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And 2011 draws to a close. Not with the bang that the early Autumn swells promised but with a bit of a whimper. There has been surf during December but there hasn’t been a lot on offer other than some surfs down at Hayle on Boxing Day and the 27th and a few, by and large, diabolical surfs at Praa Sands.
Overall though you’d have to say that 2011 was a good year. Surf-wise its been an incredibly violent time in the Atlantic and so long as there is enough swell you can always find a sheltered cove somewhere that will make sense of it.

Even the summer provided plenty of waves but next year some more sun would be nice!
If next year is as good I’ll be stoked – we’ve got a child due at the end of January, our first, so I have a feeling it will be a good one. Though I’m told very tiring. I guess I wont be surfing as much as this year!
Well, have a great 2012 from all of us at Gwithian Academy of Surfing – hope it gives you loads of waves and sunshine.

I so hope this isn’t a fake.

For the first time that I can remember the waves and weather have ensured that we have been able to continue with our Junior Surf Club right up in to November. Normally by early winter the beach is being demolished by colossal  storm swells and the chance of taking a lesson out is very slim indeed.

This year however, unseasonably warm (it was snowing this time last year) weather and good quality groundswells have meant its been perfectly safe to continue doing lessons. Even the sea temperature hasn’t dropped off the scale yet. This is the first year that you can still surf in a summer suit in November. I still haven’t even put on my wetsuit boots yet and I usually dust them off in October.
Long may it continue. I just hope we don’t pay for it with a diabolical cold snap or a lousy summer.

It’s fast approaching Christmas so why not give the gift of surfing? Let us take the strain out of the festive season and free yourself to sort out the lunch/booze/annoying relatives.
 Our surfing gift vouchers can be purchased online and then all you have to do is sit back and wait for the grateful recipients to send their thank you letters!
Remember to order before the Post Office’s last delivery date and we will get it out by first class post free of charge.

Some epic waves have been smashing into the South Coast today and due to the angle of the swell it has caught a lot of people cold. While most have been gazing out at ankle high waves at Gwithian and other West facing beach breaks on the North Coast those in the know, and those who had a tip off such as myself, have been presented with overhead waves the likes of which only break during a once in a lifetime swell.

Actually thats a huge exaggeration but they don’t break very often. Optimists might refer to these breaks as secret spots but glass half empty types, a sub-category that I definitely fall into, think of them more as infrequent spots. Everyone knows about them but they are so rare that unless you are right on the ball the first you here about them they are prefixed with ‘You shoulda been here yesterday’.
The top picture you should be able to work out where it is but the bottom one…. well, it’s a secret isn’t it? You’d never believe me if I told you anyway.