Noosa
Classic shot of Bob MacTavish at Noosa in the early days. (Photo John Witzig)
Noosa Heads has a reputation to be quite inconsistent when it comes to waves; at times nothing breaks for months. At least the scenary can be considered a fixed feature, absolutely stunning: you'll find a series of coves framed by tropical vegetation and koala bears hanging everywhere. I drove from Byron Bay with Anthony and Heidi with no real expectations about scoring some waves. We enjoyed the day in town and we took a walk into the natural reserve. Then we departed at the end of the day. I spent the night in Noosa with plans to get up early in the morning and try to surf the feeble pulse delivering knee high waves the day before. I woke up around 6 AM, parked my car at the edge of the park and started walking for about 30 minutes to get to the most isolated spot in the area, Granite Bay. I paddled out alone, waves in the 4 foot range, but with a dropping tide giving hopes for good things to come. It turned out to be one of the best sessions I ever had. Size kept increasing to solid 6/7 feet. Waves started wrapping around the point into the bay. I surfed for 5 hours straight 'til I could not paddle anymore; sets kept rolling in all day long. I made it back to the beach, completely dehydrated but greatful for such an amazing day of surf.
cheers
D.
Noosa Heads has a reputation to be quite inconsistent when it comes to waves; at times nothing breaks for months. At least the scenary can be considered a fixed feature, absolutely stunning: you'll find a series of coves framed by tropical vegetation and koala bears hanging everywhere. I drove from Byron Bay with Anthony and Heidi with no real expectations about scoring some waves. We enjoyed the day in town and we took a walk into the natural reserve. Then we departed at the end of the day. I spent the night in Noosa with plans to get up early in the morning and try to surf the feeble pulse delivering knee high waves the day before. I woke up around 6 AM, parked my car at the edge of the park and started walking for about 30 minutes to get to the most isolated spot in the area, Granite Bay. I paddled out alone, waves in the 4 foot range, but with a dropping tide giving hopes for good things to come. It turned out to be one of the best sessions I ever had. Size kept increasing to solid 6/7 feet. Waves started wrapping around the point into the bay. I surfed for 5 hours straight 'til I could not paddle anymore; sets kept rolling in all day long. I made it back to the beach, completely dehydrated but greatful for such an amazing day of surf.
cheers
D.
posted by Botanist at 6:42 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home