I don't want to go to work !

I just want to sit inside and watch Bells. Round one has finished and Taj is in the water in his second round heat. He has already racked up a high eight on his first wave in the first few minutes.

The waves are clean and offshore but can be a little difficult to surf. Which is the opposite of here where it is massive and onshore. The six metre swell is already showing on the Naturaliste Buoy and still rising. Locally its 1.19 which is massive for the channel.

There will be waves on the Dunsborough side of the cape and it will help set some banks. However with the recent shark attacks and sightings many people will be a bit reluctant to venture out.

It looks like a few have been out at the Wall over the last couple of days and I although I haven't looked myself I suspect that it might have been ok. It would depend a little on the sand.

Surf : Big
Swell : 1.19 at 15 seconds
Wind : howling WNW
Quality : zip
Desperation level : as big as the swell
Recommendation : watch Bells on FuelTV or go to work/school

Same

Still plenty of north swell pumping through but also still choppy and a bit wonky. Whippies is the pick but all along the back beach there are waves.

While I was checking it out about 3.30 a single wave set came through at a solid 4 foot plus and really workable if you were out far enough (which no one was).

Coastalwatch indicates that there are some waves on the Dunsborough side of the cape. With the Naturaliste buoy showing over two and a metres of due north sea and a two metre plus west swell they probably are. I bet there are more than a few out at the Wedge near Inji hopping for a few mor Biancca style pits.

Get out there

Light SSE wind, plenty of swell and some banks. You need to be out there now !!!

Juniors has a great A frame bank on the south side. BP reef has some nice lefts on the inside take off and there is a decent looking bank on the beachie. The swell is a bit big for the surfclub, Clam and Hungries at the moment but could be moving enough sand for some banks to form over the next few days.

There is a very small crowd at Juniors and the Reef but no more than five at each spot. A lone booger was having a lunch time ball pulling into a decent length tube before it shut down on him. Eden is ruling the reef as usual getting longer and faster rides than anyone else.One guy got one of the cleanest and longest lefts I have ever seen at Juniors, finishing off just short of being in front of the reef take off spot. Plenty of rights as well but it seems to be a little hard to stay in position due to the rip.

I'm out with my back which might be why it is good ! Tomorrow has offshores forecast and the swell looks like falling but still being a round. Might be worth a run to Binningup or Capel but the long weekend crowds might take down south off the radar.

East Coast

The east coast had waves today. Not the east coast of Australia like last week but the east coast of WA. With a decent sized swell there is surf on the Dunsborough side of Cape Naturaliste. But with the lack of fronts so far this year and a mixed up swell direction it wasn't top quality.

The swell was inconsistent and with enough size to get the shortboarders (well a collection of fish, mid lengths and normal boards) out. Crowds weren't that big but with the long lulls and strange take off spots it didn't take much.

There were people out everywhere to Castle Rock. Even spots that weren't usually surfed were being tried. I surfed the Rocky Point boat ramp on the mal. One guy at Eagle Bay was getting the odd head height take off. PK wasn't that great and there was a few out off Meelup point.

Could be better tomorrow at some of the northern spots when the wind goes more south west and the swell sorts its self out. Or it could go flat.

Front

Maybe a winter pattern might finally be forming. There are some forecasts of huge waves down south over the next few days but that doesn't mean surf.

It is possible that the Dunsborough side of the cape might be ok but it is school holidays so expect crowds.

What's happened ?

Been away for five days with work and returned to find a trace of northerly swell and light winds. It was too late for a decent look but made me wish I could have gotten home earlier just in case.

Looks like a low is going to give us some rain and wind tommorow and into Sunday. Swell might jump up to three around the Cape but if the wind direction is as predicted then surfing will be out for almost everywhere. Those spots that might have a wave will be packed with the weekend crew.

Interestingly, despite it feeling unusually dry, 0.2 mm more rain this year than to the same time last year. But that is still more than 100 mm short of the average. No wonder my water bill is so high.

Heres for a decent winter surf and rain wise.

Down south the go today

Nothing local today.

However there were waves on the western side of the Cape today. Boneyards had a few out. Rocky Point was the pick with almost no crowd and sets up overhead in the morning. Little Rockies was clean and had a crowd of two.

The tide was to full and the swell to small for PK to be much good bu

t a SUP or two and a goat boater were able to enjoy the clean water and offshore lines.

Tomorrow looks similar weather-wise but no guarantee the waves will hang around.

Still Smashing

The wind and bad weather are still smashing in. The wind hasn't backed off for days but there has been a little sun today.

Swell is still huge. Naturaliste hasn't be under six metres for over 48 hours and the harbour is still well up over one.

However the onshore is making it unsurfable. Even down south the possible locations are limited to this side of the Cape. Sure to be crowded though.

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.

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.

Go to Work

Weather has backed off overnight but there is still a fair bit of rain and a strong wind warning. So has the swell but it is still around (over 4 metres at Naturaliste and just under 1 at the channel marker).

Now the ocean is just messy and gross.

Go to work or school and maybe look at a sickie later in the week !

Still Stormy

Overnight was windy and it still is. The ocean is a washing machine like yesterday (and the day before) and the showers are meant to get more frequent this afternoon. Swell in the channel topped 2 metres for the first time this year and the Naturaliste bouy hit six.

The only waves are at the Wall and it is pretty crowded for the quality. There was about 20 out at 9.30 and plenty of drop ins and people run over. There was the odd wave though.

The clubbies have wimped out and taken the IRB exams to the inlet and maybe they bash out towards the Cut. The water levels are really high and lapping over the lower parts.

Fronts on the Way

Should be a couple of decent fronts over the next few day.

Today was pretty marginal with a solid but not huge north west swell starting to run through. A few guys were braving the waves around Fawlty Towers and a couple of boogers were taking on very small waves at the wall.

This side of the Cape might be okay tomorrow but expect crowds.

Batten down.