Video by Craig Halstead
Featuring Julian Wilson, Dane Pioli, Jackson Close, Matt Aldridge, Heath Norrish
Waiting to take out your new longboard?
Do you want some motivation while we wait around for the waves to pick up?
Watch this video of some long boarding on the Gold Coast when the waves were on… you’ll be itching for a new swell.
Miami – One of the World’s best places to go for a run
Good Morning and welcome to another beautiful Gold Coast day. A couple of pics here from the sands of Miami, where the Sun is rising and looks like it is going to continue on so come down here and enjoy it. If you are like a lot of the other runners, exercise groups or yoga practitioners then this morning is just simply perfect for you.
Going surfing?
Well, the open beaches as you can see here, are looking quite tame. Maybe grab yourself a SUP or something else with as much volume as you can get, cause it is small…. or, it’s good for kids wanting learn these school holidays.
It’s still a little cool early with the water temp at about 19 deg C, heard it was 6 deg in the hinterland at 6:30am!
Surf: 1 foot
Water temp: about 19
Wind: Next to nothing
The runners looking happy with the morning
Early start for the Nippers, great way to spend your holidays
If your lucky enough not to have to work today, get down to the beach and plant yourself here
Nth to Surfers Paradise, looking quiet up that-a-way
A fisherman, one SUP and a few walkers, other than that a top morning
And the Sun is rising from this way
Looking Nth to Surfers. Waves are small but clean with a few of the crew just starting to arrive
Dawn at Burleigh heads. A beautiful Morning just slightly overcast to start, however tipped to be a nice day on the way. Small, below average and inconsistent waves out there at the moment but nice to get out for a walk or exercise, and there are a number of groups out here doing just that
Surf: about halfa metre…. and average
Water temp: about 20
Wind: Next to nothing at the moment but bound to blow Northly later… and over the next few days
Yep, this is what we call art
5:54 am – Dawn at Burleigh Heads
The best way to get here
Getting ready for the 2016 comp
Many of the beaches on the Gold Coast have been closed… boo!
But the surf has been awesome (at the points anyway), yay!. It’s been a pretty good time for surfers, if your up to the task that is, but if you are and you don’t mind a bit of a crowd, then you have probably been having the time of your life lately. However, it is hard to get a wave to yourself on days like this, with great swell but only firing on the points, everyone it seems is trying to get in on the action….at the points! Is it time for the artificial reefs?
How do we overcome the issue of over crowding?
We have seen a lot of people at the points lately, some aggression, and a lot of close calls…. pretty hard to surf around a hundred heads bobbing up on your wave. There is plenty of talk about the artificial reefs at the moment, as well as wave pools, implemented right this could be a boon for the surfing industry, done poorly, and it could be detrimental to the environment.
There are plenty pros and cons for both sides, but until the solution is found one way or the other, just chill and be careful out there. Surfing is meant to be enjoyable.
Snapper Rocks
Hard to get a wave of your own on days like this
What looks to be another fine Burleigh Barrel
And another…
Beach erosion at Duranbah
With the big swell comes the beach erosion. The power of Mother Nature will sweep away tons of sand in a short space of time, sometimes leaving our beaches with a massive drop off such as this, and sometime dangerous as they can collapse.
4th Ave Beach Access. Built after a major beach erosion period about a year ago. When first built the stairs at the bottom were above the sand level, good to see Mother Nature bringing some back
Always a good spot to park yourself for a day at the beach (just get here early on a nice day to get a park!) as there is the esplanade with bbq areas and playgrounds, and very well laid out access to the beach. Here you see the access from 4th Ave next to the patrolled swimming section supervised by the Lifesavers making it popular with families. Most access points have showers and fresh water for drinking with 4th Ave having easily accessible male and female toilets. Nice views to the South of Burleigh and then North to Miami and Surfers Paradise round off this little part of the World.
Generally there are couple of banks for the surfers just North and South of this access point and, mostly hold up well for the Mornings but deteriorate in the afternoon. Usually a good fun wave and not normally crowded.
View South takes in Burleigh Heads. Most days you can see the surfers dotted on the point
The View North Takes in Miami Hill and Surfers Paradise in the distance
Swell-less again, another lay day for the Quickie and Roxy Pros?
Whether there is competition or not today, people are already up and organizing and planning for the day ahead. This is Snapper pre-Dawn, that streak of light you can seen on the right is actually coming from the Tractor doing the beach sweep, you just can’t see the tractor with the slow shutter speed.
Apart from these guys up, there was not much happening here so Dbar was the next stop and even that was not surf-able. Apparently, with luck, there is swell coming our way towards the end of the week.
5:03 am – Morning to the event staff. That streak of light is from the Tractor sweeping the sand
5:20 am – Duranbah early, nothing doing here on the surf front today
5:22 am – Can’t see anything on the horizon either!
5:24 am – Lone walker and dog playing in the waves