Actual sunshine seen along Northern Beaches

Posted on November 9th, 2009 in Dee Why.

south-west vancouver island

Posted on November 9th, 2009 in Surf Reports.

on sunday at 5 pm: up to 2.5 times over head at our rivermouth point – great, crashing, blustery, foaming long lines, sweeping over and burying the point, so that we had to enter deep in the river mouth – i stayed comfortably cautious, taking high banks from the biggest breakers: about 6 in all, including one long one along the top, and a few closed-out into the point – good conditions should prevail for days at our rivermouth point, which comes alight too rarely in the year, being the 1st surfable beach, proceeding down the straits – on days like today, our rivermouth suddenly becomes a world-class point break, due in particular to the even, crisp, cobbled reef – heavy surfmobile traffic on the drive down, suggests that many brethren had proceeded further, to the lost village beach, or right to the straits mouth, at the fishing port – stormy and chilly, heavy rain with sunny intervals: altogether ripe and propitious – **********- am i a harp that the hand of the mighty may touch me, or a flute that his breath may pass through me? – k gibran …. ********** twitter: mercuryloge \,,/

Should be an Interesting week.

Posted on November 9th, 2009 in South Carolina.

Starting with Monday expect Easterly winds building a wind swell peaking by Wednesday as what is expected to be the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida forming into a Nor easter later in the week off the coast. So we may have wind and swell, the question remains if it will be too rough to ride.

Roberto

Narrabeen Rpt

Posted on November 9th, 2009 in Surf Reports.

Little clean dribblers & blue skies

Cronulla report by Aquasea Wetsuit Repairs

Posted on November 9th, 2009 in Surf Reports.

Small easterly swell 1-2 foot, weak waves for desperates only.　
WIND: N at 17kph. WATER TEMP: 19 degrees.
FORECAST: Morning shower or drizzle then fine and mostly sunny afternoon. Light
to moderate northeast winds.
MAX AIR TEMP TODAY: 23-29 degrees.
SWELL: E 1-2m at 7 seconds.
TIDES:　HIGH: 14:10　　LOW: 07:40
www.seatamerdive.com Sydney Scuba Diving Boat Charter and Ian Griffiths “Griffiti”. SHORE DIVING: 6 metres vis at Oak Park. 5+ metres at Shiprock. WETSUIT REPAIRS at Aquasea, Sydney NSW. 02.95404774 for wetty and wettie repairs contact Lesley at AQUASEA 02.95404774 for a quick turn around, zippers tears cuts and all alterations to neoprene.
See ya – www.aquasea.com.au in Sydney – wetsuit wettie wetty wetsuits repair and repairs for surfing scuba windsurfers ring Aquasea on 02.95404774, go diving without tanks ie tankless diving using 12 v volt compressors also known as hookah dive diving with www.aquasea.com.au in Sydney NSW Ph: 02.95404774 led hid halogen torches and lights video boat transom lights for underwater lighting at night similar aqua cam camera and cameras see www.aquasea.com.au for stainless wire in your balustrades and for underwater lights and housings cameras. SYDNEY NSW AUSTRALIA (Ph: 61.2.95404774). www.aquasea.com.au repairs alters wetsuits wettie wetty fin chops zipper repair broken zipper for surfing scuba triathalon kayak canoe board cover ring 02.95404774 www.aquasea.com.au makes 12 volt hookah units for tankless diving without tanks scuba powerdive power dive 12 v 12 volt regulators hookah diving for boat hull cleaning ring 02.95404774 www.aquasea.com.au makes underwater lights video boat lights aqua cam camera cameras housings torches led hid bubble arm baseplates ring 02.95404774 www.aquasea.com.au aqua skipper aquaskipper, shark shield, sea doo sea scooter electric snorkel AGM batteries chargers. www.aquasea.com.au ring 02.95404774 P.O.Box 2141 Taren Point Sydney 2229 NSW aquasea underwater products 

Bye-Bye Summer, Hello Fall (Capitola)

Posted on November 9th, 2009 in California, Half Moon Bay, Surf Sessions.Capitola looked nice on the cams yesterday, up to head high on sets, but crowded. I got there not too far past dawn, but soon thereafter counted 50 people out. Sigh.
After surfing, I met up with Luke and Beth, and, more importantly, Beth's magic surfboard, at the Arrow Surf Shop factory to order my new board, a clone of Beth's which has brought me oodles of fun when I borrowed it. Bob the shaper asked many questions, trying to nail down what I really wanted, which boiled down to: exactly the same board, but in epoxy and with Future fins, the later based on input from some more experienced surfers. When I mentioned epoxy, as opposed to fiberglass in the lay meaning of the words, he launched into a detailed explanation of the correct technical distinctions. But in the end, we still settled on epoxy, which will be lighter and more durable than the original, although he cautioned me repeatedly about its sensitivity to heat. Contrary to my belief that Beth's board is something unusual, Bob told me it's a pretty standard hybrid, except for an inch or so more rocker. He offered to reduce that back to typical but said it would offer minimal benefit, so I told him to stick with the original design as it works so well for me. I still need to close with him on the aesthetics, what airbrushing I want to pretty-up the deck. Best part? It will be done in 3-4 weeks. Soon after I get back from the Land Down Under, I'll have a new surfboard!

C C

Posted on November 9th, 2009 in Central Coast, Surf Reports.

For Sale –  I have a Surtech (Tuflite) Velzy 12 foot Hawaiian Paddle board (not SUP) for sale.  Excellent condition. $950.00 (cost $1600.00 + new).  This board is a standard class racing paddle board and goes like the clappers, very fast.  Good cross trainer for paddling on flat days.  If you are interested I can send photos.  contact Matt at  ms2007@bigpond.com

Fine, dry and mild on the Central Coast this Monday morning.  The swell is smooth and smallish at 2 – 3 feet  from the east southeast.  There is a light northeast breeze.  Low tide at 0740 and high tide around 1410.  Local barometer 1022 hpa, 17 degrees C. 97% humidity.   Have a great week.

It’s A Tough Life For Some, In Byron Bay Today

Posted on November 9th, 2009 in Byron, Local Colour.

It’s A Tough Life For Some, In Byron Bay Today. Sarcastic, who me? Nah, really  it’s not as easy to live here, as many people think. The rent prices and cost of housing are just ridiculous, and the opportunities to make a living are rare and few. And yes the lack of parking can get ya goat occasionally too. But when all is said and done if you’re willing to pay the price of financial and parking insecurity, then there are rewards for a life lived here. There’s community, yeah it’s still here if you bother to look. There’s the waves, which let’s face it, are about as good for logging as it gets. Plus there are the characters, and if there’s one thing we’re not short of , it’s our local characters. So let’s firstly welcome back two of them, Yup Evan has returned from Indo, only to land himself bang smack in perfect log surf at home, hence today’s title. Plus Marty our local celebrity thespian has returned from yet another film set at some exotic location. Welcome home  blokes.  We’d also like to introduce you all to one of the quiet achievers in the Byron Shire. Bloke’s name is Brent Verco, from Mullumbimby Chiropractic. Check out his review  Brent will be offering some seriously good deals and freebees to you guys, but we’ll get into that later in the week. In the mean time, we hope you enjoy today’s update; we were blessed with beautiful slides and fantastic weather. Oh yes indeed, it truly is a tough life for us here, In Byron Bay Today.