Nothing Today

Gray, light northerly onshore and close outs everywhere.

Surfable

There are a few fun waves around Bunbury if your keen. Conditions are glassy and the wind fairly calm but ready to turn onshore any second.

Big crew on a few peaks around the Clam. Saw one guy lock into a beautiful death barrel on the right.

There are a couple of girls and two goat boaters at BP reef dodging the rocks. Still heaps of weed on the beachies there and the groyne is chock full of aquatic plant life.

If you aren't scared of the locals it could be worth the trip to Capel Cut.

Didn't go to the Bay but judging from the number of cars and the conditions at BP it will have waves.

Undecided

Nature is not sure what it wants to do today. The wind has a lot of south in it so its not quite onshore and not quite offshore. The swell has come up just a little so it isn't small but it isn't middle sized either. The tide is somewhere in the middle, covering some rocks and exposing others. And it doesn't know if it wants to rain properly or not so we're stuck with on and off drizzle.

Surfwise its not worth the effort. Just close outs and weed in Bunbury.

Weekend isn't looking great but Sunday looks like today, nature could be kind to us or not.

Another In Between Days

Another one of those just surfable days. Grammar was back at the Surfclub in close outs.

Most of the sand at Juniors and BP Reef has scoured out and there are rocks everywhere. Unfortunately the choc milk water is making it hard to see them.

There is one bank at BP but it is weedy and looks better from the beach than the water.

The water is still freezing cold.

The wind has swung onshore already and the next few days look a little rainy and not very good.

Bit Each Way

One of those days where you go out if your keen or can find enough reasons to stay dry if your not.

The wind is offshore (and cold). The swell is decent and looks to be quite solid.

The morning check had the Grammar School at out the Surf Club, one a Hungry Hollow, two at Juniors and one guy heading down to the Bay.

There were a lot of rocks sticking up at Juniors and it was one of those sessions where you seem to be always paddling and duck diving. The rest of BP was close outs and the Groyne is chockas with weed.



The Bay was very messy. Again you might get the odd wave but it will be hard work.

Didn't check but Binningup might be the best spot today, although the wind might just be a little strong.

The cloud is starting to burn off and it might be okay later as the wind isn't likely to swing.

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Another Pointless Day

The wind dropped but stayed onshore all day and the swell has decreased. Mix it with choc milk water and a cold morning and it was not very appealing.

Didn't see anybody bother during the day.

The weather sites are predicting offshores tomorrow and part of Wednesday. We'll see.

Nice Day to Stay Inside

No surf in Bunbury. There are a couple of groms out at the Wall but they aren't getting anything other than smashed on the rocks.

Good day for a DVD or to watch the footy or V8 Supercars.

Not a lot of surf

A very short offshore, glassy window this morning was a red herring as the onshore only stayed away for a very short period. Nothing worthwhile in Bunbury.

Bunkers Bay seemed to be the only place with surfable waves. The Farm had a crew but the waves were infrequent and had very little shape. Make you pine for the day before houses where the creek mixed with the reef and it broke about twice as far out and for twice as far.

There were a few out at Boneyards which seemed better but it is a long haul.

Rocky Point looked to be affected by the wind and no one out.

There is a possibly of a few clearer days next week but the weekend doesn't look that great. I'm sure the body boarders will be out at the Bay tomorrow anyway.

Bad Weather Still With Us

Despite about 15 minutes of blue sky and sunshine first thing this morning more rain and wind is forecast over the next few days. Looks like you'll need to travel if you want any chance of a surf.

After dropping dramatically on Monday the swell came back up on Tuesday and has levelled out around 3 metres at Naturaliste. The swell has heaps of west and a touch of north so it is getting in on the eastern side of the Cape.

Apparently the Farm was good over the weekend and there were waves around to PK yesterday morning.

Some video will be uploaded to youTube later.

When will the weather end ?

More strong winds overnight and although lighter, the winds are still blustery and onshore.

No real waves around Bunbury with the swell having a lot of west in it. Between the showers you can see it pushing past Bunbury and hitting around the Binningup area. This means that very little swell is wrapping into the Wall but there is one guy out having a bash.

He did manage to get a couple, including a cover up or two but only his skill was keeping him from getting smashed on the rocks.

Two groms were playing in the shorebreak at the Bay. They seemed to be enjoying it but it didn't look like it was worth the effort.

Great Weather

The predicted strong fronts have arrived.

Swell is way up with the Naturaliste bouy hitting a touch over 5 1/2 metres around lunch time yesterday.

The harbour bouy got close to two but has come off a bit over night.

Still plenty of wind, mixed with big rain and a bit of hail are making it a good day to stay inside.

Eastern Coast is OK

There were some waves this morning on the Dunsborough side of Cape Naturaliste. The weather is a bit all over the shop but we are expecting a proper front this week.

Work Starts on BP Lookout

Work has started on the lookout at BP. The works will include a structure similar to the one at Whippy's, new paths and beach access.

Already the old fence has been removed, the concrete blocks shifted and the foundation for the path put in.

Thanks should be extended to Councillor Noel Whittle for pushing for the upgrades despite some reluctance from some of the Council. Noel is also the local Surfrider rep.

Hopefully this will lead to further upgrades and a recognition that BP is one of the more popular summer beaches and one of the few surfing spots in Bunbury. Who know - with a bit of a push there might be a shower and some shelter soon.

Well done City of Bunbury.

Bronze is better than Copper

The ISA World Surfing Titles have just finished in Costa Rica with Australia coming in third behind the US in first and FRANCE ?? in second. The ISA World's is a team event and includes mens, womens and longboard. In the past there was a body board division that was always a thorn in the side of the Yanks and in the way distant past goat boaters and kneeboarders were included.

Australia only made one final with Harley Ingelby backing up his WLT win with a second in the longboards. France had three finalist with WCT surfer Jeremy Flores winning the open men, someone else winning the longboards and Pauline Ado getting the copper medal.

The US had five finalists with Courtney Conlouge backing up her recent win in the 6 star WQS US Open with a win.

We can't win everything

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
1 - USA - 14910 points
2 - France - 13280 points
3 - Australia - 10996 points
4 - Hawaii - 10856 points
5 - South Africa - 10666 points
6 - Peru - 10180 points
7 - Costa Rica - 9650 points
8 - Venezuela - 9040 points
9 - Brazil - 9000 points
10 - Puerto Rico - 8820 points
11 - New Zealand - 8100 points
12 - Argentina - 7160 points
13 - Tahiti - 6688 points
14 - Ecuador - 6170 points
15 - Panama - 5952 points
16 - Italy - 5670 points
17 - Mexico - 5560 points
18 - Japan - 5324 points
19 - Chile - 5208 points
20 - El Salvador - 4784 points
21 - Ireland - 4568 points
22 - Austria - 4320 points
23 - Barbados - 4128 points
24 - Germany - 4024 points
25 - UK- 3810 points
26 - Guatemala - 3696 points
27 - Switzerland - 3440 points
28 - Jamaica - 2912 points
29 - Canada - 2784 points
30 - Nicaragua - 2656 points
31 - Colombia 2544 points
32 - Trinidad & Tobago - 2240 points
33 - Bahamas 2240 points
34 - Rep. Dominican - 1680 points
35 - Aruba- 384 points

Classic Winter Morning

The wind is strong, offshore and freezing old but making for some nice waves. The tide is a bit high and the waves a little hard to catch but there is the odd zipper making it worth the trouble.

The Bay has some nice clean wedges and is worth the walk.

BP reef has a little crowd and a few lefts off the reef and the odd right to the north.

The Clam is packed and provided you don't get sucked to far out by the rip is presenting some fast lefts with a bit of a crowd.

Swell Drop

The swell drop massively overnight but the wind stayed light (if onshore) all day.

The Clam has a bit of a bank between two massive weed plumes. Late this afternoon there were a few out at BP and the groyne. The waves were pretty full and difficult to catch but there was one young grom that was having a ball.

Swell is meant to be small tomorrow as well.

Big Yalls

Well middle size Yalls anyway. Yallingup this morning was a consistent head height and a half with the usual 8 foot sneaker set cleaning everyone up.

The waves were hard to catch and the crowd kept building over the morning. Isn't it strange that as the waves get bigger the crowd gets older and balder ? More proof that testosterone and baldness are connected.

Smith had swell but not much shape. Only one guy out and he was at Supers.

Closer to home there were some nice waves at the Capel Cut after you have gotten past the islands of weed. Only one guy out in the late morning and he was getting nice rights as quickly as he could paddle back out.

Conditions are still good. The winds are light but continuing to move more north.

Nothing

No posts in the last few days because there really hasn't been much in the way of waves locally. Plenty of swell but no waves.

There is one guy out at the surf club this arvo but I don't know why he has bothered. There is a huge rip at the Clam which might lead to a good bank when the weather clears.

Not looking that great for the next week but the winds aren't forecast to be too bad in the next two or three. It will be a bit of wait and see.

Afternoon Check

Still plenty of swell around but there are no banks. No one out as nothing is really surfable.

Closest to an actual wave is at the Cut but the bank is a very, very long way out. You would need a friend with a boat to make it even remotely worth thinking about.

Next week looks like a bit of a mixed bag. The winds will shift into the north and we should get rain towards the middle of the week. The swell is meant to be up to 4 metres overnight and hang above 3.5 for the next couple of days. You'll need to be keeping an eye on it and take the chance if a window comes up, otherwise you'll only get wet in the rain.

Lazy Sunday

Nice conditions with glassy ocean and cold offshores. There is still plenty of swell but surfable waves are a bit hit and miss.

There are plenty of people out up and down the Bunbury coast. The Bay seems to be the pick for lids and they are getting some nice waves and the odd tube.

There were a couple out at the BP Groyne but the waves are really fluky.

BP reef has a collection of mainly groms. The take off is really close in and shallow but there is the odd one worth a bash.

The stretch from Sidewash south is closing out and it seems we need another blow soon to get rid of this weed and mix up the banks again.

Not perfect but if you want to get wet and have nothing else to do you might get one or two.