Riding The Swell...

Hmmm, interesting one this. I'm paddling today with Steve who's down here for some 5 star training.

The forecast ain't good, F5-7, moderate sea state & 8 foot surf expected. I think the best reason to explain why we did this trip is that the forecast is worse for tomorrow & we wanted to do a trip on the North Coast. Better now than never.

 After leaving Steve's car at Newquay we headed to Portreath to launch...

 Doesn't look too bad to start with...

 Steve posing :)

The swell was quite quickly getting very big, about 10 foot I reckon? it was making me quite nervous & I reached a maximum of 9.5 knots surfing the swells.

We stayed well out from shore to avoid the swell as it turns into surf nearer the shore.

We head behind Bawden Rocks to try & hide from the wind & swell & to have a break & it got really tasty between the rocks (YEEHAA).

Going

Going

Gone (just, I can see Steves Head).

 Finally got the finish in sight.

Newquay Harbour (PHEW). It was big conditions on this trip & kept us both grinning afterwards. Cheers Steve...

GEEK STAT"S

Trip Odom 13.2 NM (15.1 Statute)

Max Speed 9.5 Knots (surfing)

Moving Average 4.0 Knots

Time Moving 03:03:52

Gone South...

On the 8th & 9th of October I will be doing my 4 star Sea Leader assessment with Sea Kayaking Cornwall so I decided to head South a few weeks early & get used to the bloody big surf down here.

Also to do some blogs as I ain't done many trips lately. I aint been sat on my arse though, I've been doing short trips for skills practice & rolling ready for my assessment.

View From Camp At Dawn...

Portreath Beach (Ready To Go)...

A Decent Swell...

Godrevy In The Distance...

At this point I put the camera away. I could see big messy swell on the other side of the Island, rather disconcerting.
Did I really have to go right around the Island? Hell Yeah!
After a tense few minutes looking over my shoulder for the next swell & also trying not to get too close to rocks I got around though I think I may have been pushing my luck?

A Good Spot For A Pee :)

 Back at Portreath, hope this don't get too messy

HMMM, looking towards the beach, a stiff offshore wind taking the tops off the waves. Amazingly I went in without catching a wave so I turned back around & played for a bit in the surf.

A Good day out...

An Image Of Godrevy Island That I Took A Few Years Ago...