It's easy surfing your local spot in winter. For most, it's only minutes from home. You can get up later and take your time. You can drive down to the beach & back in your steamer, straight into a hot shower. No getting changed in a freezing carpark or muddy bush track. Yep! Home is always a soft option.
But sometimes you have to look further afield. When you can't bare how bad the banks are any more, or when the swell is too big (or small) to make your beach do-able. Today is one of those days and it's not looking much better until Sunday, when the winds should improve. It's certainly an extreme day today – wet, windy and huge thanks to a deep low pressure sitting practically on top of us.
There aren’t many choices on days like this. The closest big wave that could be handling is just over the bridge at Manly. Deadmans is a slabby ledge just out from Fairy Bower, at Manly. When we arrive it isn't epic and after watching a few 8 foot sets we decided to head back home to the Southside to pick up some smaller boards and check out a few smaller, protected options in these atrocious conditions. At least I can take the soft option and drive home in my wetsuit if I feel the need.
Be careful out there and have a great weekend.
Cheers – Bill Morris
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