[SA Chris]

Blown highlights. Back around.

Yawn. Not why I posted it.

It's Llandudno near Cape Town btw. The right facing slab at the far left has some bolted routes, but the bolts were pretty shocking when I did them 17 years ago. Fun bouldering  / highballing though.

[slackline]

Blown highlights. Back around.

Yawn. Not why I posted it.

That just shows JB looked at it first with a photographers eye rather than the options you posited. 

[Johnny Brown]

What he said, had enough coffee yet?

I only drove past, but I must admit it looked a damn sight more interesting than Parisella's.

[clm]

Meh. No pier.

[SA Chris]

About recent shark attack fatality in SA

http://www.zigzag.co.za/features/exclusives/9011/Ocearch-and-the-Kogel-Baai-attack---Searching-for-answers,-finding-few

I blame chummer too

[Johnny Brown]

[chummer]

gobsmacking 

[slackline]

Isn't there a break called Jaws....

When Fergal Smith dropped in on a monster barrel two miles off the coast of Perth in Western Australia, he little realised he was also dropping in on a monster of another kind. For as he powered down the face of the 20-plus-foot wave, lurking there just a few feet from him was a 500-pound Great White Shark. Smith didn’t even realise how close he had come to an encounter with one of the ocean’s deadliest predators.

[SA Chris]

To be honest looks like it could just as easily be a dolphin. And considerably less than 500 lbs

[Probes]

I was wondering what people think of the charts for the next 5 days, particularily for the llyn/porth neigwl. Ignoring magicseaweed there looks like a couple of small swells to come through tom and maybe tues.  Ive had enough of getting it wrong when its touch and go,  especially with the cost of fuel to get down. Any help greatly appreciated.
Gonig to have to find somewhere to hide as well I guess to escape the range rover crew being a bank hol. 

[Johnny Brown]

I'm no local expert but have been doing the same - family are in Abersoch over the weekend. Overall picture on the met charts looks good - big depressions out in the atlantic whilst high pressure gives gentle offshores over uk. Should be a small consistent swell, question is how small, and there is always the chance of the wind changing and it disappearing in local chop.

Looks pretty decent today: http://www.westcoastsurf.co.uk/surfreport.htm
If we get something like that tomorrow it'll be worth the drive for me. See you in the water...

[ben]

I think this swell is sneaking under the MSW model radar because it's not that big but has a big olde period. My prediction is 4ft and offshore for tomorrow (in the SW).  Go..

[Probes]

Yes, that was my thoughts really, with msw not predicting anything it put doubts in my mind. Think im going for it, should be epic with the long evenings.

[Johnny Brown]

Seems like there's a pretty big hole in the MSW model for the irish sea, plenty of times it just misses a decent swell. The local report above doesn't even bother linking to it any more...

[SA Chris]

Find the same for our area of N Sea as well. it's a computer model and while it's Ok for giving the bigger picture it doesn't account for local variances.

You sacking off Scotland trip then Probes?

[Probes]

Technology eh? Does anyone remember ringing the answer machines at surf shops for a recorded local forecast... never failed.

Yeah unfortunately Chris, took a lob in the week and gave my arm a crack, so bouldering is off for a bit, but still super psyched to do one though, got the guide ordered... so Im committed now 

[SA Chris]

I remember those, 30p per minute or so and especially PJ on the Gower used to drag it out so he got his money worth!

[Probes]

Ah Pjs, they sold me a suit once, gave it a load of hype, it promptly fell to bits in about 3 months.

[granticus]

2ft and clean here this afternoon, bit bigger tommorow with a brisk offshore, onshores set to swing in on Sunday....

Not sure how much swell will get through to N Wales though.. best day will be tommorow though.

[Probes]

Nice, where are you Granticus?

[SA Chris]

If he's gone for the day, I think it's North Devon.

[clm]

I'm driving down tonight. Six days down around sennen.

[Johnny Brown]

Well that was mint. Probably a bit small for you heroes but had one of my best rides ever. Fingers crossed it holds all weekend...

[ben]

twas all time here yesterday, two sessions fitted around family stuff.  Onshore today but looks like there might a be a bit left tomorrow with the wind going NE

PJ's line - you just needed to know his 'phrase' at the beginning, off the lip, in the tube, etc.  he varied it so that those in the know could get a inkling of what it was like without having to pay 

[SA Chris]

Glad west coasters are scoring hope we will get some this coming week!