Scattered

Nice little pop of colour as the sun pushed through some clouds scattered about the horizon this morning. From cloudy beginnings, there's no shortage of sunshine out there at the moment; beats yesterday's drizzly start to the day! There is however a real shortage…

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Empty

It's a rare occasion indeed when you overlook Freshwater and don't see a single person on the beach. This morning it was just footprints, the tidal soakings of sand, and a couple of tiny figures way off at the other end…

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Change Combo

Yesterday afternoon's late change in weather is still lingering and the effects are paying dividends on the surf front. The combination of howling northerlies most of Sunday and light offshore winds today means we've got…

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Snuffed Out

The sunshine was brief this morning but it coincided with a light puff of offshore wind giving the very beginning of the day a glimmer. Waves were small and clean, the sun was shinning and it looked like we were in for a goodie...

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Half Decent

Not too bad, half decent and kind of ok out there this morning. The swell's up from the east and while it was wobbly early thanks to overnight wind and an early high tide, it seems to have cleaned…

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Greyscale

A greyscale kind of a morning with a cool sou'wester and just enough east swell to percolate some interest. I had pretty low expectation and judging by the early crowd the sentiment must have been shared. But there were…

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Sultry

Too warm and humid to sleep in this morning; not that I've been doing much of that lately. Outside the air was thick and steamy with the temperature nudging towards 22 degrees at 5am, no wonder everyone…

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Soft Tones

It was warm out there this morning, almost like a summer's morning except for the hint of sou-westerly that was keeping conditions smooth and glassy. There wasn't even enough of a breeze to disperse the salty haze…

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Fluctuate

It's hard to get a handle on the winds at the moment. There's been overnight onshore's, dawn ruffles and brief moments of offshores as the wind fluctuates before the summer trades set in. I thought I was doing myself a favour by getting up super early…

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Pleasant

A thoroughly pleasant morning out on the ocean this morning. The waves weren't pumping by any means but the water is warming, it's clean & clear and the spring sunshine was plentiful. And, while it may not have been…

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On Target

After three days of east swell it feels like this morning it's finally sorted itself out. There's still a degree of a wonkiness to the swell but the good ones are hitting the banks on target and it's as clean as it gets…

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Laters

These kind of days, when all indications are for great conditions but it's just not happening, always present a conundrum. Go now and take what's on offer? Or roll the dice and see what later brings. My schedule forced the former…

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SSE

After a couple of days of cool, stiff southerlies, the light winds and sunshine is back in town with a clean little SSE swell in tow. It's 2-3ft and mostly straight on the early low-tide but in amongst the closeouts is the odd little tube…

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Magic

Lovely little swell out on the ocean this morning. Predominantly south with just enough east in it for the bombie to work its magic and push some peaks in our way. Somehow I managed to shoot a whole session…

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Catch Up

It's been a little while since my last post. Been busy? Under the weather? Holiday? Yep... a little bit of all of the above. Plus, the waves have fairly lacklustre of late (except for that Saturday of the long weekend when it was cooking everywhere). Anyway, let's get caught up…

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All Comers

 Cracker of a morning out on there today! Sun's shining and the waves are peaky and clean thanks to some leftover east swell and a light sou-wester. It's the kind of swell direction that opens up for all-comer from Fairy Bower to South Steyne, North Steyne to...

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Encore

Early morning we had the encore of last night's sunset/moonrise show, only this time it was the moon setting in the west. There was a decent south swell running first thing this morning...  

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Radiance

The dawn had a special kind of radiance to it this morning. A sun rising off the ocean with an inviting warmth that had you stretching out for more rather than shielding your eyes. Even the ocean seems to have warmed... 

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