Boom. It’s Winter.
Like it always does, winter arrived in a hurry. One day it’s boardshorts and warm mornings, the next it’s June 1 and everyone’s digging out the down jackets. The seasonal switch has been flicked. Cold mornings, chilly sea breezes and that awkward sprint across the sand back to the car park. The ocean looked completely […]
Slow Start
Dark one this morning — proper late start. Cloud cover didn’t help, felt like the sun forgot shine – but then came to the party around 7:45am. Daylight saving’s on the way out (ends Sunday 5 April), and you can feel it. Sunrise clocked in around 6:58am today, sunset about 7:08pm — just over 12 […]
Bluebird Mode
Crikey, have you had a look outside? Absolute cracker of a day. Clear blue skies, a tidy 25 degrees in the air and what feels like 24-degree water. There’s a little SE swell pulsing through too — waist to shoulder high — though it’s breaking a bit straight on some shallow banks. It’s 11am as […]
Monday Reset
How good was it to feel a little push in the ocean last night? I’m pretty sure I snagged one that tipped into overhead — first time in weeks. Even dusted off a board that wasn’t a full-blown groveller. Progress. There are still a few waves around this morning, but she’s eased back — waist […]