19th November61/26
I arrived at K around midday thinking the wind maybe a bit more favourable in the afternoon and the swell was due to increase. I was greeted to lovely big thick looking sets with lots of waves. The conversation between me and several other surfers was where best to surf, with the 5 obvious spots all pumping and fully at our disposal we all opted to go in different directions and 10 minutes later I found myself struggling to paddle out back at 'Y' on my own. The first wave I eventually found myself in position for was a monster, a thick dirty right hander was peaking and I called myself in... paddle hard and commit..... a second later I was trying to pull out but it was to late, I was caught in the lip and felt myself being dragged over the falls before that stomach lurching fall into the pit before the deep washing machine wipeout ensued.... I stayed relatively calm, probably helped by my recent underwater swim training session with Gary, but as I found my way back to my board the shakes kicked in and I suddenly felt very alone.
It was 25 minutes before I caught my first wave and this was a smaller inside one, I found my way to the right side of the peak and managed to pick off the smaller left handers that came through, I kept bottling the bigger set waves and then I would slap the water in anger and frustration with being a woss! I did go for another big one but the drop was late, I found myself free falling for a bit only to hit the bottom and lose control and take another beating.
I did get on some nice long walled up left handers, I had a back door barrel opportunity which I completely bottled and skirted around the bottom. It seemed to be a day of missed chances and pusying out! and and after an hour and a half of quite an intense session on my own I paddle over to the more popular spot and found the waves to be a lot more mellow and cleaner. With people around and the waves suddenly seeming quite easy I had a handful of fun rides before calling it a day.
I met my wife and kids at our beach hut after 3pm and was surprised by the size of the waves coming into the bay, the swell looked quite meaty even here no wonder I thought the bigger sets needed a big board, Maybe Guy is onto something with that 7'6 Bonzer Gun he is sometimes seen out on!
20th November
62/27
The wind had dropped and the swell had only dropped by a couple of feet on the wave buoys so things were looking pretty good a 6am as I dragged my self out of bed.... Turned up at K and it was tiny, well ok I have seen it smaller but it was week and about 2ft. The drop off from the day before was massive. Needless to say my session was rather disappointing and bit of an anticlimax. Maybe if I hadn't been expecting so much I may have had a bit more fun but after the adrenalin filled session of the day before I was wishing I had gone west! Oh well where we go I thought today was going to be classic all signs were good Buoy reeding were good, tides were good, wind was good... crowds were bad and waves were weak!
I arrived at K around midday thinking the wind maybe a bit more favourable in the afternoon and the swell was due to increase. I was greeted to lovely big thick looking sets with lots of waves. The conversation between me and several other surfers was where best to surf, with the 5 obvious spots all pumping and fully at our disposal we all opted to go in different directions and 10 minutes later I found myself struggling to paddle out back at 'Y' on my own. The first wave I eventually found myself in position for was a monster, a thick dirty right hander was peaking and I called myself in... paddle hard and commit..... a second later I was trying to pull out but it was to late, I was caught in the lip and felt myself being dragged over the falls before that stomach lurching fall into the pit before the deep washing machine wipeout ensued.... I stayed relatively calm, probably helped by my recent underwater swim training session with Gary, but as I found my way back to my board the shakes kicked in and I suddenly felt very alone.
It was 25 minutes before I caught my first wave and this was a smaller inside one, I found my way to the right side of the peak and managed to pick off the smaller left handers that came through, I kept bottling the bigger set waves and then I would slap the water in anger and frustration with being a woss! I did go for another big one but the drop was late, I found myself free falling for a bit only to hit the bottom and lose control and take another beating.
I did get on some nice long walled up left handers, I had a back door barrel opportunity which I completely bottled and skirted around the bottom. It seemed to be a day of missed chances and pusying out! and and after an hour and a half of quite an intense session on my own I paddle over to the more popular spot and found the waves to be a lot more mellow and cleaner. With people around and the waves suddenly seeming quite easy I had a handful of fun rides before calling it a day.
I met my wife and kids at our beach hut after 3pm and was surprised by the size of the waves coming into the bay, the swell looked quite meaty even here no wonder I thought the bigger sets needed a big board, Maybe Guy is onto something with that 7'6 Bonzer Gun he is sometimes seen out on!
20th November
62/27
The wind had dropped and the swell had only dropped by a couple of feet on the wave buoys so things were looking pretty good a 6am as I dragged my self out of bed.... Turned up at K and it was tiny, well ok I have seen it smaller but it was week and about 2ft. The drop off from the day before was massive. Needless to say my session was rather disappointing and bit of an anticlimax. Maybe if I hadn't been expecting so much I may have had a bit more fun but after the adrenalin filled session of the day before I was wishing I had gone west! Oh well where we go I thought today was going to be classic all signs were good Buoy reeding were good, tides were good, wind was good... crowds were bad and waves were weak!
Hi there.I am local surfer to kbay.I understand what the first guy was talking about.Its the promoting the place.We all know its not secret ie the ABBA stuff etc,Its constantly promoting the place.
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