This is the HOAX COAST page today; I'll post a screen shot occasionally when things change a lot. 

Okay, I'm not going to harp on it after this, but the frustrating thing was watching the surf on the internet at work during the week, with the swell PUMPING, and to see it drifting away to nothingness today. (sobs)

Okay, I'm over it now.

Some of the ways:

this surf is glassy
this surf looks warm
this surf looks fun
this surf was in a mythical past when everything seemed better
this surf was over 1'
this surf didn't require a 4/3 steamer and booties
this surfer feels loose and flexible (see above)
etc.

Just trying out the new feature of blogspot, using a thing called Hello to send picture. Tis picture is different from my surf today in so many ways it's not funny! 

Had a lame, cold, over-full, one foot surf with 10 guys this afternoon which was so sad. I got one wave that felt like a wave should, and the others all I could do was stand there looking out to sea, hoping for something better. Not too cold in the water, but I wore my booties for the first time this season.

A couple of degrees cooler in the water since I last had a surf, but another beautiful day in Melbourne, and it was nice sitting out in the water this weekend in the Autumn sunshine. Not many good banks around, a bit back-washey with a high tide and a steep beach, but also a couple of peaky ones that came my way.