Hello Friends,
At 0500 the Sydney MHL buoy was reporting a metre of north east wind swell with a period of just 6 seconds. Wind was N-NE at 5-10 kts. High tide’s about 0720 and it’s going to be 30 today with a chance of showers. The NE’r should be pretty stiff by close of play today (20-30kts), so there might be some late wind swell action at the usual spots.
Yesterday I came back from a three day visit to the Central Coast region of California. We stayed in a cute little seaside town called Cayucos and explored around the area for both surf and sightseeing. There was heaps of swell, but sadly, this region really doesn’t do much with winter swell directions. The coast is wild and rocky with only a few fickle spots. About the best of the options was at Cayucos Pier where there was a one to two-turn right hander. Anyway, here are a few more snaps…
(Below: Cayucos Pier a couple days ago, note surfer left about to jump in)
(Below: how they get in at Cayucos Pier)
(Below: taking a left into the Cayucos Pier…)
(Below: Central Coast hoax peak. There are horrible rocks just inside of where this peak was breaking.)
(Below: El Capitan point, Santa Barbara county. 50 people in the water, 30 on the land. The bell is one of many that mark El Camino Real.)
(Below: El Cap was not quite doing it. Dodgy sideshore and not perfect swell direction. But you get the idea…)
