Where did you surf today ?

[buddy]

It was an Oz built custom for someone else.
He sold it to me after paddling it out and deciding it was too small.
But if I was ordering a 6’6 like this I’d have got some
6ounce cloth on it. It did feel pretty light for its length.

[channels]

5th July and it feels like mid-Spring. Sunny, warm, light north west winds.

El Nino here we come.

[Cranked]

It's unseasonably wet and warm in Bali. Water temp 27C.
Surf has been very small for weeks, but a week of overhead started today. One hundred wave starved surfers in the water at 7am

[buddy]

How’s the back cranky?

[offshore1]

It's unseasonably wet and warm in Bali. Water temp 27C.
Surf has been very small for weeks, but a week of overhead started today. One hundred wave starved surfers in the water at 7am

Any Aussies among 'em?

[steve shearer]

5th July and it feels like mid-Spring. Sunny, warm, light north west winds.

El Nino here we come.

I smelled Spring in the air here this morning.

[Cranked]

It's unseasonably wet and warm in Bali. Water temp 27C.
Surf has been very small for weeks, but a week of overhead started today. One hundred wave starved surfers in the water at 7am

Any Aussies among 'em?

At a very rough guess, around a quarter or a third

[steve shearer]

How's the back going Cranked?

[Beanpole]

5th July and it feels like mid-Spring. Sunny, warm, light north west winds.

El Nino here we come.

Felt a bit brighter today. Thought I was in for a cruisy little surf but the constant rip had other ideas. Plus there was another guy who was having a blinder. I usually snare more waves than him. Every set he seemed to be in the right spot. Still caught a few but it was hard work for what was on offer.

[Cranked]

How's the back going Cranked?

It came good about 3 days ago, popups are still pretty wonky though. I thought I might be out permanently.

I finally got around to trying a pair of large keels on my board.

The boards are quite like the Martin twin pins.

I was amazed at the transition. Previously nothing seemed to work. Yeh they rode OK, but all 2+1s are always a pale simalcron of what a surfboard should do, but OK if you like that sort of thing.

Straight out if the gate it was a hard bottom turn, turned on a dime at the top, overpowered the fin and it drifted slightly and caught again, pumping and turned all the way down the line... exhilarating performance. Repeat half a dozen times. Only small waves, but I'm sure it'll be even better in bigger stuff.

That was the 7'6, I've got a 7' as well, picking up another keel today for it.

Hallelujah brothers.

[steve shearer]

Nice one.

[Drailed]

Pumping this morning, that 90min run up to the high tide was just glorious.

[Beanpole]

Bronte looked good this arvo. Still too crowded though.

[Cranked]

Solid swell today 2.2m, 2,200kJ, light offshore, 2.8m high tide, 0 low, now pretty low and very heavy if you get caught inside.

30 out, better than the 100 plus this morning. Similar conditions predicted for the next 5 days.

[steve shearer]

What would you expect 257kJ surf to look like Cranked?

[buddy]

About 257kj per meringue wave.

[steve shearer]

I've been observing Surf-forecast daily for the last 3 months trying to calibrate the kJ measurement with wave height observations.

[Beanpole]

Solid swell today 2.2m, 2,200kJ, light offshore, 2.8m high tide, 0 low, now pretty low and very heavy if you get caught inside.

30 out, better than the 100 plus this morning. Similar conditions predicted for the next 5 days.

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