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| Wavescape Ocean Watch  Wavescape Ocean Watch (WOW)(Spike, 12.11, Tuesday 15 May 2012) Easing 6' lines Tuesday go 4-5' tickled by easing SE offshores. Moderate early, light later. Classic day. Points small. Wednesday beautiful day. Epic but lulled 4-5' sets appear with long 15 sec intervals. Intermittent perfection open coast in light variable to no wind. Thursday same only smaller 2-4' lines at shorter periods, a bit more consistent. Great quality. Light SE to glassy, puffing moderate to fresh S midday. Friday 3-4' clean morning, going strong S. Saturday strong S and new short stacked 6' SSW swell. Points sputter 3-4'.  Wavescape Ocean Watch (WOW)(Spike, 1.55pm, Monday 21 May 2012) Pumping 6'+ vewy souf swell Monday morning in luverly light SE puffing moderate later. Cooking open coast. Points smaller and intermittent on account of S angle. Tuesday fresh devils Berg wind warm muff winter seas burnished offshore textures and continued but dropping 4-5' SSW swell, going 3' by day's end. Mouthful. Wind goes lumpy NW. Wednesday tiny surf and mumped lumpy NW breezes. Thursday epic weskus day. Clean blue oil and soft pulsing 4-5' bombs open coast. Wind calm to variable. Some solid 6' sets in arvi. Eish. Epic. Friday more epicnewss 5-7' surf in light NW to glassy. Oooh.  Wavescape Ocean Watch (WOW)(Spike, 1.44pm, Monday 21 May 2012) Fat 6-8' bombs Monday in glassy to light SE. False Bay heaving 4-5' in light East lump. Corner cranks. Tuesday goes light N to NE early, 4-5' surf easing all day. Morning epic. FB fun 3' early. Strong NW smacks middayish. Wednesday fresh N to NW and small seas both sides, barely 2', though slight pulse to 3' west side in arvi. FB 2' clean. Thursday fresh N goes moderate in arvi. New 4-6' surf pulses all day and 7' bombs in arvi. FB 3' and fun and clean tralala. Friday strong 4-5' surf in moderate NW winds for good reef options. FB 2-3' and clean.  Wavescape Ocean Watch (WOW)(Spike, 2.13pm, Monday 21 May 2012) Off its face on your bike to score 6-10' south swell Monday in epic seas. Light W goes glassy. Pure perfection. Tuesday smaller 4-5' easing and soft touch of devillish N breeze, but should still be fun early, with wind going variable NW later as swell falls to maybe 2-4'. Wednesday small 2-3' surf, small 5-10 kt west wind. Small day, clean. Gooi die lang plank. Thursday small soft day with 2-3' bumps clean early going manky NE onshore. Friday pulsing 3-4' reaching 5' in arvi in light west offshore freshening slowly in morning. Fun.  Wavescape Ocean Watch (WOW)(Spike, 2.13pm, Monday 21 May 2012) Absolutely epic 10-12' general south swell Monday in epic light W to glassy. Doesn't get better than this tho ordinary breaks may be out of control. Tuesday same again, only 50% smaller, 4-6' easing to 2-4' in soft touch of devillish N to NW but still kiff. Wind goes W later. Wednesday almost flat. Fun is over. Clean west breeze buffs 2-3' open coast surf, that's it. Thursday same size surf set on by suppurating NE onshores, light early, blown out later. Friday sickly peaky morning 3-4' lumpy leftovers, slowly sorted by west switch in arvi.  Wavescape Ocean Watch (WOW)(Spike, 2.22pm, Monday 21 May 2012) Crazy SSW bomb swell blasts coast asunder 10' or more Monday in epic west offshores, easing to light and glassy. Many breaks out of control. Tuesday surf right down to 3-5' with fresh devils wind N, going moderate in arvi. Slightly iffy, but those mystic lefts could be the berries. Wednesday runs 3' or slightly more, soft SSW surf, with clean NW landbreezes, and it looks like all day for both. Thursday same size and okay early, but light NE onshores build into miffery. Friday ugh. Blown out ugliness.  Wavescape Ocean Watch (WOW)(Spike, 2.28pm, Monday 21 May 2012) Points firing or out of control 6-8' in fresh leftover busterlies Monday improving to epic conditions in arvi as the west goes light. Classic. Tuesday would be fun 4-5' but the NE wind puffs to ruin a good thing. Better conditions in S towards Slumtown tho. Wednesday glassy and smooth to light W to E variable in soft 1-3' bumps. Swell gone now. Thursday same size (small) in soft west, going light NE to SE, moderate later. Friday ugh. Blown out ugliness.  Wavescape Ocean Watch (WOW)(Spike, 2.56pm, Monday 21 May 2012) Strong busterlies pummel points with windblasted 8'+ sets Monday and it's outta control, tho wind eases all day, and by Tuesday would be epic 4-6+' but the NE wind is up early to kap a kiff thing. Wednesday glassy and smooth to light W in fun leftover 3-4' lines dropping off to nowhere 2' maybe 3'. Thursday small 2' maybe 3' lines in soft west, going light NE to SE, moderate later. Friday ugh. Blown out ugliness.  Wavescape Ocean Watch (WOW)(Spike, 3.08pm, Monday 21 May 2012) Fresh west brushes fun if intermittent 2-3' sets Monday going nice and clean in arvi. Fun surf, with solid 6' bombs on the Bluff side. Tuesday lekker 4-5' peaks in moderate NNW wind at first on open coast, with the piers 2' up to 3' max in cleanish devillish NNW breeze going lumpy and onshore and messy later. Wednesday kiff smooth day but very little to no surf at all, maybe even completely flat. Even wildside coast small. Thursday pretty much the same, with 2' lines open coast up to maybe 3' with town 1' in nice light W. Friday ugh. Blown out ugliness.  Wavescape Ocean Watch (WOW)(Spike, 3.08pm, Monday 21 May 2012) Cooking south swell but blasting S wind messes the options on the noord kussed Monday tho the breeze is easing to moderate but still sideshore in arvi. Tuesday dawn patrol could yield super fun landbreezy 4-6' S swell peaks before a light NE becomes moderate to miff. Wednesday nasty blasted N wind devils day honking to 25kts and not very naas. Thursday lekker calm day with no wind but no surf to speak of either. Friday 2' bumps at most in calm to glassy morning puffing wobbly NE onshore later, but staying light. | |
