The news has reported that a surfer has been attacked and killed by a shark off South Point this morning. It is always sad when this happens and brings back how many things can go wrong when you enter the water, not just sharks and other things that bite and sting but the fact that we can't breath underwater and that our (and others) boards are full on sharp parts.
There have been a few stories floating around of sharks in Bunbury and Capel over the last few weeks and with winter's choc milk water you need to be extra alert.
Be safe.
Showing posts with label South Point. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Point. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Wintery
Very much like winter today, onshore and grey.
The swell has come up a little and Coastalwatch are suggesting the Farm, Rockies or South Point could be goers. Locally there were the usual Sunday groms hitting onshore peaks here and there. Four chose the shorebreak at the Wall and even though it was tiny they were having a ball.
The swell has come up a little and Coastalwatch are suggesting the Farm, Rockies or South Point could be goers. Locally there were the usual Sunday groms hitting onshore peaks here and there. Four chose the shorebreak at the Wall and even though it was tiny they were having a ball.
Fraggles had some nice but really inconsistent waves but no one out when I checked.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Only One Thing Could Ruin Today
Offshore winds - all day
Swell - solid
Surface - glassy
Weed - gone
Sun - present
Banks - straight
Bunbury was basically a single close out from Mindalong to the Bay. However that hasn't stopped a pile of people going out. The dumpers were better suited to body boarders than stand ups and one guy at the Bay was getting nicely barreled this afternoon.
One surfer tried his hand at Fraggles and every now and then got a freak wave. There were even waves right of the end of the Wall. Ok not surfable waves but waves.
Didn't check but I'm sure that Capel Cut and Binningup had waves.
My spies from down south tell me that everywhere had swell but some wonky sand build ups and the swell direction made some places less than "all time". Apparently North Point was the spot or so the 40 who paddled out thought. About 6 foot plus with two massive tubes on each wave.
South Point was less crowded but good. A tow crew was out on Cow Bombie. Yallingup was big but Yallingup. The whitewater up the coast seemed to indicate that Bears would have been pumping. Even the Farm had surfable waves.
Tomorrow looks offshore but the wind could swing by Sunday and it is forecast to rain for most of next week. Great start for those groms on school holidays.
Swell - solid
Surface - glassy
Weed - gone
Sun - present
Banks - straight
Bunbury was basically a single close out from Mindalong to the Bay. However that hasn't stopped a pile of people going out. The dumpers were better suited to body boarders than stand ups and one guy at the Bay was getting nicely barreled this afternoon.
One surfer tried his hand at Fraggles and every now and then got a freak wave. There were even waves right of the end of the Wall. Ok not surfable waves but waves.
Didn't check but I'm sure that Capel Cut and Binningup had waves.
My spies from down south tell me that everywhere had swell but some wonky sand build ups and the swell direction made some places less than "all time". Apparently North Point was the spot or so the 40 who paddled out thought. About 6 foot plus with two massive tubes on each wave.
South Point was less crowded but good. A tow crew was out on Cow Bombie. Yallingup was big but Yallingup. The whitewater up the coast seemed to indicate that Bears would have been pumping. Even the Farm had surfable waves.
Tomorrow looks offshore but the wind could swing by Sunday and it is forecast to rain for most of next week. Great start for those groms on school holidays.
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