I woke up about 6am to exactly the same conditions as I went to sleep in, apart from the dull morning light in the fog. I decided I'd wait to mid day at the latest to see if the fog would burn off, and if not I'd head back to the coast. Wentworth Falls was the route I had wanted to do today, so I drove the 15 minutes it took to get there and decided to wait it out in 'bed' reading my book. By some miracle the fog and cloud started to burn off about 9am! By 9:30a...

I was right, no one else booked into my room last night, so there were just the 3 of us, how lucky is that? I had a pretty good sleep aside from being woken up by an old man who snores like a fog horn. There was meant to be a solar eclipse about 7:30am, but unfortunately there is so much low cloud here you would never know. It's a pretty overcast and drizzling morning, which I sort of expected being at this altitude and a bad weather forecast. It's also much coo...

It's a bit annoying the sun comes up so early down here, I was up again at 5:30am. I went straight down to Collaroy Beach, as it was sheltered from the early southerly winds, to find there was at least a bit of a wave. It was probably 2ft and clean, lefts breaking off a big concrete pipe. Once again I had a very average surf, and only lasted about an hour before I was too cold and got out again. It's difficult, early in the morning the surf is better, but with th...

I had a pretty average sleep last night, waking up quite a few times, so I was sleepy when I eventually got up about 5:30am as it was already broad daylight. I drove the 2 minutes down the hill straight to Avalon Beach, where I was pleasantly surprised. It was still about 5ft and offshore! Having quickly eaten breakfast I paddled out and surfed for about 2 and a bit hours. The water has warmed up again a little with the south swell, so that was a nice surprise ...

So I woke up at 6am and the wind is still onshore, albeit lighter than yesterday, but still making a mess of the surf. I checked Forresters Beach and it was crap, so I went round the bay to 'Terrigal Haven'. Here it was more sheltered but the surf was one big useless close out. I know I am really lucky to be able to do this road trip, but to be honest I'm a bit fed up of it at the moment. I can't remember the last time I've had a really really fun surf where I ...