Waits… small… but fun
With the Middleton side of the coast struggling to hold anything shortboardworthy, the obvious destination for something resembling a wave today was Newland Head Conservation Park.
By mid arvo temperatures were nudging one hundered in the old money, and swarms of relentless, satanic flies desecended on everything that moved - but there was some relief. Although on the small side, Waitpinga served up some fun little waves today - with the pointy end of the beach nicely shaded from the hot, gusty Nor-west winds. A few banks along the beach were working, but the fun little left winding off the rocks at the bottom of the path was the pick of it. Around 3pm the wind backed off just as a large school of good sized light bluey-green fish drifted through the lineup, chasing away the odd sneaky little black stinger. The late glass-off saw the crowd rally a bit, just in time for two right handers within 100m of beach to start to work.
Here’s a few pics from that session, and while it’s evidently pretty small, you’d have to agree - it still looks fun.
We got Goolwa at a pretty consistent and super clean 2 foot. Some great little glassy bowls and even a couplke of bazzas at low tide. Super fun and not crowded - a great score as we were taking a learner for their 1st lesson and only took the boards as an afterthought!!