A Killer Surf in New Zealand

A pod of Orca whales cruised the Gisborne coastline Sunday 18 November and swum right through the New Wave Primary School Surfing Championships being held at Makorori Beach, New Zealand. Their presence put a hold on the event for at least an hour until it was safe to go back the water once they […]

Sharks and Surfers

 Only last night I was standing talking to a surfer at Pelican Beach about surfing and sharks. We were checking out the waves and discussing the practice of going in surfing late in the day or super early in the morning when sharks are most active. The guy was telling me about the sharks that […]

Surf, Sun and Very Hot Weather

It was hot today, 34c and sunny! Its just the beginning of spring here. So, before lunch (in between working) I went for a surf at Simpson Ave, North Entrance. Run up this wee pathway and over the scorching hot sand to jump  into the waves. Small 1-2 ft waves and refreshing water temps kept […]

More Excellent Waves Today

Its a ground hog day here with more epic surf! Since I work from home I generally (depending on the workload) can go surfing if and when possible. Today is another day with hot sunny weather and excellent surf. The picture is again from Pelican Beach, a 5 min drive from our apartment.

More Awesome Surf Today

On the left is a picture of the surf at Pelican Beach on Sunday …. on the right is monday. Its a bank holiday today in the UK and that means I’ll spend most of my day at the beach again! The waves were awesome again….in the 4ft range from the North, around 27 degrees […]

Great Surf in Australia Today

 We had a great time at Pelican beach today after church - 24c, sunny and really good surf! Thats Lynnie in the foreground walking down the path.

A new skateboard and two grazes

I recently was on the Gold Coast with Ray and Scott. They are go to the skateboarding and biking quite often. We went to a skate park at the end of the Gold Coast airport runway and we had fun. It was good. So when I got back to the Central Coast, where I currently […]