south-west vancouver island

on saturday at 5 pm: 1 – 2 footers at our rivermouth point, wide, crisp, almost continuous, but breaking a little too far in, over the edge of our cobbled and treacherous reef, exposed as a vast oval stage under low tide – i caught three fairly quickly, carefully ducking the large boulder that is always right where you want to take off – only one brother to accompany me, and he reported only four other surfers two hours earlier – but there was tons of surfmobile traffic on the way down, so expect superior 3 – 5 foot conditions at the lost village beach, just one half-hour further through the wilderness -**********- if this is my day of harvest, in what field have I sowed the seed, and in what unremembered seasons? – k gibran ….. -**********– twitter mercuryloge \,,/

Best Week Of Swell For Some Time, In Byron Bay Today’s Week In Review.

Well folks we actually had swell of some sort everyday of the week in Byron Bay. Granted we didn’t get the serious southerly ground swell that graced our brothers and sisters further south. But we did start the week with a rideable north east wind swell. This began to fade on Monday but was quickly replaced with a small easterly swell and then the tail end of southerly ground swell. After one of the laziest summers I’ve seen for some time in the swell department, I’d have to say it was a joy to see workable waves on call nearly every day. Yeah it wasn’t huge, but it did have moments and for those that got onto it before the word got out, well for them there was much rejoicing. Speaking of which I was asked this week yet again, why I don’t say where we shoot each day, and why I don’t give forecasts on where it should be good tomorrow? This is not the first time I’ve been asked this. The answer is simple. It all comes down to a strange little belief I have which goes something like this. If I haven’t bothered to go out and look for it, then I haven’t earned it. I believe that this rings especially true for surfing, so I’m quite happy to document what we got, but I’m sticking with not calling where or when it did or will happen, In Byron Bay Today.

You may have noticed… it’s a stinker

Midnight Oil + Violent Femmes = Surf band called Break

Thought this one sounded kinda interesting… Oils and Violent Femmes’ Brian Ritchie are getting together to play original surfin’ music (ie, mostly instrumental).
-Don

It’s a union that will delight music fans, surf rats, and festival goers alike. Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey have joined with bass player Brian Ritchie of US group Violent Femmes to form a new surf rock band called The Break. The new band releases its debut album ‘Church Of The Open Sky’ on Friday April 16th on the Bombora label through MGM.

The Break will kick things off with a short stint of gigs in Sydney and surrounds with further dates elsewhere to follow in the coming months. Thursday February 18th – The Harp, Wollongong – Friday February 19th – Fisho’s, Manly – Sunday February 21st – The Annandale, Sydney.

The Break’s album is a unique blend of pulsating psycho surf rock tunes featuring 15 mostly instrumental tracks. The bulk of the album tracks are named after legendary surf breaks. “Cylinders”, the first single from the album, was in fact one of the first tracks created, and will be available from iTunes Australia from Tuesday February 9th. World renowned producer Nick Launay, who of course has worked on many Midnight Oil releases and numerous other renowned acts including Silverchair, Nick Cave and PiL, took ‘Cylinders’ to the mixing desk in a Los Angeles studio to create a mix highlighting the driving guitars and a pounding back beat synonymous with both the surf rock genre and the classic Oils sound.

read more at  Midnight Oil and Violent Femmes Members Form New Band – Break Midnight Oil and Violent Femmes News @ antiMusic.com.

Whatta Week It Woz: 19-20 Jan

I really can’t spin “the swell drought was busted” any differently to that of all the chatter that lit up the air waves this past week. It was needless to say a bit of a froth-fest as Huey delivered an amazing swell event to the East Coast after too long a wait. There was only one thing wrong with the whole situation though - work committments. Note to self: no more 9am meetings!

Anyway, I did manage to squeeze a few off  Tuesday/Wednesday after/before work so it wasn’t a total loss.   The pics have been posted and you can find them here: http://www.wozthatyou.com/group7759.html

Hope you’re all travelin’ well. And keep cool -  it’s already a hot one today.

Cheers,

Doug

www.wozthatyou.com

Narrabeen Rpt

Sub-knee high this morning

C C Super Heat and Micro Surf

Fine, dry and extremely hot already on the Central Coast this Saturday morning.  The swell is smooth and very small at 1 – 1.5 feet from the east.  There is a light northwest breeze at the moment forecast to  strengthen later.  Low tide at 0820 and high tide around 1410.  Local barometer 1005 hpa, 28 degrees C. 38% humidity.   Have a good weekend! For Sale -  I have a Surtech (Tuflite) Velzy 12 foot Hawaiian Paddle board (not SUP) for sale.  Excellent condition. $900.00 (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

Into a minor key

About three feet

But mushy and falling for Friday. You will need a dry suit as air temps will only be in the low 50′s

Roberto

C C Small and Smooth

Light cloud, hot and muggy on the Central Coast this Friday morning.  The swell is smooth and small at 1 – 2 feet from the east southeast.  There is a light northwest breeze at the moment forecast to go northeast later.  Low tide at 0720 and high tide around 1320.  Local barometer 1010 hpa, 21 degrees C. 97% humidity.   Have a good one! For Sale -  I have a Surtech (Tuflite) Velzy 12 foot Hawaiian Paddle board (not SUP) for sale.  Excellent condition. $900.00 (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