NORTH COAST SURF REPORT 10-10-08
Rule of surfing 7C, Always have a back-up plan. As surfing relies heavily on conditions such as wind and swell, some days are just not worth the effort.
Early today on the North Coast we had little or no wind and a messy one metre SE swell. Most beaches failed to produce any real surfable waves and when the wind increased from the north the situation looked dire indeed. Hence, the back-up plan.
You may choose to work or play in an endeavour to make sense of the world without surfing, and if you have a good back-up it helps stop depression taking hold.
Rule of surfing 2B, Always check conditions regulary. After a couple of hours of that north wind this morning, northern corners had a miraculous turn-a-round. By lunch time things had improved enough and surfers were scurrying out of the carpark and into some clean crunchy waves at Gallows in Coffs Harbour where our camera spotted a handfull of guys benefitting from the compulsory drive-by surf check.
The SE swell was jacking up to over a metre and the wind was a kind 10-15 knots. I suspect most northern corners along the coastlne would have been offering up some fun waves for those lucky enough to have some free time.
Over the weekend we should see the swell drop a little but hang in there enough to offer up some decent surf, as long as you keep checking, or there is the back-up plan.
Good luck and keep surfing, noel.
