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Weekend warriors weren’t put off by the somewhat junky conditions mid-morning at No Mans and Long Reef on Sunday 29 August. Sets were into the shoulder high range and there were...
Saturday morning saw a couple metres of south swell with a period of about 10 seconds lighting up beaches around Sydney. South Narrabeen was looking tasty early with offshore conditions...
What a great weekend! So what if Huey didn’t deliver as expected – the sun shone, the wind blew offshore and there were waves! I burnt a bit of petrol cruising round...MUNDAKA – Round 1 First Results – Layday today
Posted on October 6th, 2009 in Contests, News Stories, Surf News, Top stories.
Billabong Pro Mundaka - sadly too small today.
MUNDAKA, Euskadi (Tuesday, October 6, 2009) – A lay day has been called for the Billabong Pro Mundaka, with only small one-to-two foot (0.5 metre) waves and high tide conditions on offer this morning.
Event No. 8 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Billabong Pro Mundaka commenced competition yesterday at the primary venue, running the first eight heats of the man-on-man elimination Round 1.
“The surf we enjoyed yesterday has dropped substantially since then and we’ve called competition off for the day,” Mike Parsons, Billabong Pro Mundaka Contest Director, said. “We’re tracking some models for the end of the week that look promising, but we’ll be back tomorrow to make another call.”
Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 9am to assess conditions for a possible recommencement.
When competition resumes, up first will be ASP Dream Tour veteran Dean Morrison (AUS), 28, up against event wildcard Dean Bowen (AUS) in Heat 9 of Round 1.
Highlights from yesterday’s Billabong Pro Mundaka will be available via http://www.billabongpro.com/mundaka09/
The Billabong Pro Mundaka will host the world’s best surfers from October 5 through 17, 2009.
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com
BILLABONG PRO MUNDAKA ROUND 1 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Jihad Khodr (BRA) 13.60 def. Roy Powers (HAW) 11.10
Heat 2: David Weare (ZAF) 13.50 def. Tim Boal (FRA) 7.17
Heat 3: Drew Courtney (AUS) 11.67 def. Heitor Alves (BRA) 10.17
Heat 4: Tiago Pires (PRT) 14.66 def. Phillip MacDonald (AUS) 13.17
Heat 5: Ben Dunn (AUS) 13.16 def. Marlon Lipke (DEU) 9.10
Heat 6: Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 15.80 def. Hodei Collazo (EUK) 10.96
Heat 7: Michel Bourez (PYF) 13.34 def. Damien Fahrenfort (ZAF) 10.00
Heat 8: Kai Otton (AUS) 13.84 def. Reubyn Ash (GBR) 11.50
REMMAINING BILLABONG PRO MUNDAKA ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 9: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs. Dean Bowen (AUS)
Heat 10: Mick Campbell (AUS) vs. Marcos San Segundo (EUK)
Heat 11: Chris Davidson (AUS) vs. Nathaniel Curran (USA)
Heat 12: Tim Reyes (USA) vs. Michael Picon (FRA)
Heat 13: Josh Kerr (AUS) vs. Nic Muscroft (AUS)
Heat 14: Dustin Barca (HAW) vs. Aritz Aranburu (EUK)
Heat 15: Chris Ward (USA) vs. Dayyan Neve (AUS)
Heat 16: Jay Thompson (AUS) vs. Greg Emslie (ZAF)
BILLABONG PRO MUNDAKA ROUND 2 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 2: Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 3: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. TBA
Heat 4: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 5: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 6: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 7: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 8: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 9: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 10: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) vs. TBA
Heat 11: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. TBA
Heat 12: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 13: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 14: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 15: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 16: Kieren Perrow (AUS) vs. TBA
It may be your only chance for a while.
Posted on October 6th, 2009 in South Carolina.Small, around 2 feet, but glass like in the morning with NW winds shifting to SW in the afternoon. Low tide is after 3:30 pm so if the winds stay light, you may catch a ride as oppose to the morning which has a higher than normal tide.
Roberto
Dee Why: Not flat, but not far off.
Posted on October 6th, 2009 in Surf Reports.
Cool and sunny morning
Posted on October 6th, 2009 in Dee Why.
A set tries to get the point going, but doesn't quite succeed.
0730 empty one at Dee Why
Warning Summary at issue time:
Gale Warning between Gabo Island and Broken Bay. Strong wind warning between Broken Bay and Smoky Cape. Strong Wind warning for Sydney Closed waters.
Hello Friends,
Looking pretty small at Dee Why this morning. Swell is currently out of the south at around the 1.5-2 metre mark, but the power setting is only about 7 seconds, so it’s likely to be a struggle to find much in the way of juice.
From the buoy data it appears that this is the case all up and down the east coast at the moment. And it looks likely to stay that way for Tuesday.
But tomorrow it all changes as Huey sends in the winds big time and on the way through boosts the swell considerably.
Gotta jam! Catchya later.
Synoptic Situation
A high over the Bight is moving east, bringing southwest to southeast winds along the New South Wales coast today. These are expected to be become strong to gale force on Wednesday and Thursday as a low develops and deepens to the east of Bass Strait on Wednesday, moving slowly eastwards on Thursday and Friday.
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Gale warning
Tuesday until midnight: Wind: S’ly change 15/20 early, easing to S/SE 10/15 knots during the morning and S/SE 5/10 knots in the afternoon and evening. Sea: 1.5 to 2.5 metres gradually abating to below about 1 metre in the evening.Swell: SE about 1.5 metres.
Wednesday: Wind: W/SW 18/23 knots, ahead of a S/SW change 25/35 knots in the morning, reaching 35/40 knots and possibly 45 knots offshore, in the afternoon or evening.Sea: Increasing ti 2.5 to 3.5 metres during the morning and to 4 to 5 metres in the afternoon or evening.Swell: S/SE 1.5 to 2.5 metres. Thunderstorms
Thursday: Wind: S’ly 30/40 knots.
Around 2 feet and full- look for improvement later
Posted on October 6th, 2009 in Curl Curl, Surf Reports.It’s 2 feet and full but the wind is forecast to go offshore later and hopefully just in time for a drop in tide. Some nice waves late yesterday! Solid south swell forecast for tomorrow coupled with offshores so let’s hope it’s not a fizzer like last weeks effort. Enjoy.
C C
Posted on October 6th, 2009 in Central Coast, Surf Reports.
Fine, dry and cool on the Central Coast this Tuesday morning. The swell smooth and small at 1 – 2 feet from the east southeast. There is a light to moderate west southwest breeze forecast to go southeast later. High tide 0905 and low tide around 1530. Local barometer 1012 hpa, 12 degrees C. 95% humidity. Have a good one.
Manic Monday in Byron Bay today.
Posted on October 6th, 2009 in Byron, Comment, Local Colour, Surf Reports.
Manic Monday In Byron Bay Today. It was a glorious day in the bay today, the sun was shining the waves were clean and the crowd was smaller than expected. So why the hell was it so hard to get a wave today? Every local surfer I spoke to today complained of being severely hassled in the water today, and to make it more difficult to handle, hassled by people with little to no surfing ability. I’m curious where did beginner surfers get the idea it’s cool to paddle out somewhere you’re visiting and try to take over like you own the place, is there website out there, that teaches Gumby’s how to hassle? I don’t know maybe people felt that they may never get another Monday off. Whatever it is guys, remember it’s not a competition out there, show a little respect in the water for your fellow surfers, visitors and locals alike. Or go somewhere else, because the local crew were not amused. It’s most uncool to manically paddle around the place and try to claim every wave. Remember people we’re in the water to surf, relax, chill out and take it easy, it’s about some time spent in the realm of Huey. It’s not about stroking your fragile liuttle egos, In Byron Bay Today.
Well there ya go, that feels much better, that’s my whinge for a while.