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July 18th 2010
The water is cold now, there is still some surf around with great banks at the rivermouth over the last month with many good days. I watched some tow ins at Governors Island at Bicheno on Thursday afternoon. Even though the swell was quite large - say around 6 -8ft at redbill I saw some waves break on the reef double overhead as it leapt over the reef. North Shelly banks seems to have gone but still a few banks at dark hollow. Sorry about the lack of reports but winter is almost hibernation time. The number of surfers has fallen off considerably now as winter increases its grip.
Above the Grid at fourmile has only had a few good days.
Thge days have been sunny but the water temp is around 12 degrees now and core temp drops rapidly. Some locals have gone to the tropics now for the winter. I think I am stuck here this winter.

Surf Report April 21st 2010
Well we have had such a turn around in the surf over the last few weeks, to say the least its been pumping in a number of spots along the coast. The banks are setup for what has been mostly a southerly swell flow over the last week.

North Shelly at the weekend.
The good thing about this time of the year is the clean offshore conditions that sometimes last all day because the summer sea breezes don't come in. South shelly has shown signs of working a few times on the south swell.

South Shelly a few days ago.
The surf has been consisitant all along the coast and many surf locations a bit off the beaten track have had excellent waves over the last month so its worth having a drive to check out these surf locations as well.

Report February 9th 2010
I know I have been slack but the surf has been so bad over the last 3 months there was nothing of any consequence to write about the surf on the east coast of tasmania. Just lately though it has started to go off again and haven't the boys been into it. The crowds were pretty intense last weekend because of the long weekend in the south of the state. Basically there has been 1 wind swell with one day wonders from the notheast swells with offshore wind swings. Focus has been on fourmile and redbill with good banks in both spots. There has been the odd day at dark hollow and north shelly really cooked for a day in a south swell. The east swell that we are currently having has been here since thursday with waves most days after that. Its great to see the coast really having a go again.

Peaky conditions as the swell subsided, still a lot of fun.

Paddle Boarder rides one from the outside, further out than even the mals can takeoff.

Report October 27th
We are not having a good time of the surf on the east coast of tassie for the month of October and generally it is the same in november with maybe a couple of days exception. It should all start in December if past years repeat the cycle. I make no excuses for putting up a few waves from Beng Bengs just down the track from Ebay in the Mentawai islands. Probably sick of it but there is no surf to video here so check this little reef break.

Surf Report Oct 2 09 - Mentawai Islands

Sorry I have been a bit slack on the report lately but I got a bit caught up on a little surf trip to the Mentawai Islands. Very interesting to visit the Wave Nation. There are just that many surf spots all over the place. Here is a couple of shots but I will get a small video up soon. On the local front I will try to catch up with whats going on as far as surf banks etc. soon.

Beng - Beng was a left hand reef about 20 minute walk from the house. Nice little reef left reminded me a bit of Cactus setup but warmer water.

EBay - Left reef, don't be deceived by this photo, Ebay can be a real mauler. It reminded me of early Kirra the way it broke but around the other way and tubing on sharp coral reef. Not for the light hearted thats for sure. This was the view from out front door looking toward Ebay point.

Monday 6th July 2009
The surf just keeps pumping, it won't stop, even though the cold is setting in the waves just keep getting better. Its been a great winter so far with surf going off the show in a series of locations along the east coast. His is some footage of a couple of breaks south of swansea on Saturday.

Friday 19th June 2009
Surf has been excellent lately, pity its winter but the waves have been off the show. I don't apologise for the size of the rivermouth because when it was larger I wasn't filming but you will get the idea of what it has been like when you add a coupla ft to the wave face. This was a smaller day but still shows the shape.

Thursday 11th June 2009 - Peron
Things have really hotted up here on the east coast over the last few weeks. Even though the weather is getting cold the surf has been excellent with waves in a number of spots along the coast being very consistant. Peron was pumping off the point last Sunday. Here is some footage:

Just after the Peron event it rained hard and the scamander rivermouth busted out and left this big sandbar. The swell just hit it on the right angle for 2 days on Monday and Tuesday. It was great to see, some beautiful peeling waves, hollow and some were flawless. Depending on the swell direction(there was an east and southeast swell together) the waves were breaking left or the right had 2 peaks, a middle peak and an outside peak. Pleanty of waves to go around.

Saturday 23rd May 2009
The surf has been non existant for a week now but we seems to have an increasing northeast groundswell today with the possibility of some waves over the next few days. The water is still warm enough and temperatures not all that bad so far for winter. The banks are not great but still some are holding surf if the swell.

Early Morning Surf Report 7.30Saturday May 9th 2009
(see outside fourmile video below)

Outside Fourmile & Rubbish Tip Video 2009
Shot is late april at outside fourmile on a large northeast swell and at swansea in early may on a south swell.

Surf Report April 25th 2009
Well we are well thru April now and heading into winter again. I thought initially that April didn't have much going for it, there seemed to be long intervals of no surf but when I looked thru the photos it didn't turn out real bad after all. I was capped off today by a large east/ northeast groundswell that got a few spots up and grunting that have laid dorment for some time.
Outside Fourmile - The sleeping giant awakes

Another one rolls thru at Outside Fourmile

Earlier on in the month we had a few sessions at the Grid, one session ended in some surfers getting chased out of the water by a white pointer who was feeding in a school of salmon.
The Grid

Another clean day at the grid in april.

Most swells during the month were coming from the northeast and redbill was picking them up clean as a whistle. Some nice banks with lefts and rights at different times during the day.

A few left handers the other day at peron when everything else was blown out in the northeast wind.

Surf Report - Wednesday 1st April 2009
At last a bit of swell. It looks a bit messy but we should get a wave today, it has been hopeless this year so a bit of a splash would be excellent. Anyway here is a small video I took this morning of shelly, probably the most likely spot for a surf today.