+2=5 wrong.

[Trev]

I have come to the conclusion, Iggy is by far a better fisherman than Steve.

[Hatchnam]

Aside from the sand points up north (to a degree) and Lennox (entirely) where else up there can actually handle the size and elements. It all maxes out too easily. You know that.
SEQ/northern NSW = best suited to small to mid range swells, overall quality is better, more susceptible to the elements
Central Coast to South Coast = handles tiny to huge, overall quality is lesser, more resilient to the elements.

[steve shearer]

You were just talking about consistency, now you're talking about ability to handle a big swell.

Keep shifting the goalposts enough and you might find a winner.

[Yuke Hunt]

Here ya go Iggy. This should make you feel better ...
https://youtu.be/iAfnvyYVVsE

[Davros]

Worst surf in months.

[Beanpole]

Are we including Angourie in this?

[Beanpole]

I surfed little close outs at Bondi........and was happy. Cleared my sinuses after the doc wouldn't give me antibiotics and got to play around with my new board.......just like I was thirteen or something.

[Hatchnam]

You were just talking about consistency, now you're talking about ability to handle a big swell.

Keep shifting the goalposts enough and you might find a winner.

South is overall more consistent in varied winds and swells and handles big swells better, though the quality can't compete with north. I've said this repeatedly whether you read it or not, and regardless of whether you agree or don't.

I've spent almost 20 years surfing up north, and 13 down here. Unlike yourself who experiences (judges) it vicariously.

[steve shearer]

20 years surfing up north?

You only surfed Lennox for the first time last year.

I don't think you understand the meaning of the term consistent. We get the tradewind swells, cyclone swells as well as the south swells. It's not even close which coast has the more consistent surf. But by all means we can keep logging it if you want. It's not a question of whether I agree with it or not, it's just oceanographic fact: this is a more high energy coastline over the 12 months than south of Coffs, simply because of the extra energy from tradewind swells and Coral Sea/South Pac cyclone swells in Summer.

just fyi, I spent 5 whole winters based in Lake Burrill surfing mostly the stretch between Jervis and Batemans, but am very familiar with the coast down to Eden.

[swvic]

I surfed little close outs at Bondi........and was happy. Cleared my sinuses after the doc wouldn't give me antibiotics and got to play around with my new board.......just like I was thirteen or something.

Good doctor. Antibiotics do nothing to remedy a virus. Over prescription (completely unecessary for viruses) of them over a lengthy period has lead us to getting to the point where antibiotics will be no longer effective. It's already happening. You are welcome
Of course if someone correctly corrects me and you do actually have a bacterial infection, I withdraw the above. Even then, if you are able to drink alcohol and surf, antibiotics are still not necessary