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Who cares about whales?!

Postby billie_morini » Thu Apr 30, 2015 6:40 am

True story:

Roxy the Rhodesian Ridgeback and I were walking across the outer parking lot at Hendry's surf break at about 5pm today in Santa Barbara. A stereotypical, shirtless, long haired surfer pulled into a parking space in his old Jeep. His short board stuck out the back through the plastic window panel. As he gets out, a young couple raced up to him and excitedly shout, "We saw two whales! There are whales out there!" The surfer pauses, blinks, and asks, "What about the waves?"


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Re: Who cares about whales?!

Postby jaffa1949 » Thu Apr 30, 2015 7:31 am

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Re: Who cares about whales?!

Postby dtc » Thu Apr 30, 2015 8:40 am

Interesting little wooden sail boat there. Were you from shore or on your SUP :-D

I thought I saw a whale a couple of weeks ago, but it was windy so might have been a dolphin in the distance. It must be about the start of cruise by season as they started heading north (lucky them!). I was checking them out last year around early June and it was pretty constant, whales every 10 minutes or so past the headland (Ulladulla lighthouse). Makes you appreciate the NSW Sth Coast even more, I must say (sorry to all y'all who cant make it!)
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Re: Who cares about whales?!

Postby jaffa1949 » Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:02 pm

I was on a headland just outside the bar at Merimbula last year.
I don't have a SUP, I'd have to be a 100ft tall for that angle :D
The whale is a southern right whale the same family come up and come in close every year.
The boat is a hundred year old Coota boat, one of the original Mallacoota sail fishing boats.
Same group same day but in with the surfers and with a calf.
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same group the year before
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Re: Who cares about whales?!

Postby Jester » Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:21 pm

Aww that looks like a really forgiving break! Would love to learn there!! Also.. Whales.
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Re: Who cares about whales?!

Postby jaffa1949 » Thu Apr 30, 2015 1:40 pm

It is an easy break at that size, here is a bigger day
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Re: Who cares about whales?!

Postby Jester » Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:20 pm

None too shabby!! I'd love a pop at that :) love you've got the wave just as that boat is taking one on the prow. Do you have to navigate local maritime traffic making it out?
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Re: Who cares about whales?!

Postby oldmansurfer » Thu Apr 30, 2015 5:02 pm

There are whales around quite frequently on Kauai but they rarely come in as close to the break as in Jaffa's pic. It's not unusual to see spouts or the occasional whale breaching while looking at the surf or surfing. Once while checking out the surf at a break called Hideaways I saw two whales breach at the same time. So billie how was the surf?
So what is worse.... dying or regretting it for the rest of my life? Obviously I chose not regretting it.
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Re: Who cares about whales?!

Postby dtc » Fri May 01, 2015 12:22 am

Jester wrote:None too shabby!! I'd love a pop at that :) love you've got the wave just as that boat is taking one on the prow. Do you have to navigate local maritime traffic making it out?


yeah, I was just wondering who has priority, a surfer on the wave or the boat heading over the bar?

I guess like Asian traffic, the one that is biggest has priority
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Re: Who cares about whales?!

Postby jaffa1949 » Fri May 01, 2015 1:33 am

The boat going over the bar has priority, too dangerous to alter course while driving through waves.
for surfers easy wait and then go , the boat is in no way near the take off spot nor in the down line traffic. :D
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Re: Who cares about whales?!

Postby Jester » Fri May 01, 2015 12:51 pm



And we get grumpy when there's an SUP in the lineup!
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Re: Who cares about whales?!

Postby oldmansurfer » Fri May 01, 2015 4:42 pm

At least the boat wasn't a wave hog
So what is worse.... dying or regretting it for the rest of my life? Obviously I chose not regretting it.
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Re: Who cares about whales?!

Postby Jester » Fri May 01, 2015 7:54 pm

Unlike this guy!! Pertinent bit starts around 50 seconds unless you speak French :lol:

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