Swell drought's about to end

[steve shearer]

Thats the way it seems here too.

This has to be a joke though. It's like a cosmic fatwa has been put on the surf here. Maybe it's the Gods showing displeasure at Reg's visit.

6 months rebuild after a shite winter, a month of summer shiteness then a total wipeout courtesy of some fcuking bizzare inland cyclone which happens to coincide with a clean E swell pulse. It couldn't be any worse.

We're looking at a month at least before any kind of normality returns.

Over it. Feel like moving to Carnarvon.

[Donweather]

Well don I reckon from on site observation that the e swell kicked through yesterday and is slowly now on the decrease.

SN Yamba report begs to differ!!!

[steve shearer]

I saw that too. Seems a bit of an outlier compared to Ballina/Coffs/Coolie.

I know what I've seen out here with my own eyes and I trust that more.

[OddaP]

Still solid here. I guess 6-8 on the open beaches. They've been hammered. Ripped out a fair chunk of beach and dunes, plenty of coastal banksias on the sand.

I'm not moving to Carnavon but I might start drinking the pain away.

[steve shearer]

Surfed the Point before.

Swell was solid 6ft on the sets, perfect angle. Tide too high and nor-easter pushing moguls into the face.

Would have been hall of fame with proper winds and a dropping tide.

The jump off was just evil. Sidewinders coming down the point with six foot surges, twenty feet of barnacled rock sucking dry in between set waves. I sat there for twenty and then turned tail. Would've come home no go-out except there was someone I knew watching and I didn't have the heart to do the walk of shame.
Coming in was diablo too.

The water had a foul smell and the air was foetid and thick, like I imagine a west african country during a civil war must be, with rotting corpses lying in mud puddles.
Rank.

Still, chalked up a go-out.

Heard Yamba was shitt Wooly. Hoorray for rock points eh? MIght have to come down when the road opens.

[silvynn]

Mid north coast spot Wednesday 30 Jan. Hard to tell how big it was, cause no one went out. Double overhead at least. Was tempted, but bottled out cause didn't want to be the only mug in the water...

[steve shearer]

Never got a positive sighting but I'm sure there was a decomposing brahman bull within 50 metres of me in the line-up.

[crabmeat thompson]

It's a rippy ugly mess here.

Saw a guy jump out at the alley. Then wear about 52 on the head before he washed through laceys lane. Then inexplicably tried to paddle in against the big rip.

I watched the life guard stand in front of his jet ski, wondering if he should push it in and fetch him. No doubt weighing up if it was worth the effort. I was about to push past him and jump on the ski and get the little battler myself.

Eventually the longshore current pulled him out of the rip and carried him into the beach. Well played life guard guy, well played.

[CatsBeTrippin]

Southerly just killed everything in Sydney. might go scout some sth ends on low tide

[Nick Carroll]

Well now it is 20 degrees and the swell's booted into a solid 6-8' from the se.

What the hell, is it really June or something.

[Natho]

Thought I would paddle out this afternoon on my trusty 5'11 with the ' it's only Sydney beaches' attitude. Well it was 6-8 and pretty powerful and yes my board was too small for some of the sets. I learned my lesson.

[Beanpole]

6'6" at the moment but I could definitely use something a little skinnier and longer recently on a couple of occasions. I've got a 7'6" but thats too much for an all rounder.

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I'm running with a black beauty same as Iggy, sept its a 6'6". If its too big for that board, its generally too big for me. I just can't take the poundings anymore. Its still sizey here today, but it settled yesterday arvo on the high tide when these pics where taken.

[crabmeat thompson]

I remember all I rode for about 2 years was a black beauty, a 6'3" and a 6'6". Still the best 2 years of surfing I've ever had.

This was before all the step-down, step up, shorter, wider, buy this board 2 inches shorter than your High performance short board carry on. Bleh ... buying a board these days, trying to decipher all the code and bullshit. You need a Bachelor in Board buying.

I just want milk that tastes like milk, please.

[Trev]

I remember all I rode for about 2 years was a black beauty, a 6'3" and a 6'6". Still the best 2 years of surfing I've ever had.

This was before all the step-down, step up, shorter, wider, buy this board 2 inches shorter than your High performance short board carry on. Bleh ... buying a board these days, trying to decipher all the code and bullshit. You need a Bachelor in Board buying.

I just want milk that tastes like milk, please.

And don't get reg or Merks started on coffee.

[channels]

Swell has muscled up again; queensie bombie is breaking or at least capping at high tide, some solid waves coming in at north steyne and just completed my worst wipeout in years! Love it!

[damo666]

Dead still here till about 2pm. A certain island right had some decent 6 ft sets and some nice walls. Swell was relatively organised, until now. Looking good over the next few days down here.

Nice. Was it a little on the 'pink' side?

Was lucky to score 4 days last week of clean overhead conditions at...err....somewhere that sounds very similar!

I found it a really interesting observing the different crew taking it on, two days of older blokes, then two days of grommets - both groups taking rvery different approaches, both charging equally as hard (unfortunately marred by one of the groms getting bounced on his head on the reef and injuring his back. Poor kid was eventually stretchered out after a few hours as the chopper was not available).

[alakaboo]

Heard the competition poured concrete this week. Not sure where.