Change in the weather

The first real front of 2010 has arrive and brought a fair whack of northerly swell. This morning there were a few school holiday groms tackling BP as the swell started to build. One was way out of position between the southern rocks at Juniors and Barnacles. Hopefully he didn't get too smashed up.

The arvo was pretty huge. The waves were really solid and the wind sort of offshore. BP was wild and waves were feathering way out to sea before exploding on the shallow banks. Three guys tried their hand but after being tricked by an easy paddle out suddenly realised how meaty it was when the first set landed on their heads.

Fraggles had some waves coming through but no takers.

The Back Beach seemed to be the go for most and it was quite crowded. Standing on the beach reminded me of those Pipeline pictures you see in magazines. The waves were dumping close to shore and the beach dropped away from where I was standing so it seemed that some guys were actually going underground.

There were some big drops and some poundings, mainly on the paddle back out.

The light and conditions weren't great for photos so you'll have to excuse the quality. Add the fact that my best camera died at BP and my other isn't suited to shots from the beach.

Swell is up over 1 metre on the buoy but starting to ease. The forecast for tomorrow isn't great wind wise but maybe the Dunsborough side could be ok for an early season session. Apparently it was pretty wild this morning.