SURFING MARGARET RIVER

Overcast grey skies and a light offshore greeted the early risers Friday morning. With this week one of the busiest for the year between the Capes, crowds were expected at most spots this morning. But the super low tide threw a spanner in the works, so while wind and swell were good, there was less water around than was needed for some of the classic spots to be firing (as they usually would have been). Summer's still not really arrived which is unbelievable for this time of

With less than a week to go until Xmas summer finally said hello this morning. Warm enough for a swim (finally), light off-shores early (with some decent east in them), and more swell than expected produced some nice waves. Perhaps more raw and powerful than forecast, which caught a few punters off-guard as some of the spots needing good swell started to fire. Unfortunately the off-shore got stronger and turned more south than east, eventually turning on-shore by late morning

said Tony H as he viewed the scene at Mainbreak this morning. Other calls of 'ten foot sets' and 'the swell has arrived!' also greeted those lucky enough to make it to Surfer's Point this morning. Big wave spots were firing along the coast. Cocoon Gallery in the foyer of the Margaret River library is exhibiting some of our favourite canvas prints from over the last ten years, with up to 80% off RRP before Xmas. Get down and take a look if you can. Prices start at $40. As per