Brrr the Southerly is hitting

Well, the Met Services is saying,

Friday: Easterly 15 knots, changing northwest 15 knots overnight. Sea slight. Poor visibility in rain, with some heavy falls.

Saturday: Northwest 15 knots. Changing southwest 15 knots in the afternoon then rising to 25 knots gusting 35 knots in the evening. Slight sea becoming rough in the evening. Fair visibility in occasional showers.

High of 15C, Low of 7C

With conditions like this, there is no doubt, the best option is to either admit defeat and punch out a swimming session in the pool, or embrace it with a long, hard ugly session on the sea. A massive high five to all the east siders endevouring to head round Rangi (catching high tide at 6.53am), I look forward to the debriefs!

Sweet Waves in the Gulf

Well, as expected the Nor Easter did bring some fun times to the Hauraki Gulf over the weekend, and local paddlers made the most of it!

Here are a couple of photos from the Eastsiders who completed the Glendowie to Akorana.

Thankfully the swell hung around till Sunday afternoon when my crew hit the water. In fact the change in wind tidied up the swell and made for some super glassy conditions down at Taka. Alan, Bruce, Logan, Richard and myself had a ball down there catching some waves and hooting the whole time, I was guted I didn't have a camera to get a some photos - next time :-)

And Congratulations to everyon who completed Montys Revenge down at Whakatane. I heard that it was a pretty tuff paddle against the tide and the wind. A massive pat on the back to Tim Grammer, who not only took the "Veteran" title but crossed the line well over 4 minutes ahead of fellow paddler Travis Mitchell.