It gets to all of us! Here in Vic we can get only very small swell for long periods but nothing like up your way.
We might go 1 or 2 weeks tops without swell but usually you can get a wave somewhere. It can be hard
for the west coast guys down here as it isn't uncommon for a couple of weeks without swell or even worse
prevailing south or southeasterlys over summer.

My tip is don't give up everything to SUP. Keep up the mountain biking as well or find something else to fill in time.
I've got skateboarding, mountain biking, golf, house work, sailboarding etc to keep me busy when conditions aren't
perfect for a paddle or surf.

Either way don't let it get to you, when conditions are crap they can only get better!

sunnySUP said...

I am relatively new to SUP - 1 year in, Sunny coast.

I don't know how many of you ONLY dabble in water sports, but I find some frustration in the weather reliancies of the sport. How do you deal with it?

Northerlies !! day after day --- onshores for weeks after !! from 7am onwards, becomes very frustrating at times for someone with a new found love for the water.....

Must be worse for poor prone surfers - no swell for months - at least a foot or two swell is OK for a beginner gal on a sup !

Coming from a Mountainbiking background, I can go out anytime on the bike, unless it's totally belting rain..

Not at whinge ( I live in paradise, how dare I complain) - just an observation.

Ha ha....you sound like me. I was an avid mountain biker for 5 years and used to stress every time it looked like rain! We are lucky in Sydney that it's rare we don't have ridable waves so not an issue here.

As Bnaccas said mix it up, bit of riding, bit of flat water, that downwinding looks like a hoot and hit the earlies before the wind! Then when there are wave you will be fit for em!

Oh yeah don't forget the beer

Dive...swim...breathing training...rescue practice....all good thgings to do when there is no surf

CMC said...

Grab a shorter paddle and head to your local outrigging club.

Great exercise, learn proper paddle technique and watch your SUP paddling when the waves return hit a whole new level. Better balance, strength, endurance and most importantly more waves.

I have tried so many sports and endeavours, the only I ever stuck with involved a beach and water........

Yeah...this is a great idea. I came to SUP from outrigging and even if you only do one season, the benefit you get from learning sound technique with the paddle and hopefully water safety info is important. In outrigging, you get to know your 'hood really intimately...every reef, every sandbar, the way the tides work and its GREAT FUN in a northerly and bliss when its glassy. If you can get a chance to learn to steer, then your knowledge base in handling water craft will go up up up.
I envy you the open swell down on the sunny coast.
In the shadow of Fraser Is, we get tiny little echoes of swell up here and thats all....so lifes not too bad on the Sunny Coast eh?

loco4olas said...

Kitesurf.

Seriously...

Try to find stuff you can do no matter what the weather. Swell or no swell. Wind or no wind. Rain or no rain.

On the downside this approach tends to lead to lots of toys...