Break 26 - Lorne

Friday 25th March and Sue, Sam and I are heading to Lorne on the Great Ocean Road about an hour from Torquay.  We arrive about 3.00 pm and there is a bit of swell and it's very clean.  The main break at Lorne is on the point front of the surf club.  On low tide it breaks best about 200 meters off shore and is best directly from the rocks on the righ hand side leading out to the pier. On mid to high tide there can be some decent waves directly accessable from the beach, near the surf club.  It's mid tide for Sam and I and the only action is closer in to the beach.  There are about four blokes out - 2 longboarders and a couple of short boarders.

Sam and I both get out the back with ease, with access close to the rocks taking you round the break.  The sets have nice break between them and the waves are about 2 foot with perhaps the odd 2.5 to 3 foot.  The waves are holding up a bit in a light off shore wind but otherwise it's a really beautiful day - about 18-20 degrees and blue skies in Lorne.  Lorne is so picturesque with the rocks on the left hand side, a broad stretch of beach and the hills in the background and today it's just nice sitting out the back. 

Sam gets on to a wave early and I can see him get up and then disappear and it's only after a few seconds that I see him re-emerge riding the wave into the beach - he let's me know later it's one of his best waves ever.  I catch a few and really enjoy the session and get one beauty of a wave on which I get a great ride all the way to the beach as I get a reform half way in.  We both get plenty of waves (one photo example below) and about 40 minutes in we are joined by two loder guys on their mals who declare "you two have had it too good for too long and we've come to get some waves".  True to their word they start getting them and the term "wave hog" was coined for these blokes, although they do it in good spirits and have plenty of fun.

We spend the next two days on Lorne and for a break I thought fickle it is extremely consistent, if small across the whole weekend.  We also head to Kennet River on the Saturday and that was firing on the low tide.  I recommened the Wye River Cafe for a stop on the Great Ocean Rd and also Lorne has the best Hamburger joint in Australia - this may surprise you but the hot lentil was the best burger I have had.  It does great chicken and beef burgers as well.

I have a few days off at the end of this week and so hope to get to 30 breaks by the end of March.