The Wight Surf History website (wightsurfhistory.co.uk) is having a break whilst it looks for a new home. After 15 years of documenting the surfing history of the Isle of Wight, the accumulated photos and stories have been archived. Hopefully they can one day be ressurected, in the meantime, any questions you can contact paul blackley […]

Want to start taking photos of the surf but need help figuring out where to start? I’ve got you covered with ten tips guaranteed to have you taking perfect shots in no time. Let’s jump straight in with some solid advice on getting to grips with the gear you’ll need to make a start. 1. […]

Few shots and a video clip from an IOW old boys trip to The Wave in Bristol. Thanks to Ali Mew and Bert for the photos, Joel for the video edit, and thanks to Jim for doing the driving. I might come back when I have a bit more time to talk about the wave […]

Big swell at Freshwater bay, Isle of Wight, with only the most committed surfers making it out back in testing conditions, with some super deep take-offs as the sets were breaking outside the rock-boil at times! The Saturday night wave bouy readings (channel lightship) peaked at 22.5ft at 12 seconds with a solid 14ft – […]

It’s been over a year since the last surfing photo blog, not because i don’t love surfing or taking photos, but there’s just not usually time for both. Great light and great waves persuaded me to get the camera out again. The pics might make it look a bit tame at times, but there was […]

It’s been a solid week of swell on the Isle of Wight with strong easterlies making for some “interesting” days on the SW facing coastline. Here’s a few photos from an early morning session at Freshwater Bay on Friday 14th December. Good test for the camera too, shooting fast moving subjects in the gloom before […]

Because of time constraints (from being busy at work and also surfing every chance i get) these blogs are getting further apart, and i’ve not got too much to say this morning, but i’m back with a bumper batch of photos from the last two days of a solid week of swell to hit the […]

(I could have gone with the alternative title = How a dislocated thumb probably saved me from snapping a longboard and/or having a near-death drowning experience 🙂 Photos from the morning of Wednesday the 18th April at Freshwater Bay from Charlie Cripwell and Paul Blackley when the wave bouys were showing something like 15ft with […]

A few shots from the early afternoon of March 11th 2018 (Mothers Day), shot from the window of a camper van whilst waiting for the second surf of the day. Not the greatest photos, or the best of the swell that day, but it was the time I was there and able to snap a […]

Long time no blog, so I’m back with a few pics from a fun little winter session at Freshwater Bay. The day had started with a challenging surf at Compton fields in the morning, decent head-high waves and a cold / strong 24mph NW wind (cross-offshore) which held the waves up nicely but made going […]

Almost a year later and i’m now wrapping up my surf blogs from the Maldives back in October 2016. Part three is just a batch of shots of me on my 7’6″ taken on a small-ish day at Lohis, the left hand home reef break of the resort island Hudhuranfushi.  All photos by GoPro Ali […]

I was asked to answer a few questions and share a few pics with Wavelength Magazine for a feature on IOW surfing, click the link if you want to read the article, photos in the gallery below. http://www.wavelengthmag.com/surfing-in-the-isle-of-wight-…/ ©2017 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved The photos on the site are all © Jason Swain with All Rights […]