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NORTH COAST SURF REPORT 28-11-08NORTH COAST SURF REPORT 28-11-08
Today’s shots were taken at Gallows in Coffs Harbour around 9:30am. The swell has dropped overnight to one metre with the occasional bigger set wave, a 10 knot NNW wind fanned across the northern corner keeping wave faces pretty clean. With a couple of peaks to choose from the surfers in the water were enjoying some good left and right handers.
Typical of this kind of setup, the wedgey left in the corner proves irresitable to most riders, even though more waves seem to be breaking a hundred metres down the beach. The usually compact take-off area in the corner creates a competive element to catching waves that the most experienced locals manage to take advantage of.
You would think visiting and inexperienced surfers might find it less frustating, and improve their wave count paddling out where more waves are breaking, but many find the promise of the perfect looking peaks hard to resist.
The swell is predicted to pick up early tomorrow, and the northerly winds should persist until the late afternoon. Continuing fine weather combined with plesantly warm water smacks of summer surf fun this weekend.
Cheers, noel.
NORTH COAST SURF REPORT 14-11-08
Online Video: ALL SURFERS HAVE STYLE, their own distinct style when riding a wave that is. Because surfing is a reaction to a moving mound of water, each of us adapts our body shape and movement in a individual way.
Just like dancers on the dance floor, each reacting a little different to the beat of a song, a surfer can be clearly identifyied amongst a group in the water simply by style alone. Style, is defined by how you stand on the board, what position you hold hold your arms and whether you cruise or power into turns.
What influences a surfer’s style is open to debate. I like to think that surfing is a style of dance, performed by subtle body movements and changes in weight ditribution. While surfing in Bali I witnessed a local surfer carve a truely magestic and powerful cutback by simply raising the toes of his front foot, transferring weight to his heel and then driving the board around with his back foot. Style creating power, mindblowing stuff.
Today, our pictures taken around midday at Gallows in Coffs Harbour, clearly demonstrates differences in style amoung the surfers in the water. Right away I spotted a bloke I had not seen around for a while, his style was a dead give-a-way.
The wind was 10 to 15 knots from the north with a metre of swell, and plenty of peaky lefts and rights along the beach.
This week the swell has been a consistent one and a half to two metres, although at times a little messy.
It is expected to drop slightly, but will hang around for a few more days. It has been good to have to work for your waves after a stretch of small stuff.
Cheers, Noel.
NORTH COAST SURF REPORT 31-10-08NORT COAST SURF REPORT 31-10-08
“Should’a been here yesterday…” “It was go’n off its nut earlier….” “Just me and a mate out.” “Best its ever been….”
These are some quotes surfers use when they know you missed it, and they scored fantastic uncrowded waves. It’s cruel behaviour, especially to other surfers, who likley share the same passion of turning up to find good surf happening and only a mate or two to share it with.
I’m sure, some of these tales are a bit like the fishing stories of the big one that got away, some elements of truth to it, spread with liberal amounts of fantasy.
Surfers are always on the search for that ellusive classic day, and sure enough if you fail to check the surf early ( ie: big night out), or have commitments you simply cannot put off ( ie: lunch with spouse), and a so called mate scores it good without you, when next you meet be prepared.
Today, we found two young blokes making the most of a small NE wind swell in a protected northern corner set-up, just south of Coffs Harbour. Going wave for wave, it sure looked fun as the summery conditions meant boardshorts were the order of the day.
If only the swell had complied it may have been one of those classic surfs. Besides, I bet when they see their mates this arvo they won’t let the chance slip to talk it up just a little.
We have a southery change forcast for the weekend with a slight increase of swell, so get to bed early and think carefully before committing yourself . Cheers, noel.
