[SA Chris]

First two. Will say hi next time.

[Falling Down]

Off to Abersoch tonight for the weekend if anyone is in Lleyn.  Surf doesn't look too bad for the North Coast and sheltered spots.

[Adam Lincoln]

Off to Abersoch tonight for the weekend if anyone is in Lleyn.  Surf doesn't look too bad for the North Coast and sheltered spots.

Just thought that myself! Off trad climbing tomorrow in wales, then Lleyn for some surf Saturday.

[Johnny Brown]

Planning to head down on tues/ weds for the best part of a week. Anyone in the area and fancy some surf or trad adventure, hit me up. All the birdbans are off now so we can get in as deep as you dare...

That reminds me, has the point break between Vatican zawn and Dorys ever been surfed? Looks amazing - long ride potential.

[Idol eyes]

Two weeks of flatness...
Been some epic partying scenes though.
And I have been doing climbing... Yipee!
Tintagel... (Superbloc).

[Adam Lincoln]

Planning to head down on tues/ weds for the best part of a week. Anyone in the area and fancy some surf or trad adventure, hit me up. All the birdbans are off now so we can get in as deep as you dare...

Could very well be keen. Weather dependent. Trying to get trad partners in the current age of sport is hard work up here.

[Idol eyes]

That reminds me, has the point break between Vatican zawn and Dorys ever been surfed? Looks amazing - long ride potential.
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Slab?

[Johnny Brown]

Trying to get trad partners in the current age of sport

Tell me about it. I keep taking a trad rack to the Cornice, but getting people across the river you'd think it was the Rubicon

Slab?

No, there's a steep slab with some boulders at the bottom but I think its sand as soon as you get a little way out.

[Adam Lincoln]

Trying to get trad partners in the current age of sport

Tell me about it. I keep taking a trad rack to the Cornice, but getting people across the river you'd think it was the Rubicon

Slab?

No, there's a steep slab with some boulders at the bottom but I think its sand as soon as you get a little way out.

Would love to do Honey Dew.

[Johnny Brown]

It is good, a tricam is crucial for the start. After that its not so bold.

[Adam Lincoln]

It is good, a tricam is crucial for the start. After that its not so bold.

Any hint on size?   
Don't normally carry tricams!

[Johnny Brown]

Oohh, not sure about giving that much away!

NSFW  :

Red or Brown I think. Though it could be pink. 

[Falling Down]

That reminds me, has the point break in that area ever been surfed? Looks amazing - long ride potential.

Yes. Please edit your post accordingly.

[Johnny Brown]

Eh - you can't edit stuff that far back? Are we back on the secrets again? I thought using the climber's names would avoid annoying anyone... or are you winding me up?

So is it decent? I can't see it ever getting crowded what with the walk and the scramble.

[Idol eyes]

Some crazy feeding going on around the town beaches...
Can not make out what it is, tell tale seagulls above...
Keep seeing fast fin movements, but not seen a Seal or a Dolphin yet!!!
Last two days???
Two foot and offshore tonight... Doubling in size tomorrow. 6:00 start!

[SA Chris]

Sand eels rising? usually bigger fish go after them, and gulls do after bigger fish and so on.

[granticus]

  a small swell has arrived along with southerlies in the SW it's been at least 3 weeks, lets hope this is the start of cracking autumn!!

[Idol eyes]

Nah... It like a Plankton blanket... There was a Sunfish. Pod of Dolphins all this morning. Reckon its going to be good Basking shark spotting soon.

[Baron]

Spent a few days north of Whitby last week checking out overnight parking/quieter spots. Sunny, clean and in a 3/2. Discovered what a difference the tide can make, e.g. Sandsend - flat at high, firing at low. Scored a couple of classic Saltburn sunset sessions. Great wave.

Thursday looking good. Buying a van for the autumn. East is beast.

[SA Chris]

You guys further down the coast always benefit from the swell, but don't get nailed by the winds associated with the low creating it. Life aint fair sometimes.

[gme]

We are kind of stuck in the middle where i am. anything 3ft or below or too northerly just passes us by and hits yorkshire, but when its bigger we can get a lot of winds. On the plus side NW winds are better the further north you go and not good yorks way.

Yorks also has a well known secret spot that has the magical ability to turn a 2ft swell into a head high barrel, a rare trick indeed.

I got in a few times last weeik but hardly cranking, shoulder high at best but not big enough to get the reefs working.

And whilst i agree with the east coast love given out by baron if you want surf like we had last week on a regular basis head west and south, i think they get 3 or 4 times the amount of surfable days we get.

Roll on the winter when we get some proper stuff then the east really does show the sw what proper waves are like.

[Johnny Brown]

Brown?

[chris05]

Hoping to head up to the NE to try out my new (old) board (cheers gme) this weekend, surf permitting. Anyone got a recommendation for a campsite close to surf in the scarborough region? Needs to have showers but not bothered about anything else. Realise finding one with any room at this late notice could be difficult.

Also if anyone fancies pm'ing me with any ideas for breaks which might not be rammed on a bank holiday weekend, would be greatfully received!    (unlikely I know, but worth a try!)

cheers

[gme]

not where i am, clear blue sea.. Its for the same reason its on of the uks top dive spots. i have had days here on certain reefs where you could see fish, rocks, weed etc refracted in the water as well as you do in indo.

and the colouration in yorks is mainly from the soil anyway. In the top 20 most polluted beaches in Uk only 1 was on the east coast. five in devon, five in cornwall four in cumbria.

I have never gotten  ill surfing the east coast. Most spots are fine other than the secrect spot mentioned in my earlier post which has shit water quality (i have not gotten ill there) and the two river mouth spots on the tyne and tees which can be fucking horrenduous after rain. (again i have not been ill from either but know lots who have, i put this down to and iron constitution gained from eating at the grand potato 3-4 times a week during the 90s.)
The only place i have become ill after surfing was hells mouth, and i am not sure that was from the sea either, it just seemed like it at the time.

[Johnny Brown]

Only joking, I'm keen to get over this autumn! There's a photo on this thread somewhere of an enormous brown yorkshire barrel, quite a sight.