I'm sorry Windy, don't like your chances much.There is some swell getting into big left at flinders,but it's hard to tell about the quality with the image on the cam.If it's no good there go to st andrews and rye backbeach and gunna.I just had a look on the triggerbros cams and even gunna looks flat.goodluck, hope you get some surf b4 you head home
i'm just down the road from flinders so i'll check it out on my way over to gunna,,,
i've moved over to vic now, just trying to find a place to rent, hoping to convince the missus to get a pad down this way instead of the big smoke.,,, chances are minimal though
Hey Windy check a place called St Andrews further from the poo pipe and half as many dick heads....I'm in Footscray if you wanna paddle on teh bay or meet up down the west coast one day let me know.....
You blokes better look out! Miller is on the loose! He has no fear and will take on the biggest waves he can find! Woops sorry Miller, I just talked you up, now you have to proove yourself hehehe
went a few km's down the road and found a nice A framer operating on an oil slick in front of a golf course,,,
place to my self for 3 hrs.. (if this was in perth the crew would have been all over it like flies on sh##
loving all the glass at the mo
Sounds beautiful! My old man and I had the peak at the St Andrews carpark to ourselves about a month and a half ago on a tiny swell. It was a fantastic place to SUP, I just think the 12 ft'er I was riding wasn't best suited to little punchy peelers that were rolling in. I'm hoping to get some more small wave sessions in down there soon
Hey Windy check a place called St Andrews further from the poo pipe and half as many dick heads....I'm in Footscray if you wanna paddle on teh bay or meet up down the west coast one day let me know.....
What you mean dick heads?
Hey Windy, What was the golf course called? Maybe I can tell you what beach you were at. Generally speaking the better banks are at Gunnamatta but also a better quality of surfer (mainly shortboards). St Andrews is pretty consistant as well. Rye is up and down with sometime really good banks but usually lesser quality with more average surfers. But a hint if you launch at Rye and paddle down the beach to the right you will find good little A frames with no one out. This will keep the shortboarders happy as well but you will also have more fun!
Knock me back into line if i'm getting too far off topic, but has anyone thought of SUPping/already SUPped Cape Schank? The wave setup is unreal for a SUP, but it'd be a bitch getting it down the cliff there
The Gunnery has a car park at the top of a cliff with steps going down to a very reefy break. There's a ferkin big gun (hence the name) right next to the car park which is at the entrance to the navy training gun shooting thingy.
Big Left is a little further south/west and there's a car park down on the beach. You paddle out through a lagoon in the reefs to a break 500m offshore. The prone surfers park out the other side of the gold course and walk down and across the reef for a shorter paddle out.
Big Left looked good on the web cam at 9:00 (low tide) but was not breaking later.
I'm surprised the Gunnery was breaking with nobody else on it. It's always packed.
I've paddled from Big Left down to the Blowhole and back. There's heaps of breaks but they're pretty close to the reefs. I got a bit scared trying to take off.
Yeah Brooko, paddleing to the right from Rye will take you to Gumboots. Easier than carrying a SUP through the sand track. That walk even sucks with a 6' shortboard!
Hey Windy, from your description it sounds like you are spot on where you were, the gunnery and tomorrow big left. Big left will probably only work around the low tide due to the small swell that is running at the moment. You got a tide chart yet?
willmcc1, thought about Head Injuries at the Schank but the cliff is a death trap. I've thought about trying to find a way to paddle in cos some days it's the only place that is working (if wind is SE). But haven't sussed it yet.
I've paddled from Big Left down to the Blowhole and back. There's heaps of breaks but they're pretty close to the reefs. I got a bit scared trying to take off.
Were at Port Fairy did you surf? what was it like?
Miller called me when he was leaving the Fairy which Im spewing because I have a mate who lives there. He didnt take any photos and could only describe the place where he surfed. So I called my mate and he was heading out for a surf and took this photo of Gabbos? I think this was one of the places Miller surfed?
The Gunnery has a car park at the top of a cliff with steps going down to a very reefy break. There's a ferkin big gun (hence the name) right next to the car park which is at the entrance to the navy training gun shooting thingy.
Big Left is a little further south/west and there's a car park down on the beach. You paddle out through a lagoon in the reefs to a break 500m offshore. The prone surfers park out the other side of the gold course and walk down and across the reef for a shorter paddle out.
Big Left looked good on the web cam at 9:00 (low tide) but was not breaking later.
I'm surprised the Gunnery was breaking with nobody else on it. It's always packed.
I've paddled from Big Left down to the Blowhole and back. There's heaps of breaks but they're pretty close to the reefs. I got a bit scared trying to take off.
Yeah I surfed open beaches today from 7am till 11am and very suprised Big Left was even breaking. Open beaches were 1' to 2', about chest high on the sets. Big Left must have been knee high but cos it was a reasonably low tide still broke.
I've paddled from Big Left down to the Blowhole and back. There's heaps of breaks but they're pretty close to the reefs. I got a bit scared trying to take off.
Hey Gorgo how long did that paddle take you?
It was head wind so about 45 minutes down and 20 minutes back. Big Left was crowded and there was a bit of a breeze and it was my first surf in ages so I went for a paddle to warm up and get the skills happening again. I stopped for a wave at Cyrils on the way back then got back to Big Left and the crowd had thinned and the wave had cleaned up nicely.
Hi windy, glad you got wet,i'm pretty sure you surfed big left by the sound of it , it's a good sup wave with the right conditions.I unfortunately am working this weekend but, if your looking for some company next week pm me and will try and catch up
WINDY MILLER said...
not sure on the name of the golf course, but a local told me the break was called the gunnery.
i sent a pic to GR, maybe he can upload it off his phone...
i was going to try gunna's until someone told me it was packed out
hopefully go again tomorrow and try and score the bigger waves out the back in front of the cliffs. i'm thinking this might be flinders big left??????
goodluck, hope you get some surf b4 you head home
instead of the big smoke.,,, chances are minimal though
, i'll leave the big wave hunting to you.
