“SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE YESTERDAY”, a quote from the ledgendary surf flick Endless Summer seems appropriate for today’s report.
When the travelling Americans arrived at Bells Beach in Victoria to find perfect one foot peelers rolling in the locals came up with the phrase “should’a been here yesterday!”
Our scenes today at Park Beach and Gallows in Coffs Harbour, just on high tide show a lackluster half-metre swell struggling to break. At Parky, one surfer is sitting on his board looking patiently seaward while another, standing on his paddle boardoard tries in vain to attract the attention of the small swell. The only guy out at Gallows gave up and paddled to shore.
Yesterday it seems was a completely different story, with tales emerging of epic sessions at many of our north coast beaches. With near perfect Autumn weather and one-metre plus waves on offer combining with good sand formations making perfect ingredients for classic surfing adventures.
I dont really know why, but surfers derive great pleasure telling their mates about that great surf session they missed out on. So can I say,”you should have been there yesterday!”
cheers, noel.
