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It’s been a good start to year swell wise, a week of good rides, hot days and clear water. Plenty of crowds to but I guess when you live in the great spot we do, you need to expect that.

The waves look to drop off over the next few days but lets hope we get some swell back soon.

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The swell looks like it may drop a little over the next few days but should still hold some good rides early before the winds pick up… look out for the Blue Bottles, those things are everywhere at the moment.

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An overcast, and sticky hot Weekend for the Goldie again. Showers and the chance of afternoon storms are the forecast, probably correct with all the humidity around.

We checked out the southern breaks early, the swell was a little smaller than what we thought it would be but it was still a good wave from Dbah up to Burleigh. Snapper to Greenmount was the pick, with next to no wind, it was dishing up nice, clean, long rides, and both short and long board riders were having a field day. It was a little busy but very consistant.

Here are some of the better pics from these spots.

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A cool start and little waves. Temps will hit low 20’s later and the swell? Well, doesn’t look like much on offer for a few days.

Got a few pics below from Snapper giving an indication of how small it may be for a little longer. There is a predicted Southerly for later in the day but best wait to see whether this generates anything of worth.

Ever stop and take a breath for a moment to notice the smaller, simpler things around us like the shell for example? It’s not the prettiest shell I’ve ever seen but on closer inspection, when you look at the ridges in it and how they are formed, it’s intriguing…

How are they made?… Seashells are the external skeletons of a class of marine animals called Mollusks. Where people have our skeletons on the inside of our bodies, mollusks have theirs on the outside of theirs. To read the full article on this, go to www.seashellsandsuch.com.

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Small waves again to kick the week off, their may also be the chance of a shower over the Goldie today too. Some SSW winds should pick up later in the day and may push through a bit more swell for us with mid week looking like it could be the best day for a surf at this point.

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A cold start to the day with temps hovering around 5-6 deg at sunrise. The swell had only picked up marginally over night but hopefully should increase throughout the remainder of the week.

Rainbow Bay put on a welcoming Morning, once again beautiful clear skies and nice little waves rolling in. There weren’t too many waves about but for those that were out there, I’m sure they got their quota. It was a longboard morning with the waves that were caught, providing decent lasting rides.

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Went over to Snapper Rocks this Morning, a glorious morning on the Gold Coast. No wind, sunny, and remnants of the big swell still hanging around the 4-5 ft mark.

There were a few surfers out, but not as many around as I thought there would be and you still need to be a decent paddler to handle all the water moving around. Looks like tomorrow will be the pick of the weekend, the only issue will be getting to the beach due to the GC marathon. If you don’t live by the beach between Southport and the Airport then you are going to find it hard getting out there with all the diversions.

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Coolangatta Rocks on is alive and kickin’ over this long weekend, get down there and see the cars (over 1000 cars and hot rods), dancing and all good things from the 50’s and 60’s. They reckon upwards of 90,000 people will pour into the streets of Cooly (which are closed to traffic) so be prepared to walk. The organisers are bringing in some of the Goldcoast’s surfing history and culture as well. http://coolyrockson.com.au/

The weather has definitely been cooling lately with lows of 8-10 deg for some mornings. We had some sun during the week which was enough to raise the temps to around 20 ish, but that was only in the sun, once in the shade it dropped again to chill…. being on the Goldie we can get away with boardies and a rashie pretty much all year but maybe cause I’m aging, I think these are now wettie times.