By Hollie Harris
It was a very quiet start of the week for waves. Last week saw the best of it and these local longboarders made each wave count.
Samuel Crookshanks, local surfer, well known for his longboard tricks, works at Noosa Longboards on Hastings Street, taken at Roses Cove last week.
Julia Johnson, local, surfing her longboard for two years here in Noosa. There was a shark scare which had Julia paddling in, but then she had paddled back out again as the surf was too good – only a surfer will understand that move.
A few rumours of the man in a grey suit circling (excuse the pun) last week which had many surfers picking their feet up out of the water, but a certain photo of a great white was a fake and a fin was a dolphin. There was one instance at Tea Tree of an alert, but much to onlookers’ surprise, the crowd of surfers didn’t budge.
With wild and woolley surf on the opens and flat this week along the Noosa Points, it was a pretty average week for surf.
This week things are looking a bit better. There is a gradual increase in swell size which should peak today reaching heights of 3ft on the open beaches and smaller sets coming through the points. It may be a good start to March with an active and sizeable period of surf on the cards next week. It has been a bit of a lull for surfers for a while with onshores for the northern beachies most days really limiting the options, so let’s hope the surfing gods shine on surfers so they can get a few sessions in before the Laguna Realty Noosa Festival of Surfing kicks off on Saturday.
It’s the writer’s absoloute favourite event of the year – what a fantastic week of all things surfing and Noosa really comes alive. It really feels like a holiday in a surfing paradise….oh wait, it is! As difficult as it is to watch all those beautiful sets coming through and not be able to join in, (Not to mention the options are all chock-a-block) spectating is almost just as good from the rocks, thank goodness. Almost.
