On the road in the homeland

Well its been a  tough few days with the South Westerly blowing its tits off here on the West Coast. This morning was the first real decent waves that I have seen in 4 days and the sun came out as well. Joy. Nothing beats a nice session at that little known break on the West Coast though. Far from epic but still a hell of alot of fun. Maybe becuase there was only 3 of us in the water for the low tide dawny. Hoping the wind may becoming from the east tom so its fingers crossed here. Seems this once sleepy little fishing village is now on the path to something much bigger – think Byron Bay in training. Only that the waves are better, its colder and you would be hard pressed to find the normal quality and quantity of beautiful people! Other than that its fairly similar – just on a smaller scale. Lots of envion friendly spots to eat and shop. Infact the Volcom shop over here is doing recycled boardshorts – you drop in y old ones and they get sent to Samoa. Nice touch. Its organic everywhere as expected and super tasty as well. A top spot and well worth a short stay if you ever get the chance. I used to hang here 15 years ago and the only thing that seems to have changed is the house  prices – another reminder of its big brother of  Byron Bay!  You can see the view from my accommodation – at $25 a night its a bargain, you also see teh problems one faces on the golf course – sheep everywhere!! Its good to know that you can still catch yourself a decent feed at the local wharf. Nice!…..anyway I am back out there for the high tide session. Have yourselves a great xmas and I will try and post some more photos if I get a chance (nightmare as my wireless is not working anymore). Laters.

Avalon to Narrabeen Rpt

Greetings Realsnorkellers! I suggest you leave the board at home and find something else water-based to do today

C C Small

Fine on the Central Coast this Monday morning.  The swell is ruffled and small at 1 – 2 feet from the east southeast.  There is a light north northeast breeze forecast strengthen later.  Low tide at 0525 and high tide around 1155.  Local barometer 1012hpa, 21 degrees C. 79% humidity.   Have a great week. 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 (stock) class racing paddle board and goes like the clappers, very fast.  Good cross trainer for paddling on flat days. Contact Matt at  ms2007@bigpond.com

Girl Glides, In Byron Bay Today.

It was all in the hands of the local Girl Glides as they happily danced and played, In Byron Bay Today.

Grey, yeah, so what

CC – Xmas Paddleboard for Sale

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 (stock) class racing paddle board and goes like the clappers, very fast.  Good cross trainer for paddling on flat days. Contact Matt at  ms2007@bigpond.com

1-2 feet from the SE

Small 1-2 feet from the SE with a light SE wind and low crowd for good reason.  There’s a junior comp on down south and karate training up north on the beach and no one in the water up north ‘cos there’s no waves. Outlook remains poor.

Narrabeen Rpt

Disappointingly grey weak & small

Mixed Nuts, In Byron Bay Today’s Weekend Review.

 been like bag of miked nuts in Byron Bay this week. Everyone picked off the Cashews and Pecans, by the end of the week there was nothing left but peanuts. We had an early taste of things to come with some gentle summer easterlies, a little rain, an easterly swell, some warm sunny days and heaps of dolphins. Then just when we we’re all getting used to it and settling into the summer pattern. We’re once again slammed by strong northerlies trying to push us back into spring. However this is pretty much in line with the December weather patterns up here. The question on everyone’s lips now  is ‘will the northerlies back off after Christmas?’ Historically yes, they do, like clockwork. The Christmas break comes and the weather changes. The dry hot northerlies back off and are replaced with moist, lighter easterly trade winds and south easterlies as the air is sucked back up north into the tropical lows as they form. Will this happen this year? Well only time will tell, we had a very warm current come through last Saturday afternoon full of bluebottles , which is a fairly strong sign of some tropical lows may be on the way. Although maybe not quite just yet, In Byron Bay Today.

Corker of a morning, tiny though