WEEKLY REPORTS for 2009
Report No: 1-09
Period: Monday 29th December 2008 to Sunday 4th January 2009
Monday. High tide 7:52 am. Moderate to strong SE winds & not a lot of swell on the south side and most places on the North side looked less than ordinary. The crew ended up getting some great little waves at Missions. It was about shoulder high with a few sucky barrels and lots of walls for doing turns and the wind was offshore so nice and clean.
Tuesday. High tide 8:29 am. An early surf out @ Resorts where the waves weren’t exceptional but still quite fun. The swell was peaky and about head high, and clean for the first few hours until a slight wind come up around 9:00am.
Wednesday. High tide 9:10 am. Average conditions. No one wanted to go exploring to try and find any waves. So an R & R day at Sa’Moana.
Thursday. High tide 9:58 am. New Years – Hang over day – Everyone was busy sleeping and not surfing.
Friday. High Tide 10:53 am. A boat trip to Pebbles saw only small waves with sets up to head high. Fun little waves with a few barrels at the start of the session until he wind swung after a couple of hours to onshore so they moved around to Wakas. Super clean but only small, less then waist high. And only surfed for only 15mins till other crew turned up. Back to Pebbles for a few more before the tide dropped out of it.
Saturday. High tide 11:54 am. Again to Pebbles which was smoking in head high perfection and with bigger sets. Tones of barrels & heaps were spitting and most of the session fully offshore but occasionally the wind would swing around, but cause it was light it didn’t affect the waves. With only 3 out they surfed for 5 hours. Everyone was fully stoked.
Sunday. High tide 12:54 pm. The swell dropped overnight so they headed over to Coco’s. It was only shoulder high but awesome shape, some barrels and some racey ones. There was a bit of a crew on it but again but our gang had a 5 hour sesh so they ended up with 2 hours of just 3 of them on it. Another great day of good waves.
Photos
1a-09 The ‘Gimp’ at Pebbles, 1b-09 Empty Pebbles, 1c-09 Kneelo legend Greg Bell dropping into Pebbles, 1d-09 Greg Bell with his 15kg Dog Tooth Tuna
So all in all a damn good start to 2009…………….cheers ……………George
