Rain

Smallest touch of rain this morning and then back to how it has been for what seem to be the whole of this year !

Perfect conditions locally if there had been some swell but there wasn't.

My spy tells me that Cyclone Carlos sent some waves to the eastern side of Cape Naturaliste. Apparently there were waves at the Farm, Rockies and my favourite PK but the swell was really inconsistent. He was at Meelup and saw one roll all the way from behind the point through to the beach. I love that side and I'm spewing that I didn't think to make the trip.

Don't get excited

But the swell is starting to build from the north. However so is the wind.

It's not surf able yet and the tide is full again. The swell from Carlos shouldn't be that huge as it's coming from a long way away but who knows.

With another high 30s day I had to get wet and had a hand plane session at Barnacles and a couple of spots south. Pretty soft and very, very small but a great escape from this bloody heat.

Fingers crossed.

Call me when February is done

Fen is always a shitty month for surf in WA. It hasn't mattered where I've lived it has always been the same. Bunbury is probably the worst because when it's flat, it's flat everywhere. At least when I lived in Dunsborough you could go hunting to find enough dribble to push you a little.

I was looking at the blog entries from last year and they are basically the same as these (minus the cyclone swells !). The only positive is that as the shortest month of the year it's almost gone.

Cyclone Carlos seems to be tracking on a similar path to Di and Biancca. It's predicted to be stronger for longer than Dianne so maybe we'll get something a little biggerband longer than Monday. However it wasn't was well formed so there is a very good chance of jack. Anyway if it does arrive it will probably be on Sunday and packed again.