Saturday 2nd April and Warnambool is blown out and so I head down to Port Fairy to check the surf out. Port Fairy is only 30/40 mins from Warnambool and a very nice drive with a few spots on the way worth checking out - Killarney and Tower Hill to name a few.
At Port Fairy I check out the East Beach in this historic little town. It doesn't look great - the beach is in a small bay and the wind is onshore and surf a little blown out. There are 3 blokes out in front of the surf club and I think well they can't all be wrong and so head out. I get out through the breaking surf pretty easily and it's about 2 foot mostly with the odd 2.5 foot coming through. The waves are mostly dumping but there is the odd ride to be had, mostly breaking right. I get a couple of nice waves and one great dumper, which sends me flying. The good wave reforms and is quite a nice ride into the beach and I get out. I'm out for about 40 mins and you can tell the good weather is over for Victoria, as I get out because my feet are losing their feeling it's that cold in the water. The beach itself is very picturesque and I can imagine it getting some good surf for long boarders in winter when bigger swells would get into the bay.
I check out the breaks around Port Fairy and they are really mean - the passage and Gabbos. There are rocks everywhere and great big, wild surf - it's for tough, experienced and crazy surfers.
Port Fairy is a great little town and the bakery in the main street is fantastic and there are lots of great places to eat and stay. It is definitely worth a look.
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