Surfing

[BrightonCottager]

Anyone get in last Friday? I didn't but it was epic by all accounts.

 

[maltaseagull]

You don't know ghandi do you mate?

Didn't he die in India?

 

[maltaseagull]

I used to belong to the Brighton Canoe Club when we had an clubhouse on the fishermans hard.

Very rare for any decent surf but I do remember one classic evening when there were about 5 kayaks and about the same number of boards surfing in the gap between the Palace Pier and the groyne all shouting "My Wave" 1970 ish.

 

[BrightonCottager]

Anyone get in early doors? I heard it was shoulder high at the Hot Pipe. A lovely clean swell and offshore. Smaller at lunchtime.

 

[Chicken Run]

Where is this hot pipe you talk of? Oh and the cold pipe too?

 

[BrightonCottager]

Hot Pipe is the outfall from Shoreham power station and the Cold Pipe is the outfall from the aggregates depot.

 

[AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit]

They actually do surf near the steel mills in Chicago (south of downtown). The water is about 7 to 10 degrees C here this time of year.

 

[Del Boy]

Are there ever enough waves in Brighton to surf?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I was in the Englischer Garden in Munich during the week, they were surfing there!

 

[Caveman]

Are there ever enough waves in Brighton to surf?

Not been in for a couple of years now, but the winter swells are the best obviously. The only thing that annoyed me was the drift and messy waves on windy days, very rare you get clean sets unless in the arms.

Plan to get back into again shortly now life permits.

 

[BrightonCottager]

This is quite a famous wave...in Germany

 

[BrightonCottager]

Not been in for a couple of years now, but the winter swells are the best obviously. The only thing that annoyed me was the drift and messy waves on windy days, very rare you get clean sets unless in the arms.

Plan to get back into again shortly now life permits.

True about the lack of clean swell, although keep an eye on sharkbait.co.uk as James is very good at calling the swell.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Are there ever enough waves in Brighton to surf?

Hot pipes, Carats caff, day after a big storm, marvellous & mushrooms on toast & a cuppa afters

 

[BrightonCottager]

Hot pipes, Carats caff, day after a big storm, marvellous & mushrooms on toast & a cuppa afters

Nice. I prefer the Roedean caff over by the Marina. A couple of decades ago all the surfers parked there and had a tea and whatnot in the cafe, then a set of tenants got arsey with those who didn't avail themselves of the scram on offer (even though the car park is huge) and started clamping. Thankfully now the the current tenants are really welcoming and the cafe serves good honest grub. I've dinged 2 cars squeezing through the metal posts over the road so I'll pay my dues in the form of a takeaway coffee. Surf's been mental for the last few months and warm - I've only worn gloves twice.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Lived in Bali the past four years. Now in Cornwall. Messy and cold, makes me angry but hey-ho, could be worse

 

[BrightonCottager]

Lived in Bali the past four years. Now in Cornwall. Messy and cold, makes me angry but hey-ho, could be worse

A few of my friends have moved from Brighton to N Devon and they've not been in for weeks this autumn/winter - no shelter on the local beaches and miles to drive to the 'secret' spots which will be crowded when they get there.
Bali - there's somewhere I'd like to live. I visited it for 4 days on the way back from a 4 week holiday in Oz in 87. Wished I'd done it the other way round.

 

[Caveman]

True about the lack of clean swell, although keep an eye on sharkbait.co.uk as James is very good at calling the swell.

Cheers, normally use magicseaweed, bit hit and miss,but a good site. Back into again been in a lot recently and loving it.

 

[Caveman]

This is quite a famous wave...in Germany

This is a good watch, if not already seen....
https://vimeo.com/78288668

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

This is a good watch, if not already seen....
https://vimeo.com/78288668

I know nothing about surfing but that was cool. Good music as well.

 

[Reagulls]

This is a good watch, if not already seen....
https://vimeo.com/78288668

Very good, another good local watch is a film made by Richard Gregory.
All the locals in the 5 local spots, he managed to get it shown at the duke of yorks, a full house, a good night.
Full version is 20 mins long.

http://youtu.be/Fapv8F3Cf68