SURFING MARGARET RIVER

One has to wonder of the Pro shouldn't have been scheduled over the last several days and into this weekend as the tide, wind, swell and weather all lined up to produce great conditions into this long weekend here in WA. It's so easy to just say that but of course the level of analysis, time, scheduling and juggling required for a world class event such as the Pro - not to mention international competitors with Covid issues and location changes - is mind-boggling and we take

The forecast isn't always right and today proved to be such a day. Strong easterlies forecast to start before dawn didn't happen, so the early risers got good sized swell and no wind to speak of. But as the wind picked up, and man was it icy, - it felt like it was blowing straight of the antarctic glaciers - the swell strated to pick up. Solid 10 foot sets were coming in, some a bit larger than that too. A bit of west saw Boaties lookin'the goods while the Bombie wasn't reall

We had some great surf during the week and the good conditions continued into this weekend. Today saw a rising swell, good tide and pretty much no wind to speak of for most of the day. The easterly that started in the morning dropped off to virually nothing by mid-morning, and the swell that started small picked up, producing some solid sets. Early on a couple of bomb sets caught people unaware. Spots holding larger swell started working and there were solid crowds at some of

While further north has had to evacuate, here in the south we've had just the good to contend with. Some much needed rain, and of course a spike in the swell. Conditions looked good on Saturday with the swell starting to jump in the afternoon. The cloud rolled in late arvo to evening, and the rain started to come down about 4am Sunday morning. A light easterly started things off as day broke, but by 10am or so it was howling. Big boards came out at Mainbreak, as much to comba