Watch: A Weekend On The Northern Points
If you've been paying attention you'll appreciate that when a trough block occurs the East Coast is in for days of waves. More acutely, if a low embeds itself in that stationary trough line then all options are on the table.
That's what happened when, on Friday, an embedded low increased the pressure gradient even more than it had been. The result was felt on Saturday and Sunday when the week-long swell doubled in size and drew out in period.
On Saturday, the southern end of the NSW coast saw a mix of east and southeast swell, while further north, from Newcastle to Noosa, saw a more dominant east swell work wonders on any point with halfway decent sand.
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Sadly, after a week on the mid-north coast, I was on the road back home on the weekend. Poorly timed. Still, it was nice to be warm for a change.
Re: first NNSW clip: that's as good as waves get isn't it?
I'm kind of surprised at the size. Given what I surfed and saw I would've though it a tough bigger there.
For those who partook, how was the vibe in the water with that kind of crowd and that quality of surf?
Was bigger out the back- thats the inside section.
Vibe was good.
So many waves, just non-stop.
Ride the D.S. Freeride ?
Yep.
running the EA quads in her mate?
Yep.
Hey freeride do you have an email I can contact you on?
It's regards to your forecaster notes and educating myself on the acronyms you use.
Thanks
Old mate in boardies at 2.33 in the first vid. Wetties? Only for pussies.
He caught my eye too. Fairly sure he’s one bloke paddling around out there that I’ve thought to give plenty of space to in the past.
Was Mat Riding Carcass out there ?
Yeh, pretty sure it’s Glenn Curtis so would make sense.
Angry fellow?
He’s alright if you stay out of his way.
Haha, put name to face now, about 5year ago surfed at Lennox, on a 5 / 6 ft wave, went too far along from broken section he was able to paddle on behind me and called me off by yelling, “FUCK OFF HONKEY BOY”, so I did, who am I to argue!!! Told a couple mates who occasionally still call me HONKEY BOY at my local.LOL. Good surfer though.
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Wow, a great example of what Burleigh is these days. A-plus swell and conditions, but the place is mostly sectiony straight-handers. Before the sand bypass at Tweed, Burleigh used to wrap around the point with long makeable runners. Now the bank goes in a straight-line north from Sharkies.
First world Problem
Come down to Sydney to experience some real close outs!
Yeah Surfalot67 your right on, ( unfortunately)
Yeah the sand bank used to run down the rocks right through to the beach , barreling all the way. Haven’t seen it good or surfed it for years. Usually crowded though.
Wow the Ox!
On the pump
Sand looks amazing!
Well done to all those,
Who had a taste.
I had a taste the afternoon prior. My god. I thought THAT was amazing… this is next level!
Holey shit was a Massive crew out there.......
Mikey McD with the boots.
Must’ve got a few slices over the last week or two.
pretty much everyone wore boots back in the day ...rip curl used to make those blue ones ....so good to get in and out and not thick on the sole so you could feel your board...
Lots of natural footers, tricky on your backhand free ride?
Lots of lefts elsewhere in an East swell, west wind.
the 2nd wave in the 1st video was so sick. Perfectly surfed & perfected filmed.
Little further north:
Step offs really ?
I surfed a break near a rivermouth on the sunshine coast and the ski's are getting so unmanageable. Early afternoon Saturday I was the only one out paddling and had two ski crews whizzing around me constantly. I blame instagram and the videos of pros doing step offs
I surfed a sunny coast beachy on Sunday, 3-4ft maybe the odd 5 footer and there was a ski doing step offs. No current, plenty of lulls to get out. The mind boggles.
Wow, happy days for anyone that chose that option!
there were some long,chunky hollow waves at a popular tweed coast point last saturday with a boardriders comp adopting a policy of dropping in on any wave often half way down the point when other non-comp riders had already ridden the wave for 30-40m+..dropping in on people in the barrell in powerful waves is stupidly dangerous..my mate got hit in the leg by a board from a boardrider drop in and i had a couple of narrow misses
Yep, the five-minute locals in full force