I heart WOTD

Blowin started the topic in Wednesday, 30 Jul 2014 at 08:07 am

The wave of the day does it for me big time. Nice work Steen Barnes , Shaun Anderson and Swellnet.
In one photo you've encompassed everything nice about surfing. If I was a wanker I'd say that it was perfect except for the fact he is in a wetsuit. Which it is , it's perfect .....except for the fact he's in a wetsuit.

Craig Friday, 14 Feb 2025 at 07:23 am

Incredible eh!

blackers Friday, 14 Feb 2025 at 08:25 am

Yes, ripper.

rj-davey Saturday, 15 Feb 2025 at 11:32 am

Great caption. One of your best.

stunet Saturday, 15 Feb 2025 at 12:51 pm

Cheers. Fifteen years and I can't believe I hadn't thought of it before.

lostdoggy Saturday, 15 Feb 2025 at 05:38 pm

Reminds me of the projectile vomiting I had with dengue fever.
Felt like it had jet propulsion.

Nick Bone Tuesday, 18 Feb 2025 at 01:41 pm

Zero credentials to display, but my critique of today’s photo is that it has excellent lighting!

stunet Tuesday, 18 Feb 2025 at 01:53 pm

Working eyeballs are all you need to critique a photo.

Lanky Dean Tuesday, 18 Feb 2025 at 02:08 pm

Surfer is Kahea Hart

stunet Tuesday, 18 Feb 2025 at 02:20 pm

Lanky Dean wrote:

Surfer is Kahea Hart

Few question marks around that.

udo Tuesday, 18 Feb 2025 at 02:25 pm

Missing ink ?

blackers Tuesday, 18 Feb 2025 at 02:38 pm

stunet wrote:

Working eyeballs are all you need to critique a photo.

Just like judging a surf contest?

stunet Tuesday, 18 Feb 2025 at 02:45 pm

blackers wrote:

Working eyeballs are all you need to critique a photo.

Just like judging a surf contest?

"I may not know art, but I know what I like." - Captain Goodvibes

burleigh Tuesday, 18 Feb 2025 at 02:53 pm

blackers wrote:

Working eyeballs are all you need to critique a photo.

Just like judging a surf contest?

The judges eyeballs are painted on

blackers Tuesday, 18 Feb 2025 at 02:57 pm

Ah, so just like judging a surf contest. Always on a winner when you quote the pig of steel. I doffs me cap to ya. (@Stu).

Craig Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 at 08:46 am

Incredible lighting and imagery the last two days as well. Cracker shots!

indo-dreaming Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 at 11:28 am

Is this the best wave ever captured on the Sunshine Coast?

It like a photo of a unicorn

basesix Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 at 11:33 am

thought old-mate was in the buff when I first looked at it bleary-eyed.

andy-mac Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 at 11:53 am

indo-dreaming wrote:

Is this the best wave ever captured on the Sunshine Coast?

It like a photo of a unicorn

Gets like this quite regularly!
At least once a year.

Pic taken just before closed out...

Na we have our days....

goofyfoot Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 at 11:58 am

andy-mac wrote:

Is this the best wave ever captured on the Sunshine Coast?

It like a photo of a unicorn

Gets like this quite regularly!
At least once a year.

Pic taken just before closed out...

Na we have our days....

The Harry Bryant footage of him surfing big lefts out the back of sunshine beach on a 7’0 is still burnt into my pea-brain.
Would that be a once yearly occurrence?

indo-dreaming Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 at 12:00 pm

andy-mac wrote:

Is this the best wave ever captured on the Sunshine Coast?

It like a photo of a unicorn

Gets like this quite regularly!
At least once a year.

Pic taken just before closed out...

Na we have our days....

Yeah i know i lived at both end's for a bit (Sunshine beach & Caloundra) when it gets swell it can get good, it's just lacks swell especially the south end.

Sprout Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 at 12:13 pm

goofyfoot
That June 2016 swell really was "As Good As It Gets". Hasn't happened since. Close, but not that. Every 5-10 years.

andy-mac Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 at 12:18 pm

Sprout wrote:

goofyfoot

That June 2016 swell really was "As Good As It Gets". Hasn't happened since. Close, but not that. Every 5-10 years.

Be nice if it was more often!!

Craig Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 at 12:56 pm

I remember that clip, insane!

Lanky Dean Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 at 01:21 pm

Had to work up around the sunny coast around 03 came back from work one day right outside the window was amazing waves.
Lasted just that day .
Back to work the next morning ........
Great waves, you just have to share them with everyone from Brisbane.
It's a bit like a surf desert though .. Plenty of flater days ...

Sprout Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 at 01:43 pm

As a surfer, it must be one of the biggest cocktease coasts, insofar that there's ~100km of surfable coastline with so much potential, and there's usually something to ride, but it hardly ever gets good.

andy-mac Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 at 02:11 pm

Sprout wrote:

As a surfer, it must be one of the biggest cocktease coasts, insofar that there's ~100km of surfable coastline with so much potential, and there's usually something to ride, but it hardly ever gets good.

Yeah it can be painful, but like you mention excluding the last 3 months before we started to get some swell, there is usually a surfable grovel somewhere.

A lot of good surfers from area, Kong, Parko, Wilson, Byrant Goodall etc etc.
You just need to travel to get juice.

goofyfoot Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 at 02:43 pm

Sprout wrote:

goofyfoot

That June 2016 swell really was "As Good As It Gets". Hasn't happened since. Close, but not that. Every 5-10 years.

Pumping

andy-mac Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 at 02:59 pm

Sprout wrote:

goofyfoot

That June 2016 swell really was "As Good As It Gets". Hasn't happened since. Close, but not that. Every 5-10 years.

This wave no longer...
Another once in a blue moon occurrence.

indo-dreaming Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 at 05:53 pm

I could see this wave from where i lived for a year or two and surfed it whenever it was surf able trying to find a nugget.

I never got it this good though and it was always a real hard wave to work out and surf as was so shifty it was so much harder to surf than the Goldie points.

Shame it's gone.

seeds Thursday, 20 Feb 2025 at 06:06 pm

^ 23:55 mark. Was a fun day. Jack certainly disguised the crowd.

basesix Friday, 21 Feb 2025 at 10:25 pm

Lovley, nice cap - the Seventh Wave Adventists will be happy with the plug.

seeds Friday, 21 Feb 2025 at 11:00 pm

Que?

andy-mac Saturday, 22 Feb 2025 at 07:04 am

Very very frightening!

lostdoggy Saturday, 22 Feb 2025 at 07:58 am

Nazaré, oh!
Nazaré, oh!

GuySmiley Wednesday, 26 Feb 2025 at 09:02 am

Today's - yeah the inside of Somers Creek has been breaking good lately!

Ash Wednesday, 26 Feb 2025 at 11:26 am

So much footage of Pipe lately, first look I thought it was another beautiful Pipe bomb, but no it's Vicco.

basesix Thursday, 27 Feb 2025 at 09:11 am

"Zachary... you're driving already?"

H2O Thursday, 27 Feb 2025 at 04:23 pm

Beautiful shot. Not a drop out of place.

Bnkref Thursday, 27 Feb 2025 at 04:47 pm

Is today's from the deep water reef or one of the exposed beachies to the west?

Doesn't quite look right for either.

stunet Thursday, 27 Feb 2025 at 06:15 pm

I didn't ask but I assumed it was the former.

Bnkref Thursday, 27 Feb 2025 at 09:02 pm

Thanks Stu.

Yeah I think you’re right. Just looks a bit different to normal.

indo-dreaming Friday, 28 Feb 2025 at 08:03 am

OMG look's like heaven.

Although knowing where Andrew visits and judging by the look of the wave and nobody out, i think it's smoke and mirrors.

If it's the wave i think, its only surfable on rare occasions when real solid and from the right direction and tide and even then you can only make a few sections on the right ones, most of the time it looks perfect but it's just way to fast and big sections run off in front of you.

Island Bay Friday, 28 Feb 2025 at 08:53 am

indo-dreaming wrote:

OMG look's like heaven.

Although knowing where Andrew visits and judging by the look of the wave and nobody out, i think it's smoke and mirrors.

If it's the wave i think, its only surfable on rare occasions when real solid and from the right direction and tide and even then you can only make a few sections on the right ones, most of the time it looks perfect but it's just way to fast and big sections run off in front of you.

So a righthand Impossibles? Sign me up!

old-dog Friday, 28 Feb 2025 at 09:15 am

I reckon it's just a lucky shot of a B-grade wave, for a split second it looks like a hollow wave when in reality the only time it's hollow is when it closes out onto the beach.

old-dog Friday, 28 Feb 2025 at 09:24 am

I was referring to yesterdays WOTD btw.

andy-mac Friday, 28 Feb 2025 at 09:28 am

Dolphin point, Lovina.

stunet Friday, 28 Feb 2025 at 12:07 pm

indo-dreaming wrote:

OMG look's like heaven.

Although knowing where Andrew visits and judging by the look of the wave and nobody out, i think it's smoke and mirrors.

If it's the wave i think, its only surfable on rare occasions when real solid and from the right direction and tide and even then you can only make a few sections on the right ones, most of the time it looks perfect but it's just way to fast and big sections run off in front of you.

Nowhere near that end of the archipelago, ID.

indo-dreaming Friday, 28 Feb 2025 at 01:11 pm

Oh nice, now i can enjoy that pic as heaven, it's suddenly become makable.

dandandan Friday, 28 Feb 2025 at 03:00 pm

stunet wrote:

Nowhere near that end of the archipelago, ID.

This makes me think there's an official Swellnet rule that you'll only publish shots if the photographer gives you and Craig the GPS coordinates haha.

Island Bay Friday, 28 Feb 2025 at 03:05 pm

You didn't know, dandandan?