Taken this morning by Muz at Sprout Daily.....not much you can really say is there? Ahhhh the joys of the early morning start and the warmer weather = crowds = yuck! Glad it was not like that this morning for me It could have been the Goldie but they had wetsuits on and it could have been Victoria but it was a beachie and not a nice long point, it could have been WA but with all their secret spots there is no way that many would have been at one spot so it has to be.......Manly........I wish he had carried the sequence on!

I hear ya Ted. When I had my first surf in 17 years last month, I wondered where did all these people come from ? It wasn't that crowded in the late 80's. I think we need to stop breeding or the government need to build more beaches.
I think that comes under infrastructure.

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Scotty88 said...
I hear ya Ted. When I had my first surf in 17 years last month, I wondered where did all these people come from ? It wasn't that crowded in the late 80's. I think we need to stop breeding or the government need to build more beaches.
I think that comes under infrastructure.

Sharks tend to thin things out

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doggie said...

Sharks tend to thin things out

I did not see any this morning but surfed with between 3 and 5 others. It sucked

just re-looking at that photo and it looks like it is all the older guys who should know better breaking the decency rules - no wonder ever one else is doing it when the ones who should no better do not!!!!

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doggie said...

Scotty88 said...
I hear ya Ted. When I had my first surf in 17 years last month, I wondered where did all these people come from ? It wasn't that crowded in the late 80's. I think we need to stop breeding or the government need to build more beaches.
I think that comes under infrastructure.

Sharks tend to thin things out

Only in WA.

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Ted the Kiwi said...

Bloody Asea starting a trend,as TB paddles back out

Looks like MR on the blue and orange board about to drop in
on the lot of them.Chrispy the last guy to get to his feet,slow
old bugger

classic shot looks like an old ppls home tour bus dropped in and the hot shot on the left is like wtf?

too funny

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62mac said...

Looks like MR on the blue and orange board about to drop in
on the lot of them.Chrispy the last guy to get to his feet,slow
old bugger

Nope, not me, I was at Collaroy onthe Diverse, with about 6 others and no drop ins were seen. Just one "too cool to wear a leg rope, but can't control my board type" made sure he got a wide berth..... No dings for the new baby....

Manly is good, but you can never get away from the crowds when the summer heats up.... And yes, those who should know better are the worst offenders, because they usually only go out for a greedy three waves in quick succession, then stand around on the beach talking about how good they are. Woops, I said that out loud didn't I.......

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doggie said...

Sharks tend to thin things out

I did not see any this morning but surfed with between 3 and 5 others. It sucked

It was actually taken on Tuesday morning heres another he took

ahh yes you are correct - he was a bit slow out of bed this morning perhaps...I should have known anyway as it was much bigger this morning! Here are a couple of his efforts from today

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Ted the Kiwi said...

Just a few questions on this :

Bloke on the left of screen - Why didn't he go right?
Second from the left - Why is he even going?
Guy paddling on the right - Why is he still paddling ?

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Ted the Kiwi said...
ahh yes you are correct - he was a bit slow out of bed this morning perhaps...I should have known anyway as it was much bigger this morning! Here are a couple of his efforts from today

wow nice curl - geez great shots there , cheers Ted

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Tux said...

Ted the Kiwi said...

Just a few questions on this :

Bloke on the left of screen - Why didn't he go right?
Second from the left - Why is he even going?
Guy paddling on the right - Why is he still paddling ?

thats funny. but wait till the guy paddling out,turns around and screws them all

dead right chrispy he'd fk them all haha i;d do that to Mac

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Tux said...

Ted the Kiwi said...

Just a few questions on this :

Bloke on the left of screen - Why didn't he go right?
Second from the left - Why is he even going?
Guy paddling on the right - Why is he still paddling ?

thats funny. but wait till the guy paddling out,turns around and screws them all

I thought Mac lived in QLD?

^^^^ they probably all know each other.




I hope.

Has the dude on the left of shot got booties on???

Is it still that cold down that way???

October November is a time when the water in Sydney often at its coldest.

The coldest water I ever surfed in was a few years back in december in the days leading up to Xmas.

But that was an unusual year, there was a phenomenon called "Eckman Transport" happening. ( not sure I got that spelling right).

you were close OB - its Ekman Transport! A very interesting concept.....We get loads of cold water over here on the east coast because of it - due to the consistent northerly winds in the summer months we get water transport away from the coast (it travels approximately at 90 degrees to the left of the wind surface direction here in the southern hemisphere - opp in the north) so as the surface water moves away the colder / deeper water rises and thats why its cold!! Its all because the earth rotates - water on the surface is deflected by the wind and naturally wants to flow from the high side to the low side - the Coriolis effect. Works opp in the north to the south but not on the equator....the Ekman Spiral measures the way in which the wind driven ocean currents vary with depth - and the net movement of water due to this is the Ekman Transport.

Or you get softer the further north you go....

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Tux said...
Or you get softer the further north you go....

relatively speaking......when you move from NZ you get really soft!!!! Not sure how you do it down there Tux - maybe I am just getting old