Where did you surf today?
Crikey now that is gunna sting … from someone that sooks up when I need to use a styptic pencil when I get a shaving cut
I'll help out a bro who's found himself with the sn top three forums on a fridee..
what the fuck's a styptic pencil? How does the discard paintings go? Do you take pics, then paint over them?
answer later, if it helps : )
The local. Sand bottom barrels so heavy as to rival Kirra.
Sounds like fun IB. The local left I assume? Could do with one of those around these parts.
And B6, a styptic pencil is used to stop bleeding when you cut yourself shaving. Not really recommended, as they use aluminium sulfate powder or similar. Stops bleeding but gets absorbed and aluminium absorption is sometimes associated with Alzheimer's Disease.
Righthander :-)
Haven’t paddled out today hopefully it’s a bit more organised this afternoon. A few guys have had a crack at both razors and shipwrecks with little success. Easy 8ft waves today, some looked bigger. 
Local lads having fun at lacerations today.
Where did you surf today? Surf Coast, clean 3-4ft, sunny, little slow.
Where did others surf yesterday? Well , whilst Winkipop and Bells had late twilight waves around 5ft prior to dark, others way down the coast behind Cape Otway enjoyed massive 10-12ft and the odd bigger ones. Tow ins also.
A usual crew of young chargers as well as a very experienced big wave surfer.
The swell blocking of Cape Otway is resounding.
I have the footage which was sent to me, but if I reveal it, I’m as good as dead. AW
Amazing how little coverage that zone gets AW considering how photogenic
pittsy wrote:Amazing how little coverage that zone gets AW considering how photogenic
Pittsy. Hi mate, hope ya well.
Spot on regarding coverage or lack there of. I think they like it that way.
Conditions were sublime in the footage, glassed right off after a light NE wind.
And, it truly is beautiful, the whole area. Water is much colder once you round the cape.
Just ask Basesix on the southern Limestone Coast, wholly points the blame at us for his nuts getting up around his neck. Good stuff. AW
Awesome pics as usual Supa.
After days if not weeks of rain around these parts (with 150mm last Thursday alone), it was so good to have the wind offshore and the swell a very user friendly3-5 foot from my favourite swell direction, the EastNorthEast. It was great to get out there amongst it with just a handful of us. Looking through todays pics I have some rippers, but really had to crop the crap out of them to mask the location, because I fully intend to be back there tomorrow :)
Westofthelake wrote:Awesome pics as usual Supa.
After days if not weeks of rain around these parts (with 150mm last Thursday alone), it was so good to have the wind offshore and the swell a very user friendly3-5 foot from my favourite swell direction, the EastNorthEast. It was great to get out there amongst it with just a handful of us. Looking through todays pics I have some rippers, but really had to crop the crap out of them to mask the location, because I fully intend to be back there tomorrow :)
Pumping! What a cracker of a day.
Love that zone. Cooking!
Isla Santa Cruz from today and yesterday. This is the main (most populous) island and not really known for its surf I don’t think. Managed to do a bit of googling and found a little left reef about a 10 minute walk from town. It sort of breaks as 2 different waves depending on the tide, high tide is more in the bay and (preferred option I think) but then dead low offers another peak further out which I think could get good with more swell:
Pretty boisterous crew of locals on it my first surf - classic island surf rats riding all sorts of random boards. Lots of shouting (mostly at each other) and not much order in the line up. It’s a tiny take off zone and with 10-12 guys on it I was mostly getting scraps. Second surf on the low tide was more relaxed but the entry/exit was brutal on the lava rocks. Definitely not a destination wave but a fun experience regardless.
The other spot close to town is a beachie about 30 minutes walk. Very flat profile and faces directly into any south swell. Looks like there could be some fun peaks of this headland but other than that hard to see how it would be that good - super straight swell + flat beach = close outs galore.
Back to San Cristobal tomorrow, hoping for another session at the left near town before putting the board away for another couple of weeks until we arrive in Portugal. Not expecting much out of June on the north coast but if this “not a surf trip” has taught me anything it’s that the novelty of turning up to a random wave halfway round the world is kinda amazing, regardless of wave quality.
AlfredWallace wrote:Where did you surf today? Surf Coast, clean 3-4ft, sunny, little slow.
Where did others surf yesterday? Well , whilst Winkipop and Bells had late twilight waves around 5ft prior to dark, others way down the coast behind Cape Otway enjoyed massive 10-12ft and the odd bigger ones. Tow ins also.
A usual crew of young chargers as well as a very experienced big wave surfer.
The swell blocking of Cape Otway is resounding.
I have the footage which was sent to me, but if I reveal it, I’m as good as dead. AW
haha you've said too much already @AW. Off with yer head!
Nah but love how this place has been respectfully kept out of the limelight.
Guessing the experienced charger was the one who now resides on the isle of the fairy penguins?
Great pics WOTL and great to read your travels @onlysams.
only-sams wrote:Isla Santa Cruz from today and yesterday. This is the main (most populous) island and not really known for its surf I don’t think. Managed to do a bit of googling and found a little left reef about a 10 minute walk from town. It sort of breaks as 2 different waves depending on the tide, high tide is more in the bay and (preferred option I think) but then dead low offers another peak further out which I think could get good with more swell:
Pretty boisterous crew of locals on it my first surf - classic island surf rats riding all sorts of random boards. Lots of shouting (mostly at each other) and not much order in the line up. It’s a tiny take off zone and with 10-12 guys on it I was mostly getting scraps. Second surf on the low tide was more relaxed but the entry/exit was brutal on the lava rocks. Definitely not a destination wave but a fun experience regardless.
The other spot close to town is a beachie about 30 minutes walk. Very flat profile and faces directly into any south swell. Looks like there could be some fun peaks of this headland but other than that hard to see how it would be that good - super straight swell + flat beach = close outs galore.
Back to San Cristobal tomorrow, hoping for another session at the left near town before putting the board away for another couple of weeks until we arrive in Portugal. Not expecting much out of June on the north coast but if this “not a surf trip” has taught me anything it’s that the novelty of turning up to a random wave halfway round the world is kinda amazing, regardless of wave quality.
“but if this “not a surf trip” has taught me anything it’s that the novelty of turning up to a random wave halfway round the world is kinda amazing, regardless of wave quality.”
100%
A Realsurf staple-( sorry Priddes for the plagarism)
No surf today but off to Vicco tomorrow for the weekend so heres hoping!