On Saturday morning a small crew of Sydney surfers, including Hayden Cox, his mate James, yours truly, and a fella who's name I didn't catch (sorry mate), had a session at an offshore bombora in Hawaiian-style surf.

After four days of driving onshores the wind went west at 9PM the night before, the switch catching many surfers unawares. Dawn saw a nor-wester blowing clean powerful 12 foot waves. With a shifting takeoff and ragged seas cleanup sets were the order of the day - everyone took a licking at some stage. There were also a handful of incredible rides.

Joel Coleman photographed the session from high on the headland before nutting it up and paddling out himself. //STU NETTLE

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