NORTH COAST SURF REPORT 28-11-08
Today’s shots were taken at Gallows in Coffs Harbour around 9:30am. The swell has dropped overnight to one metre with the occasional bigger set wave, a 10 knot NNW wind fanned across the northern corner keeping wave faces pretty clean. With a couple of peaks to choose from the surfers in the water were enjoying some good left and right handers.
Typical of this kind of setup, the wedgey left in the corner proves irresitable to most riders, even though more waves seem to be breaking a hundred metres down the beach. The usually compact take-off area in the corner creates a competive element to catching waves that the most experienced locals manage to take advantage of.
You would think visiting and inexperienced surfers might find it less frustating, and improve their wave count paddling out where more waves are breaking, but many find the promise of the perfect looking peaks hard to resist.
The swell is predicted to pick up early tomorrow, and the northerly winds should persist until the late afternoon. Continuing fine weather combined with plesantly warm water smacks of summer surf fun this weekend.
Cheers, noel.
