Surfing Waves

Hi all I’ve just started surfing and would appreciate some advise, I live in Cheshire so have to travel minimum 1 1/2 to 2 hours to find waves, I have been Hells mouth and cable bay but the waves are not very predictable, would I be better travailing to the east coast (Whitby or scorbourge) and if so any information on the mentioned places any advise would be much appreciated

O and any one got any predictions if there’s going to be waves on Sunday 13th Aug was going to go into Anglesey see if I could find some swell

Generally the east coast is alot more unpredictable than the west coast!

Learn how to forcast/know when places work.. it really doesn't take much effort and you get huge rewards...

I surf North Wales atleast 3 times aweek on average and thats in clean conditions. a little effort in searching and learnign about how/when and why breaks work goes miles....

Hey there,
East coast on Sunday might throw up a wave from our little swell (how nice is that to see on the patterns!!) but from experience yesterday - 25mph winds that are throwing around between cross-onshore make it reallllyyyy messy! Mid-week however.....I may be out for a lil paddle!

Its strange!, went all over Anglesey on Sunday looking for waves, every south side beach was flat, Church bay was about a foot but on the way down on the A55 past Conway the sea looked very choppy, I even think I seen some one surfing the break around the Conway area but only caught a glimpse out the corner of my eye as I drove past !!!!

was I mistaken or is there a surfable wave there? I should have stopped and had a look.

Any way there’s always next week end, is there going to be any swell any were? Think I need to take your advice and learn how to read the sea

Johno wrote:Think I need to take your advice and learn how to read the sea

If you're gonna travel, you need to learn the charts not the sea...


Begin here...

http://magicseaweed.com/

http://www.met-office.gov.uk/weather/charts/index


This one is too easy but at least gives you want you want to know until you can do it yourself...
http://www.a1surf.com/surfcheck-soulsurfer.html

Johno wrote:Any way there’s always next week end, is there going to be any swell any were?

Thats easy - "No"

We're in the middle of a flat spell so not much around.


Although, its an unusual state of affairs with low pressure to the east of the UK (hence all the rubbish weather) and a very large blocking high to the west in the atlantic - so as its all a bit weird, it'll hopefully do something unexpected and break down a lot quicker than predicted and give us some waves!


Maybe.



Check back later in the week.

I'l keep me fingers crossed

Johno wrote:Its strange!, went all over Anglesey on Sunday looking for waves, every south side beach was flat, Church bay was about a foot but on the way down on the A55 past Conway the sea looked very choppy, I even think I seen some one surfing the break around the Conway area but only caught a glimpse out the corner of my eye as I drove past !!!!

was I mistaken or is there a surfable wave there? I should have stopped and had a look.

Any way there’s always next week end, is there going to be any swell any were? Think I need to take your advice and learn how to read the sea

There is one there and it only works in the conditions that have been prevaling the last few days (ie constant north wind wipping down the irish sea.)
You'll never get anythign 'good' on a northly swell in the irish sea cause its such a short period. I've only ever has a ok surf under thoese conditions when it was boarding on hurricane force northerlys for 3 days stright then it suddenly dropped and swung direction. This resulted in a 3-5 hour window where the northewrly swell was still running and had a little time to clean up before it disapeared.

Basically summer in North wales is xxxxx, more so than ther rest of the UK but agian you'll always get thoese odd swells that are ok.
Sept - May is the best for northwales and I personally wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the UK at that time.

north wales isnt know for its surf, if you want to go to wale go to the gower and the south west corner.
the east coat of the uk in the winter its cold misserable and dangerous, but they do get some good swells, if you live closer to the east coast i would surf that but on some of the saver spots without ferry passing and oil rigs n stuff like that.

Thanks all for your advise, I have relatives that live on the east coast so could kill 2 birds with one stone, I am a lerner so need safe surf, weres the best breaks around scarbra / whitly bay?

cant wait for winter in north walse,

the east coast is no more dangerous in winter than it is in summer unless you go looking for the scary inside out reef breaks! sometimes it gets a bit wild but theres some killer surf in winter even if its a bit cold.

oh and its not just cold in winter

Any surf at the week end in walse , i'v looked at the charts but think there a bit to complicated for me,

bluesnowcone2000 wrote:north wales isnt know for its surf,

Thank god!

May to end of august I'd fully agree.... but outside that time I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the UK. 8)

Johno wrote:Hi all I’ve just started surfing and would appreciate some advise, I live in Cheshire so have to travel minimum 1 1/2 to 2 hours to find waves, I have been Hells mouth and cable bay but the waves are not very predictable, would I be better travailing to the east coast (Whitby or scorbourge) and if so any information on the mentioned places any advise would be much appreciated

O and any one got any predictions if there’s going to be waves on Sunday 13th Aug was going to go into Anglesey see if I could find some swell

Go to my country INDONESIA,, there's a lot of nice waves here..

Ye ha, went to hels mouth on sunday, the waves werent very big but they were ridable, stod up for the first time on my new board, roll on winter for bigger and better waves

You got some mellow but classic condtions comming for north wales from Wednesday onwards.....

Cheers Papa, went Cable bay sunday and the waves were big and powefull, didnt get to stand up thow just keept getting wiped out and brook a fin

Unlucky... the banks at trecastell have been desimated thanks to all the tourists tromping all over the tiny dunes. used to be an ok left now its very irregular :(

Papa,

have you surfed aberfraw ? Is it any good when cable is quite big, I’ve looked at it on a flat day and it’s a gorgeous beach, also is it a good learner wave?