gap

 early morning walkers, fisherman and surfers would have seen the only glimpse of sun today. A small opening on the horizon from a thick blanket of cloud that looks like it will be covering us for the rest of today. there wasn't too many surfers around this morning however, and that was due to the very weak north-east wind swell, and early full tide. As I write this the winds are swinging more to the west and with the drop in tide, some places may have a small wave for a longboard, southerly change coming.... hopefully more swell tomorrow.

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waters warm

Summer is coming on fast. Water temps this morning were lush... most out in boardies. It was only a gentle two foot on most beaches, but plenty of fun to be had with the right attitude. The poor bloke below copped as gash to the head and had to go in for a few stitches, funny how most surf injurys happen in the smallest surf.

Brett Caller - noserider

I like this pic the best from todays shoot. Shots today taken by Sherrin the "S" in ST Images. Yep she is back on the trigger. This is Jaya from Valla gettin done by the backwash in town at about 10am this morning.

waves were around the 2 foot mark with a light onshore breeze.

dark n stormy

Coffs has had 3 days of solid rain, and its still pouring down as i post todays picture. This one was taken early this morning at middle mullawarra beach, where the East coast longboard event was been held.

Jared Neal took out the opens just beating Brett Caller in the final. Brett won the old mal divison and is showing some solid form coming off a win at the recent Evans head comp.

Brett gettin a sweet one in the semis this morning. 7.45am

the harley party

Gareth Budge was quaffing red and cuttin sic on the decks all night long

The Hoey Moey was on fire last night with the Harley world title party. The best crew of people all joining in for a night that Harley will no doubt remember forever. You could see how much this title meant to the champ and how thankful he was to his mates and his family. Big shout out to Lee Winkler and Andrew Lindsay who organised the party and the Hoey for putting on the show. Great speeches from Wink and Madison Williams who later tore it up on the dance floor... man that dude can dance!

well done harls lets do it all again next year!

waves...sort of

It was super glassy at first light this morning and the waves were a touch bigger than the last few days. today's pics were taken around 9.30am when the southerly was starting to get into anything without protection...... worth a quick paddle for sure.

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party at the hoey

come along to the Hoey pub (in coffs harbour) for the world title celebration for Harley Ingleby. It all kicks off around 7pm tomorrow night (thursday 5th Nov) with Wooden Vibes supplying the tunes and a whole lot of happy faces to make for a great night.

sawtell ocean pool late last night, nearly as flat as the surf at the mo

alex

Today's shot are of Alex Swadling making the most of a weak north-east wind swell. Only 4 second wave period with knee to waist height waves made sure only the keenest of surfers were out there this morning.

more shots from this session should be posted on my galleries page by tomorrow arvo.

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monday morning sliders

There were some fun waves for the morning crew at sunrise today. Before a spring time northerly wind destroyed the party at most beachies.

our local world champ!

Emerald beach shredder Harley Ingleby, made the final of the maldives pro to become the 2009 Longboard WORLD CHAMP! to say that he is stoked would be a massive understatement. In my, possibly biased opion he is hands down the best longboarder going around and many would certainly agree that his style is the best to watch, so he is a very deserving winner of this year's title.
Mate enjoy your win and all that comes with it! see you when you get home

with a backhand attack like this, its little wonder harley did so well at the long lefthander in the maldives.

Another colourful start to the day. this pic taken just after 6 this morning.

Surf was around waist height.... very lazy at most beaches with the morning full tide.

small, fat waves on a fullish tide for the dawn patrollers this morning.

once again the only glimpse of sun for today was at dawn.

yeeeeeeha.........cruising on a clean right in town at 6.15am

*News flash: Harley Ingleby through to quater finals in the Maldives, only 8 surfers remain with 4 still in the running for the world title......Go Harls!

glimpse

If you got up early enough this morning you would have seen the sun (for about 5 minutes) before the dull grey skies once again took over the sky. The surf was not great but looked a whole lot better than the last two days.

nice looking start to the day.

The Maldives Longboard pro had a lay day yesterday, so Harley and Jared are yet to meet. Check the link below later this arvo to see if their heat gets under way. They are in heat 5, so I'm thinking about 3.30pm they should be going at it.

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rather be in the maldives

kept my camera dry this morning. The howlling winds and rain were smashing our coastline this morning, so today's photo takes us to a warm tropical place. This shot was taken on a trip I did to the Maldives in 2007. The surfer is Jared Neal who is currently competing there at the final Longboard world tour event.

Coffs locals, Jared Neal  and Harley Ingleby made it through their first round heats yesterday, but unfortunatly have to meet each other in round two. You can watch the live webcast at the link below. Conditions were near perfect yesterday, so its worth tuning into. Action will start later this arvo and go into the evening (our time)

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atrocious

Possibly the worst day of the year?... swell still hasn't arrived, there is a 20 knot easterly wind blowing with rain and very messy ocean out there this morning. Not one for the tourist brochures today folks. Swell may fill in this arvo but it aint going be pretty.

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warm

Crisp mornings are now are thing of the past, air temps were up well before the sun this morning, but our flat spell continues. These pictures are from south of Coffs.

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racked

Keep the board in the rack today, surface conditions - ugly, swell height - 6 inches, find something else to do. On the plus side it's blowing southerly against forecasts for an all day northerly.

flatness

Beautiful morning, just no surf. This pic was taken at Corindi, the most northern beach of the Coffs coast.

the road to not much

The most popular beach in Coffs was totally void of any surfers at sunrise this morning. Not even the frothers with ten-foot logs were having any part of the tiny easterly swells. After going for a drive I did find something a little better, but it was far from thrilling. The rest of the week looks small to tiny.... hang in there.

 

Pandanus tree shapes took my focus off the lack of surf

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small but a ball

Pre work surfers were greeted with some fun waist high peelers this morning. The incoming tide would have being pushing some joy in at most of our little beach breaks, these shots were taken at one of our northern gems. The guy styling on the longboard is Harley Ingleby.... Harley is off the the Maldives at the end of the week to compete for the title of World Champ!  It should be televised live on the net, so I will keep you posted on the details.