Wednesday 12th January and I am at Apollo Bay, deep on the west coast of Victoria on holidays and its been raining since Monday when we arrived. The surf is just ok and Ollie, 21 year old second eldest son of the family we go away with has been in surfing each day with Sam and they have been surfing the main beach. The good waves are pretty few and far between but for Sam and Alex, younger sister of Ollie (18) they have been getting good waves in whitewater and having a good surf.
This morning it was absolutely pelting down when Sam and I went out to near the pier to catch a few waves. The pier is longboard heaven - small, long rides from out the back on 1-2 foot waves. I catch a few waves and get a couple of good rides with Sam yelling for me to walk the Board, which I manage once nearly hanging five. The rain is absolutely belting down though with the wind quite strong as well and we both last about 40 minutes and then are happy to just get out of the water and head back in.
Apollo Bay is a great town for holidays with plenty of cafes and also great walks and other things to do and so with rain forecast for the rest of the week and not great surf we will have plenty of time to explore all it has to offer. We have been coming here for the last twenty years and so we know the place pretty well and can't recommend it highly enough. Sam has already begun his annual quest to be Uno champion and he has brough to the house the same vidos that are watched pretty much every year - Stand by me, Scrubs Series DVDs, Love Actually and on the list goes.
Anyway Break 13 down and should be able to get 14 and perhaps 15 before the week is out although the surf forecast is not great.
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