Midday down south
Posted by: Don on November 17th, 2009Little update for ya…
After a quick repast and a bit of report filing on my part, we decided to head back to the beach for a look at the dropping tide situation. This time we paddled out a well struck nine-iron shot from our first session. If anything it seemed to have come up a touch. There were definitely a few wave faces in the 10 ft range and because we were closer to the southern headland it was slightly less breezy.
We both jagged a few very fun and relatively longish righthanders. Water is maybe a degree cooler than Sydney, so for me anyway it was in that fuzzy zone between steamer and springy.
As the tide dropped, the waves began to divide into two distinct take off zones. That worked out rather well for us because we were the only two on our particular section.
As the session went along, the wind began to swing a little more to the SE and the surface kinda got chewed up. The situation was worse over at Golf Course reef where there was even less protection.
I managed to reboot my water camera, so here are a couple shots for your amusement.
I’ll try to do at least one more post today if I can!


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