Where did you surf today ?

[buddy]

Up towards Port Phillip or west of the Cape?

Mainland, East of Melb.

[swvic]

Aha, thought you were on the (often lack of) Surf Coast

[offshore1]

What's sticking out of the water to the left in the bottom picture , a piling?

[buddy]

Bloke paddling out

[offshore1]

Bloke paddling out

Unusual looking image for that. But could just be my phone.

[Beanpole]

Chucked the foamy in but didn’t have high hopes. Drove to The Bra. Crap. Checked out Bronte and was going to go for a swim but a slightly bigger set made me go back and grab my board. Ended up being bigger than I thought and got one decent sized one right across to the flags. Swells coming up.

[buddy]

Damn, could have given the the 7’0 paddilac a run this Saturday if I was staying an extra night.

[channels]

South swell has started to arrive. Heaps of push.

[marauding mullet]

Best waves in months here today. You boys in Vic should be happy too?

[Grooter]

The Hook at Santa Cruz

First time back since dislocating my finger trying to help save that bloke. Was around 6 foot and pretty steep. Couldn't catch a fcuken cold out there, never been good with the very steep stuff and the more shallow nature of that break was playing in the back of my mind a bit given last time I was there.

Just need to get down there more and get more reps in. Tides are a week on week off proposition for the dawn patrol at the moment this time of year

[alakaboo]

Thought it would've been wrapping in there a bit more.

Is there a reason you mainly surf Eastside?

I would've gone to Indicators.

[Grooter]

Thought it would've been wrapping in there a bit more.

Is there a reason you mainly surf Eastside?

I would've gone to Indicators.

The lines coming in were great and people were getting some really good rides. The problem was, I wasn't!

Main reason is simply that I know those places well now so I tend to get attached

[foamy]

Santa Cruz has a reputation for fairly assertive localism in the lineup. Grooter and alakaboo, have you found this?

[Beanpole]

Well I dominated Pleasure Point on my rental mal when I surfed it at about 2ft

[Grooter]

Santa Cruz has a reputation for fairly assertive localism in the lineup. Grooter and alakaboo, have you found this?

Nah not at Pleasure Point. Seen a few arguments but nothing that constitutes localism

Steamer Lane has a bit more of that vibe.but never experienced it personally

I'd say it's a reputation from a past era - apparently Santa Cruz has changed a lot in the last 10 years..Lots of cashed up tech workers moved there and house prices have skyrocketed changing the demographics.

[Hatchnam]

Did anyone in the Sydney region surf yesterday? Following a bush walk yesterday in RNP I stopped in at voodoo in the afternoon coming off high tide. Looked to be at least 8 foot of strong south groundswell hammering through. From suck rock thru to voodoo rights was a a total closeout. And the lefts were shifting deep, then wide, unpredictable as all fk. The merries reefs it looked like someone was towing in off the far rights.

[Beanpole]

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Santa Cruz has a reputation for fairly assertive localism in the lineup. Grooter and alakaboo, have you found this?

Nah not at Pleasure Point. Seen a few arguments but nothing that constitutes localism

Steamer Lane has a bit more of that vibe.but never experienced it personally

I'd say it's a reputation from a past era - apparently Santa Cruz has changed a lot in the last 10 years..Lots of cashed up tech workers moved there and house prices have skyrocketed changing the demographics.
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Really liked Santa Cruz when we were there. Stayed there a couple of times. Nice architecture. There was a mal comp on at Steamer Lane.

[Grooter]

If I didn't need to live in a good school district I'd have moved there already.

Could happily live out my days down that way