Posts Tagged ‘groundswell’

The swell that kept on coming…

Jason Swain, going left at Compton

So, its five days and counting now that this spring swell has hung around, and thats pretty good going for the south coast, especially accompanied by offshore winds. Only had time for a really quick surf at lunchtime, and no photos either, but i did get back in the evening to shoot a few SUP’s [...]


I was there yesterday!! an overdue surf blog.

Jason Swain at Compton Bay, by Paul Blackley

Following up on the theme of my last surf blog, where i’d missed out on the good swell at Freshwater Bay because i had to stay in and have my broadband line fixed. This time i’m happy to write about the waves I did get on a glorious days surfing at Compton Bay, on the [...]


Freshwater Bay Monday Blues

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First day out with the camera in 2012 and it was a trip to my old stomping ground of Freshwater Bay to catch some winter waves. Bit of a paddle out if you fancied a surf on this particular day at Freshwater Bay! Not surprisingly there were no takers with the strong onshore winds and massive close-out sets that [...]


I should have been there yesterday (The story of Isle of Wight surfing)

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 Isle of Wight Surfing. Returning to a familiar theme for this blog, and probably for most people who ever done a bit of Isle of Wight surfing too, the old ‘you should have been here yesterday’ routine. Over the last 20 years I’ve built my life next to the sea and the West Wight in [...]


Joe Truman & others surfing Compton Bay Sunday 20-2-11

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Some great GoPro HD footage from Compton Bay on Sunday the 20th of February 2011. Thanks to Nigel Bulloch for his camera, editing patience and skills. I missed this whole week of swell with the arrival of my son William, but its great to be able to experience it via this footage and some of the other great [...]


Archive surfing #1

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I found a few shots that got overlooked, neglected, or fell down the back of the sofa


It’s all over now. Surfing photo blog.

Late drop

That’s it now, the last batch of surf photos from the last big day, maybe we’ll get another good swell now that they are all gone.


You should have been here in February!

Missing in Action

Part Five of the ‘you should have been here yesterday’ photo blog from February 6th at Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight.


The swell that just kept on coming. YSHBHY #4

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It was the swell that kept on coming for days


Hands up if you’re having fun yet… YSHBHY3

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the offshore winds created plenty of critical sections


Front page Explore on Flickr.

Life is just a series of peaks and troughs

Its not very often a surfing shot makes it to the front page of Flickr explore these days


YSHBHY part two

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Another random selection from the swell on Saturday 6th Feb


You should’ve been here yesterday…

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a random selection of shots from the hundreds i took on Saturday


Goldilocks swell – part two

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More from the day when it was ‘just right’


Not so big Wednesday…. part four

Spray

Still finding photos from the good swell of a few weeks ago


Big Wednesday part three

Escape

more of the pictures from last weeks big swell


“Big Wednesday” part two

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The big swell continued through thursday and the sun came out too


Big Wednesday

A lot ended up like this

double overhead sets at Freshwater Bay can seem pretty intimidating when you come face to face with them


October Swell

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Tuesday 27th October (pm) – Finally a solid bit of groundswell hits the isle of wight, depending on what forecast you look at it was called at 3ft-16 seconds or 4.5ft-15 seconds. I’d say the bigger set waves were closer to 4-5ft and you could definitely feel the long wave period when one hit you [...]


Isle of Wight Surfing Gallery

A Gallery of surf photography

Sit back and enjoy a slide-show of beautiful surfing photography.


The Wave Photo Gallery

Offshore breeze - Gallery of Empty Waves

A slide-show of beautiful wave studies from around our coast.