Sunday 20th March and it's a cloudy morning following a fair bit of rain in the night. I check the webcams and surf reports and I'm not filled with huge hope but get Sam up about 7.40 and tell him we'll head to Torquay and check it out. We pick up his mate Louey and head off just after 8.00 am.
We get a great run down to Torquay and we are out of the car checking out the small surf at 9.30 and in the water by 9.40. Not too many people out and the weather is fantastic - clear sky, virtually no wind and a moderate temp. of about 20 or so. The front beach at Torquay gets some swell coming round the reef from Point Danger and into the bay. It's a beginners and Mal wave and that's reflected in the crowd in the water. The waves are probably about 1 foot mostly with the occassional 2 to 2.5 foot wave coming through. The waves are holding up a bit but when you're on it's a fun wave and you can get a good 20 meter ride into the beach and I imagine on bigger days you could have a lot of fun from out the back.
The two boys catch a fair few waves and have a good time, mostly catching reforms or at times standing in the surf and then just pushing straight onto the waves. I get a couple of great little waves including a nice little wave where I headed right and turned around to give the boys the big Mick Fanning Victory salute as I headed right down the wave. All in all a fun little session and I have milked Torquay for all it's worth, with this being break no. 3 there. It's time to move on and I need 30 by the end of March/first week in April to stay on track.
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