Well so much for 2.5m and 21secs.

disappointing morning patrol.

Ohwell. Watched the yacht race instead

I think the banks are a bit deep at the moment

Select to expand quote

doggie said...

I think the banks are a bit deep at the moment

Trigg was WAY deep when I checked it 9:30am Saturday morning - had some size though and a fair crowd at second carpark.

Mate went elsewhere about 1pm and said it was 'good' (suspect this really means 'OK').

Select to expand quote

GPA said...

doggie said...

I think the banks are a bit deep at the moment

Trigg was WAY deep when I checked it 9:30am Saturday morning - had some size though and a fair crowd at second carpark.

Mate went elsewhere about 1pm and said it was 'good' (suspect this really means 'OK').

Bloody hell, I was there at the same time!! Should have done my normal drive

3rd carpark on sat pm "good"


i got one from the back onto the beach - havent done that for a far while apart from a foamy when coming in
could even get a few turns in on lefts and rights
saw some nice pits being had

some back wash, and slight cross shore, plenty of closeouts
but pretty happy considering

Some really nice waves at 2nd and 3rds at Trigg this morning. Really clean swell and some good banks for the sets too. A little deep in places but it should improve with the tide dropping if the swell hangs around.

I'm kicking myself for not thinking to get out of bed today for the pre-work early. I thought it'd be too small and I'm used to afternoon surfs nowadays.

Select to expand quote

Legion said...

I'm kicking myself for not thinking to get out of bed today for the pre-work early. I thought it'd be too small and I'm used to afternoon surfs nowadays.

Gettin old mate, do you have your slippers on?

[}:)]

I'm just in a mindset where I don't think about the morning for the last few years. Instead I go to work early and leave early if I think it's on. But I should change that and be more flexible.

But yeah, slippers would be nice.

^^^
I just don't know how you blokes manage a before work early...

If I get up at 5:30am... in the water at 6:15am and surf for 1hr:15min always looking at my watch and getting frustrated I am not getting enough waves...

Run back up the beach at 7:30am - then it's a mad dash for shower/shave/toast and half a cup of coffee etc before sitting in traffic and getting to work just before 9:00am where the day has already started...

And worse of all, if it's on - then every bugger is doing the same and it can be like a Saturday morning crowd...

Might be getting too old - Doggie, are you handing out those slippers?

I aim to leave the water by 8:15, then I'm back home by 8:35. Bag's already packed, time for a quick breakfast, only shave once a week, stay salty all day, hopefully remember deodorant, be at work by 9:30 (or a bit later). Just have to stay late to compensate. It only really works when the sun's up early enough, that's why I prefer the afternoon surf because I can spend a couple of hours working when it's dark and pay it off with a decent afternoon surf in the light. Although I have been known in the past to hit the water at 7:15 until 8:15 on rare June days.

I have to work Melbourne hours, so 7-3 I. Wi ter and 6-2 in summer. Def no morning sesh but can be in the water by 3:15 most days

Select to expand quote

GPA said...

^^^
I just don't know how you blokes manage a before work early...

If I get up at 5:30am... in the water at 6:15am and surf for 1hr:15min always looking at my watch and getting frustrated I am not getting enough waves...

Run back up the beach at 7:30am - then it's a mad dash for shower/shave/toast and half a cup of coffee etc before sitting in traffic and getting to work just before 9:00am where the day has already started...

And worse of all, if it's on - then every bugger is doing the same and it can be like a Saturday morning crowd...

Might be getting too old - Doggie, are you handing out those slippers?

I can get hand knitted ones if you like

Select to expand quote

GPA said...

^^^
I just don't know how you blokes manage a before work early...

If I get up at 5:30am... in the water at 6:15am and surf for 1hr:15min always looking at my watch and getting frustrated I am not getting enough waves...

Run back up the beach at 7:30am - then it's a mad dash for shower/shave/toast and half a cup of coffee etc before sitting in traffic and getting to work just before 9:00am where the day has already started...

And worse of all, if it's on - then every bugger is doing the same and it can be like a Saturday morning crowd...

Might be getting too old - Doggie, are you handing out those slippers?

live in a regional area GP.....10 minutes downhill on my pushbike(rare) to work or about 3-4mins by car ..........range of beaches covering almost every wind direction(except straight east and strong southeast) within 15 mins....
depending on the tide (low required for a quick blast up the beach ) swell and wind i can get a 2 hour surf totally solo some days ..
its pretty rare to have more than 8-10 people in the water and i would consider that a crowd .....being the "chief cook and bottlewasher" at work helps a little too normally there by 9.30 after leaving home at 9.20ish

^^^
Unfortunately it's just not that convenient for me...

I know a guy who will leave work in Leederville at lunch time and drive to Trigg, wettie up and be out for a quick 20-30min, then cold shower in the carpark and race off back to work... maybe having caught 4 or 5 waves.... He does this quite regularly in summer.

That to me is just not worth the effort (I'd probably either get pinged for being back late or else get done for speeding).

was sitting at home moping around with manflu. checked out wave cams for some torture!!!!! Fjujghhk me it looks alright, wrestled with my good/evil side...good side won...what if my wife finds out, having trouble breathing, hacking up lungbutter etc

THEN DING DONG fate arrive in the form of AUST POST VAN

Brand new wettie EBOMB (previous thread dramas, morals about cheap from USA vs dole q over here!!!!!!) arrives......HMMMMMMMMM. fits good..........

bang....... out in car....... dont even take wettie off...... race to scarborough, cursing every traffic light and day dreaming driver

SO GLAD the little evil man on my left shoulder prevailed.
Scabs..(spot x) was really f#$%%$#$%kn good, waist to chest odd bigger, fantastic shape and best of all hardly any one out. Caught more good waves in 1 & 1/2 hours than I got all last weekend

back at home hacking up lungbutter hoping wettie drys b4 wife home!!!!
wonder if i should take another day

Select to expand quote

mocha1 said...

back at home hacking up lungbutter hoping wettie drys b4 wife home!!!!
wonder if i should take another day

Hang your wettie up full length on a hanger in the shed... and don't tell her it arrived

Glad to hear someone got some good waves locally... It's been so long I'm probably gonna kook it next time I go out...

I walk out the door at 4.30 every morning so the early is no good for me. i just hope the days i get home home with a few hours of daylight left that its still offshore as was the case last friday but not today.

Some gorgeous little waves around this arvo just before the wind swung. SUPer man had this little peak to himself, couple of crackers came through too.

Finger's crossed for tomorrow morning-ish. Arvo seams to be the goer but have a bloody biology lecture

Select to expand quote

smicko said...

Some gorgeous little waves around this arvo just before the wind swung. SUPer man had this little peak to himself, couple of crackers came through too.

I absolutely love little clean days like that - especially with that crowd! So much fun... is that Tom's or Mettams rights or perhaps Trigg dog beach??

Nah, south of town.

Select to expand quote

smicko said...

Nah, south of town.

???

Good conditions again this morning, just smaller than yesterday.

The frequency is kicking in and the swell will follow, so the later you can leave it the better it will be!

Bugger...ohwell...looks like weekend surf only for me.
How crazy is that swell looking for next week!

EDIT: Oh wait...they've lowered the forecast swell size. Le ghey.

Select to expand quote

subasurf said...

Bugger...ohwell...looks like weekend surf only for me.
How crazy is that swell looking for next week!

EDIT: Oh wait...they've lowered the forecast swell size. Le ghey.

Bugger the size check the peak period, check it 16seconds! Thats very solid ground swell

Arvo looking good, early knock-off on schedule, Naturaliste has just kicked majorly ...

Select to expand quote

Legion said...

Arvo looking good, early knock-off on schedule, Naturaliste has just kicked majorly ...

Ya gonna take the SUP out?

Maybe. Perfect conditions for one, right? Fast beachbreak, crowded, headhigh. I'll have to make sure the low-loader is fuelled up to take it down there.

On another funny note, the other day I was out and it was about 1'. At one stage a freak 2 1/2' set came through and ole mate on a Mac T longboard just down the beach from me scrambled for his life. I watched him bail and dive under right at the worst possible spot as the lip hit the water. Up he comes to find the only thing holding his two new shortboards together was the bottom skin. Poor ole mate took a long time to comprehend what had happened, and about 10min treading water cradling his baby into shore. Teach him to bail. Lip must've hit the board square in the middle. Funny telling his mates he snapped his board on a 1' day.