Good Morning Biarritz!!

23^rd August

The rest of yesterday was spent chilling with the kids in Hoss Park, bumped into Dan again! I think I see him more in Hossegor than Bournemouth!

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Surfed 3/4ft peaky powerful and slightly unpredictable waves at Grande Plage Biarritz. We decided to try another spot with the low tide in the morning and still big disorganised swell, our options were to go north and battle the long paddle outs and heavy rips or go south try something new. 

Driving through Biarritz in the dark with empty roads and only the odd end of night partygoer and morning road sweepers for company is always quite a surreal experience. Watching the gradual cross between night and day, the cleaners sweeping up the beach sleepers, followed by morning joggers and dog walkers and a quickly crowded line up making the water the busiest place in town for a few hours. A young sponsored girl was showing about 50+ men how to surf the peaky steep waves. I always enjoy the early sessions in Biarritz.   

Hot Hot Hot and a new swell

21^st August 11

So so so…. So Hot! Crazy heat yesterday and it was still steaming at 8am this morning. Surfed some more perfect little waves with the kids and spent most of the afternoon seeking shade and cold water to sit in.

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The swell eventually arrived although so did the cooler weather and cross on shore wind making our evening surf a messy/chunky and unsatisfactory affair.

22^nd August

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Big but a messy new swell hitting the shore, cross shore early winds were replaced by still to slight off shore winds as the session progressed. We surfed Bunkers and although most of the session was crowd free towards the end the madding crowd arrived and made things sketchy in the 3/4ft dumpy and unpredictable waves. I had a few fun fast and mostly short waves Hopefully things will improve as the swell matures. Surfed the Bonzer.