With a mug of coffee in hand we stroll down to the north side of the river which separate Forster and Tuncurry. It is a glorious start to the day but the waves there weren’t enough to tempt us into the water.
It was good enough for these two groms who had skateboarded down to the beach at the same time as carrying their surfboards, but knee high waves for them is not knee high waves for me, so Neil drove us on to New Haven which was a little further north up the coast.
After enjoying the demonstration of a local bikini clad girl’s gymnastic skills whilst trying to figure out where was the best peak in the water, we both got suited up and hit the waves.
I gave Neil a few pointers in the shallows to give him a flying start, but surfing really is something you have to figure out for yourself so it wasn’t long before I left him to it.
Surfing is amazing once you are able to ride clean waves but the honest truth is that just getting out to them can be brutal, and I think Neil discovered that whilst catching a few waves on my board. Another tip is to always keep one eye on the horizon, but I think I might not have passed that one on before this shot was taken!
Neil bagged a few though, riding them in to the beach and the water is warm again this far north so he was able to stay in quite a while before passing the board over to me.
The beach was quiet because it was midweek and I had a ball in the great waves in the sunshine.
This is probably the best shot of my own efforts. You can see how clean and glassy the waves were, and I was having so much fun.
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