Here is some pics I took at Noosa today ( Boxing day )
the swell had droped heaps from yesterday
Looks like it is hitting the Goldy more today.
So tuck in you lucky barstards.

Locky

The sweep can be a real pain in the bum on those big days, especially on the changing tide! (mid tide). But sometimes the swells just over-ride the tide anyway.

Here's a few more pics from the "what I surfed on the Goldie this morning while Mac snuck up to Noosa and didn't invite anyone" file - Mark
PS Somehow I think it might have been just a tad bigger here than Noosa!

Hows those Alley pictures full on

Locky24 said...


Awsome Pics, Thanks Mark.
Looks heaps cleaner than Noosa too.
And bloody fun, Hope you dug deep and scored a few crackers.
Locky

Thanks Locky. Well it was a challenge today, as usual when its big at Superbank....fairly constant paddling and duckdiving for the pleasure of about 3 waves per hour. But when the prize is a 200 to 300m ride on a big wave you kinda forget about the near drownings in between! - Mark

62mac said...

Hows those Alley pictures full on

Thanks Mac, I remember a similar day about 4 years ago when i surfed the Alley/Lacey's on my 9'1 Tolhurst tuflite. Somehow i got out and it was just me and 3 tow-in teams. The sweep was too strong to sit near the point with them so i sat wide off Lacey's and snared a few bombs before getting washed in halfway up Palmy. I think what helped was I didn't try to paddle out the back of the alley like all the other guys (who couldn't get out). Instead i just headed almost sideways towards Burleigh and eventually got to that deep water section and then paddled back around to the peak. Not saying that i would've made it out there today though as it wasn't as clean or friendly!! - Mark

great pics mark

Thanks for the pics Mark looks BIG , I'm sure I could here a Chook clucking out side when I was reading about Mac going to Noosa

southerlies just kicked in

chrispychru said...

5 to a wave at snapper. drop ins galore.

I had a couple of hours out there today which is a rarity for me, I avoid it like the plague. It was not really Snapper but more Rainbow into Greeny.

Quite uncrowded to be honest. Got about 10 waves in 2 hours. Wasnt great though, actually pretty average for Greeny which is still 10 x better than most beachies on most days. 3 feet with 4-5 clean up sets every now and then and with the NW making it a bit bumpy. Stoked I took the time to have a paddle though.

Watched the Alley early this morning for 30-40 mins and just looked like a struggle still, unless a ski or boat was dropping you back to the top of the point a one wave effort, and the wind was sort of on it as well.

watched a couple off blokes getting demolished at dbah,it was a pisser watching them. saw a few get some nice waves as well,but more were getting hammered,they would have regretted that paddle out today

^^^^ended up being a bit off a fizzle here thankfully

coolie looks like an ants nest atm

sepirott said...

I took a leaf out of Mark's book from boardculture and paddled out at Lacey's this morning on the angle towards Burleigh, a serious paddle mission but I made it eventually, my brother in law didn't lol........

Thx Sepirott, glad it worked. I should have done the same instead of watching Burleigh early for about 1 1/2 hrs and just hoping that the devil wind would drop. It had some serious size to it. - Mark