Whats the shout for the weekend?

by **northswell** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:46 pm

And my shout is.

Friday meal with mates and partners kinda night
Sat proper mates birthenday, drunken one
Sunday :spew:

then sleep more.

Messy windwaves at best up here.

by **soops** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:50 am

Croyde all the way! According to surfcore and magic seaweed its gonna be perfect for a newbie like me!

by **Brisbanebound** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:00 am

You dont need gloves - the water's been so warm this year I haven't warn gloves once, but I do HATE gloves!!!
Saturday looks OK for Croyde - I've gotta take my girlfriend to the train station for 8am then I'm heading down. Be there for midday'ish. High tide is 6pm so should be able to get the best of what there is.
I just need a surf so bad!!! Its been about 2 weeks now and I'm becoming delirious!!! I'd surf anything right now, I was so close to hiring a swell the other day and hitting the half a foot of ripples that were pounding the Witts!

by **drowningbitbybit** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:00 am

Look at the windspeed people :roll:

by **soops** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:03 am

drowningbitbybit wrote:Look at the windspeed people

I thought up to 20's was ok as long as its going out to sea? Am i wrong

Teach me, teach me!

by **drowningbitbybit** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:18 am

soops wrote:I thought up to 20's was ok as long as its going out to sea? Am i wrong

Teach me, teach me!

How can I resist?

Two things wrong with this weekends forecast - first of all the swell is very weak (as well as small). So it wont produce as much of a wave as you might expect. Then those winds - 20mph winds is pretty strong so it'll make the paddle very difficult (ie you'll find it hard to catch anything) and it'll blow the waves flat because they're so weak (some of the best spots will hold onto a wave on the pushing tide).

Even if there is a wave, it'll probably turn into a beach dump ie not break til its in very shallow water because the wind is holding up the face. Which is doubly frustrating because the waves look gorgeous, but are really hard to surf :roll:

I would expect this weekend to be very small and weak at croyde, and the wind to make it almost unsurfable.

With the winds from the north east, saunton may just about be surfable on the pushing tide. But its gonna be a bit rubbish. Might be better further (a lot further) west, but that wind will still make it tricky.

The problem with both MSW and surfcore is they use computer models rather than a real person. Both models have their flaws - in particular they dont take swell direction into account very well, and they dont compensate for swell 'strength' when there is an offshore wind. So it'll give it a high rating because the wind is offshore, but doesnt take into account and that a large powerful swell is required to work properly in those winds.

I dont think its worth the trip this weekend - but as you're pretty close and its only a run up th M5, then it might be worth it. Going to be rubbish, or difficult, at best. Flat by sunday.

Of course, I might be wrong.... :wink:

by **soops** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:24 am

You make it sound so appealing dbb. But i really appreciate your views as a newbie.

I have to get out this weekend just to get my board wet and get out the house... i guess it'll be the same as fistral/perranporth/polzeath with the wind then? I can just as easily head that way

by **drowningbitbybit** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:30 am

soops wrote:You make it sound so appealing dbb. But i really appreciate your views as a newbie.

I have to get out this weekend just to get my board wet and get out the house... i guess it'll be the same as fistral/perranporth/polzeath with the wind then? I can just as easily head that way

I know the 'need to get wet feeling' :lol:

Pretty much of a muchness. Fistral etc will be a bit bigger than north devon, but will be even more exposed to the wind

Of the well known spots, I think I would go with north devon and surf saunton, or possibly croyde late on the push (I'm guessing you dont want low tide barrels...)

by **soops** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:35 am

drowningbitbybit wrote:
soops wrote:You make it sound so appealing dbb. But i really appreciate your views as a newbie.

I have to get out this weekend just to get my board wet and get out the house... i guess it'll be the same as fistral/perranporth/polzeath with the wind then? I can just as easily head that way

I know the 'need to get wet feeling'

Pretty much of a muchness. Fistral etc will be a bit bigger than north devon, but will be even more exposed to the wind

Of the well known spots, I think I would go with north devon and surf saunton, or possibly croyde late on the push (I'm guessing you dont want low tide barrels...)

God no! Nothing too heavy
As long as i can paddle and theres a bump i think i'll be happy this weekend!

Saunton it is then. I'll let you know how i got on

by **drowningbitbybit** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:17 pm

soops wrote:Saunton it is then. I'll let you know how i got on

Yeah, do that. Have fun.

It wont be consistently good but its possible there'll be moments when the wind drops that it might go clean and nice. If it does, get in or stay in, cos it wont last!

by **CheeZee** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:30 pm

I know the 'need to get wet feeling

...bro .. you soooo should know better than that ...

" do we now mr Dbbb ?!! ... (and the punchlines are tripping over themselves ) :lol:

by **Brisbanebound** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:11 pm

Saunton was lovely today!! Nice clean 3-4foot. At low tide it was pants due to the wind but as the tide came up the swell built and it finished up with head high clean waves. Nice!

by **drowningbitbybit** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:30 am

Yup, I looked at the cams and thought 'bugger, called that one wrong!' :roll:

Well - I said to surf at high tide and at saunton, and that it might be clean and nice temporarily, so I wasnt far off. But I admit it turned out nicer than I expected. That wind was nowhere near as strong as forecast.

So a big :yearght:

for me

by **soops** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:01 am

oh man!!!
i got up there nice and early got battered for about an hour and a half and decided to give up and get a fry up on the way home!!!

cant believe it got better in the afternoon. Gutted!!!

by **drowningbitbybit** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:34 am

soops wrote:oh man!!!
i got up there nice and early got battered for about an hour and a half and decided to give up and get a fry up on the way home!!!

cant believe it got better in the afternoon. Gutted!!!

Whoops.

Glad I used the work 'tricky' in my forecast then. Maybe I wasnt so far off :wink:

Better luck next time.

by **soops** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:57 am

drowningbitbybit wrote:
soops wrote:oh man!!!
i got up there nice and early got battered for about an hour and a half and decided to give up and get a fry up on the way home!!!

cant believe it got better in the afternoon. Gutted!!!

Whoops.

Glad I used the work 'tricky' in my forecast then. Maybe I wasnt so far off

Better luck next time.

definatly. first surf of the year so i stretched a few bits that needed stretching plus i have a whole week in cornwall just after easter so i should get a few proper surfs then.

was still nice to get in the sea anyway but i had a banging headache by the end. should of warn a cap.

oh, excellent fry up in braunton. a little bistro at the traffic lights. highly recommend. maybe there should be a beach guide area on the site with places to eat, get lessons, hire etc?

by **soops** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:28 am

Whats a good shout for this weekend folks?
I'm in cornwall and am thinking fistral but its a bit blowy on saturday?

by **Stone Fox** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:42 am

I'm going to have a couple of guys with me who've never surfed before. So I'm going to take 'em to Saunton.

Weather looks nice for this weekend.

by **Phil** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:00 am

north cornwall friday, saunton sunday

by **Stone Fox** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:17 pm

Phil wrote:north cornwall friday, saunton sunday

Dude! You'll be at Saunton sunday? Fancy a pint before I head home?

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