Gallery: Oma's two faces
Waiting.. on top the Kirra headland Wednesday afternoon, analysing each line of small swell rolling through in the few hours before dark. Timing the gaps between sets to see any hint of new cyclone swell from Oma.
The buoys are of no use at this hour, they're two hours delayed so any chance for a late surf was done on pure visuals. Unfortunately the swell didn't show before dark, with a limp 2ft+ of trade-swell pushing into the bank at Kirra.
Back online and Noosa pulsed just before dark and the buoys were all pinging with the new cyclone swell, though at dawn Thursday it was still 4ft or so. Things quickly changed with the arrival of the groundswell proper and the Goldy points pumped with shifty mixed sets between 4-6ft+ all day.
At dawn this morning the surf was on the pump again but things quickly change mid-morning as the swell from the southern flank of Oma jumped quickly and rapidly. Victory At Sea conditions prevailed and we're only just entering the start of the weekend's swell event.
Above photo from out mutli-talented developer Jono
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Third photo from the bottom breaking my heart.
The poor bugger riding has probably waited two hours for this wave , then just when he’s finally jagged one some muppet is EXACTLY in his road.
Not saying I’ve never been that muppet though.
I reckon that blokes sweet, ild more concerned about the quality of that wave..
Quality? Solid enough runner walling up to unload on the sandbank left foreground
Shot 4 I got a rough count of 160 surfers in the frame....
There was a guesstimate made about a week ago of around 1000 surfers between Snapper and Kirra...
Last time I was up that way I counted 350 in front of the Rainbow surfclub. Looked horrible.
Fourth from the bottom looks like there could be some gems. Roll in and backdoor the section in the foreground. Hard without a ski tho.
You're bloody good at photography.
Thanks Red!
How'd you get that dolphin pic? Multiple bursts and got lucky or brilliant timing by you?
Saw them coming with that wave and just focussed and waited for one to jump, and bingo timed it :)
Beautiful shots Craig. Hope you scored some bombs too!
Yep one memorable one yesterday evening.
13m waves picked up midday at the buoys off Pt Lookout and Mooloolaba today.
Sick Craig. Get many yourself? Looks sick but those crowds...
Crowds weren’t too bad an issue at all. Like sure nearly every wave was accounted for with good surfers but lots of wide and inside ones to split the crowds up. Still got plenty. Nothing like an inco 3-4ft swell with people shoulder to shoulder at all.
Have to concer. Plenty of people, you’re definitely not getting what you want but no where near as suffocating as smaller, lined-up, perfect, ‘can’t fall off’ type swells.
I can’t stand cooly normally, but when like this you only need a couple and you can paddle in and walk back stoked.
Yeah nailed it. As you said you couldn’t be on all the ones you wanted which were a-class but all the others weren’t too shabby.
PS-Craig beautiful pictorial portraying the rawness of the swell so far
Nice pics Craig looks like the odd gem in the rough. Mid Nth coast is under the influence of the sou/ east swell & windy south-sou/east winds which seems to be holding back Oma's gifts. Bummer really because this place loves a good cyclone swell with southerlies.
many skies around ? behaving themselves ?
penny for the grey torpedo's thoughts on all this