Sunday was fun, only a few out and not too cold..

Had a few fun waves at local metro beach on Sunday, couldn't be assed paddling against the current so just walked up and drifted down twice - worked a treat ha ha

Managed a couple of gems on back and forehand, light offshore without too many out - winning.

Winter tides fellas, not too early not too late, the banks are ok from trigg to Scarbs but only for about four hours a day at moment............
weekend is looking good, I'm getting out of town school holiday weekend madness

today

Great day for it! Trigg with some OK banks and good waves now and then around 2nd car park - crowd not as bad as you would expect... Mettams very clean with both lefts and rights working, with the longboard crew having some fun. Even saw a booger deep on the rights getting some nice action before bailing in front of exposed reef.

Report is road trip North was worth the effort. Going off was the claim!

Lucky buggers... I just got to watch the metro breaks for an hour...

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GPA said..
Great day for it! Trigg with some OK banks and good waves now and then around 2nd car park - crowd not as bad as you would expect... Mettams very clean with both lefts and rights working, with the longboard crew having some fun. Even saw a booger deep on the rights getting some nice action before bailing in front of exposed reef.

Report is road trip North was worth the effort. Going off was the claim!

Lucky buggers... I just got to watch the metro breaks for an hour...

Going off you say, I think your mate was having a lend of you and rubbing it in a bit.

Went north today around 9 had one of the funnest surfs in a long time at a very popular reef break, got lucky with the crowd
have very sore shoulders and a good sunburn

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Jimmytwotouc said..
Went north today around 9 had one of the funnest surfs in a long time at a very popular reef break, got lucky with the crowd
have very sore shoulders and a good sunburn

Good news. Well played.

Swell but straighter than straight banks

Thanks Huey
3 good days at a not so secret Spot....bloody water has got colder each day from Monday-glad I bought the new wettie
long lully swell but each wave worth the wait and numb toes!!!

Does anyone else think that the backwash at Perth locals has had more heft this year?

Not sure about heft, but consistency, certainly.

Surfed trigg today actually half fun mid morning still quite chilly

The rock. No crowd, water warmer then Perth. Good session.

A couple of weekends ago in the deep south. Margarets doesn't have the monopoly on firing waves south of Perth

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bagsy79 said..
A couple of weekends ago in the deep south. Margarets doesn't have the monopoly on firing waves south of Perth

Used to surf the spot just before that one a fair bit, that's where the big fish live..........lovely hidden gems along there ,,,, fickle and scary often empty and sometimes phenomenal

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Razzonater said..

bagsy79 said..
A couple of weekends ago in the deep south. Margarets doesn't have the monopoly on firing waves south of Perth

Used to surf the spot just before that one a fair bit, that's where the big fish live..........lovely hidden gems along there ,,,, fickle and scary often empty and sometimes phenomenal

I grew up surfing this coast and have seen a few submarines over the years. Once from the lookout at this spot after a couple of hours in the water... I've still got all my fingers and toes thankfully...

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A couple of weekends ago in the deep south. Margarets doesn't have the monopoly on firing waves south of Perth

Might have to do a road trip. Cheers Bagsy!

good up north last few days
warm & sunny
sharks very active when fishing thou, maybe underfed?

Thoughts for today:
1. The closeouts at Scabs today had me thinking more of my spine health than slotting into a cavern
2. There is a big difference between wave size at Scarborough and Cottesloe
3. My wetsuit is starting to smell. It hasn't been getting completely dry between sessions for the past few weeks. At first I though that there must have been some drying out seaweed around, but no, it's me.
4. How did we cope with long hair before the top-knot became a thing?
5. Why do some hipsters insist on not wearing a legrope. Are they allergic to nylon and Velcro, or philosophically opposed to respecting others.
6. When will I stop being a kook. It's been a while now.

10-1130 at trigg today few actual proper solid ones
not real crowded and glassy quite pleasantly surprising

took the mal for a few gems and a few good slappings

Would anyone care to provide an update on the current condition of metro banks?

Pretty straight with backwash. There were a few random waves holding up at sparrows today but that was mostly due to a broken up swell. It was nice and glassy though.

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JulianRoss said..
Thoughts for today:
1. The closeouts at Scabs today had me thinking more of my spine health than slotting into a cavern
2. There is a big difference between wave size at Scarborough and Cottesloe
3. My wetsuit is starting to smell. It hasn't been getting completely dry between sessions for the past few weeks. At first I though that there must have been some drying out seaweed around, but no, it's me.
4. How did we cope with long hair before the top-knot became a thing?
5. Why do some hipsters insist on not wearing a legrope. Are they allergic to nylon and Velcro, or philosophically opposed to respecting others.
6. When will I stop being a kook. It's been a while now.

The Hipster legrope thing is painful
How stupid can one person be.

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TimKay said..

JulianRoss said..
Thoughts for today:
1. The closeouts at Scabs today had me thinking more of my spine health than slotting into a cavern
2. There is a big difference between wave size at Scarborough and Cottesloe
3. My wetsuit is starting to smell. It hasn't been getting completely dry between sessions for the past few weeks. At first I though that there must have been some drying out seaweed around, but no, it's me.
4. How did we cope with long hair before the top-knot became a thing?
5. Why do some hipsters insist on not wearing a legrope. Are they allergic to nylon and Velcro, or philosophically opposed to respecting others.
6. When will I stop being a kook. It's been a while now.

The Hipster legrope thing is painful
How stupid can one person be.

#6 is the one that keeps me awake at night....

beachies were small but super fun this morning with way less backwash than yesterday

First over 4hr surf session in Oz for the year, damn good fun but I could have caught as many waves in 90 minutes on other days lol. Gonna havta call, best August in years though for good wind/swell even though we're only on the 9th day. Usually nonstop devil winds

Perth metro cams looked OK today. How was it ??

Worst winter I can remember. Zero storms, zero sand, straight banks, backwash, small swell. And winter is over already.

GPA cams were a bit deceptive - was even deceptive standing on the shore. At scabs strong northerly current, 1 in 3 shoulders were makeable and of those 1 in 2 were pretty fun rights. Sun was out though and water is clear. Looked better than it was though.

Well I am staying away from the temptation of the surf for a while longer - I'm only 9 weeks after a big shoulder recon, so I still have another 4 weeks away before I can start some gentle swimming... then prob a good few weeks before I can do a push-up (Ha!). I am setting myself a target of December.. and get back into it with some small Summer grovellers and hopefully progress as the conditions improve in March/April. Bali is already booked for next July