Hey Julian,
Its been mechanical for the last two days, everyone has clocked up a million waves it's pumping. Sultans yesterday was throwing out hard. Second trip here and we have copped the best swell of the season, there was a snapped board and a couple snapped Leggies today. It's day three clocked up at least ten hours in the water already yeeeeow

Nothing better than a 10 meter walk to the steps and 100 meter paddle to the line up, and max of 10 guys out!!
,, and I dream of Honky's..

Same spot last year..

That looks like a still from a video........correct?

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Razzonater said..
Hey Julian,
Its been mechanical for the last two days, everyone has clocked up a million waves it's pumping. Sultans yesterday was throwing out hard. Second trip here and we have copped the best swell of the season, there was a snapped board and a couple snapped Leggies today. It's day three clocked up at least ten hours in the water already yeeeeow

Are the locals allowed to surf there

Scruba ,, good guess..

TK,, no locals,, its a holiday surf resort island with a handful of staff and 'guides'.. island about dunno,, maybe 1/4 sqkm ?

It's been a while but put in the effort and shared the stoke with a fellow 'breezer. There were some with a bit of size coming through and someone who shall not be named lost some bark after being caught on the inside, but he did make the biggest drop of the day! On another note, when are you coming over to wash all of the blood out of my boat Buster?

you gotta pay to play, or so they say :)

At least you guys are getting some! The only waves i've had in the last few weeks have been from the bus driver on the way to work!

Siiiiick little waves this morning at secret spot in front of secret kebab shop and large Observation point!!

I'm sure Mocha's was sicker.

Just had cott (tea rooms) at the angriest I've seen it in years. Rough as guts but best fun I've had in a long time. Some solid stuff coming through, got a bomb right gander from north of the bell to the groyne, that's how far out they were breaking.

Looks like it was so windy at Rotto yesterday that it blew the wind meter upside down

Nup- so windy it blew the the island around, now stricklands will only work on a sea breeze -take note everyone!!

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subasurf said...
Just had cott (tea rooms) at the angriest I've seen it in years. Rough as guts but best fun I've had in a long time. Some solid stuff coming through, got a bomb right gander from north of the bell to the groyne, that's how far out they were breaking.

Keen to see some pics if you took some. Weather certainly is wild and the banks have been caned

I wish I got some pics. There was a bunch of people there taking photos (wishI saw them afterwards cause I would have bought them) but I was too keen to be in the water ;) I wasn't in for long though. Busy week, been ill, hardly slept so the heaving water got to me and I spewed up in the lineup and felt like I was going to pass out hahahaha. Funny to get sea sick when surfing given I work at sea. Now I know what i must feel like. When I got washed into shore I just hobbled back to my car and drove home still in my soaking wettie. Otherwise I would have definitely stayed to do some filming/photos. Some guys were getting epic rides.

I love my Indo greenrooms but for me, nothing comes close to being as a fun as massive heaving drainers in a big storm.


EDIT: I might go back for an late arvo bash again...see how the next few hours unfold now that I'm feeling better

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Ctngoodvibes said..

subasurf said...
Just had cott (tea rooms) at the angriest I've seen it in years. Rough as guts but best fun I've had in a long time. Some solid stuff coming through, got a bomb right gander from north of the bell to the groyne, that's how far out they were breaking.

Keen to see some pics if you took some. Weather certainly is wild and the banks have been caned

There was a video on Perth now i think of tea rooms.
Oops sorry 9 news Perth

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Buster fin said..
I'm sure Mocha's was sicker.

I surf at Scarborough....a lot-I'm easy to please

At what time Scooby-do? No-one didn't have a wetsuit. Oh, you said short arm steamer, right? Dark shoulder length hair, not a white board ...

That's probably me...where you in? My board was a bunky old 6'4" clearwater....my good shiny white one snapped the other week.

Better yet, if you saw that guy spew then yes it was me hahaha

We were within a few metres of each other for quite some time. You paddled out more north and drifted south to middles over time. Evening was better, but that's not saying much. Still, as you say, storms are fun.

I was hoping Apollo would take off, I thought it would.

Yeah I paddle in far north and tried to stay north of the post.

Anyone get in today?

Spent three hours in at trigg and it was far better than I expected. Some barrels on offer when the right set wave came through and you managed to survive the rail drop.

Saw this doing the rounds today. Glad I stayed home to watch the dockers!

^^^Only in Perth would that be considered surfable

hahahahahah

In other news, I better contemplate a thicker wetsuit as it currently looks like there's a strong chance I'll be off to the Falkland Islands for a while. Ofcourse the first thing I did was look up the surf scene there and well...it could be worse:






Picking would likely be slim but at least it wont have the crowds like Pt Packed

Super cold?

Check.

Super sharky?

Check.

Have fun!

There's only one shark attack recorded there that I know of (can't be bothered searching) and that was around 100 years ago. It's south of the White Shark distribution so I should be fine ;) I think I'll be more worried about dressing up as a seal in an area that is inhabited by Killer Whales and I've heard that mines from the war can be a bit of a bother.