Surfing at Woolacombe

[Guest]

is oysters that break right out at sea off croyde some where if so then no ive only heard about it you surfed it ??

[Hazy_daze]

Yeh thats the one.
No ive never surfed it, was just wondering if anybody ever has.
Apparently it was going off with the remains of hurri' Alex.
Hang Loose

[PapaW]

The whole area was going off propper after alex went by. I havn't seen a swell like that for a while down here.

What was the worst thing tho... I had to drive to Weymouth the monday it all hit... GUTTED.. I missed the whole thing. now all there is is the crap that the next two have thrown accross. Lumpy crap and to top it of I wasn't really concentrating when I was comming in from CombesG as high tide approched and i had to out my self on the rocks being lazy then i slashed my hands up and lost a fin.
dumpd my gear then went back to get the fin :p

[me,myselfandian]

has the recent weather disrupted woolacombe and the surrounding area at all? Ive heard the flooding has caused sewage overflow to affect beaches down the coast.

Whats the forecast for next weekend done there? :?:

[PapaW]

The whole sewage overflow thing happens everywhere more often than you think... I'm glad its finally made national news and it will be interesting when I do my dissertation on how this sort of thing affects the surfing community and their surfing habits...

As for the effect its had on Woolacombe... I have yet to encounter it in my years surfing there in all weathers. Its croyde that still suffers dispite the new treatment works.

[Surfmaster]

I'll tell you about Woolacome.
I spent a wonderful holiday there back when I was 12 - 1975. I remember sitting on top of the cliff watching the locals rip on their lightning bolt pintails and being spellbound.

The most amazing thing was that the water was clean and sparkling. You could see the sandy bottom at 2 meters.

Since 1980's or thereabouts...something changed. I have never seen those clear water waves at Woolacombe since. I have to travel south of Newquay to see them.

What happened anyone ? Woolacombe seems now forever brown.

[babyboarder89]

i was ther for hirricane alex it was in august right? well i think i surfed soemof it. that sewage thing is nasty, the stuff you see in the water... eugh.

[PapaW]

Wouldn't say brown... if anythig thats thanks to the bristol chanel and the sand extractin they do in morte bay...

Woolacombes the cleanest around in north devon..