Break No. 40 - Guvvos

Sunday 26th June and I'm up reasonably early for a Sunday and out of house about 7.45 am.  The wind is northerly and I'm thinking I'll try the West Coast and head towards Fairhaven.  The sky is pretty clear and although the wind seems pretty strong I'm thinking it looks like a ripper day.  I'm going by myself today and am thinking about whether I can double up, but that may be tough as I've got to be back for Sam's footy in the afternoon.

I make pretty good time and am heading past Bell's Beach about 9.00 am.  I keep going and as I head through Anglesea I think I will stop at Guvvos and check that out.  Guvvos is about 4 kms out of Anglesea, and is I think the third beach car park on Point Roadknight.  Guvvos is a beach break and as I look out from the beach lookout there are around 6 or 7 blokes in the water and whilst it looks small, it's very clean with a strong off-shore wind blowing.  I get changed quickly and I reckon it's only about 7 or 8 degrees with the wind chill biting a bit too. 

I'm quickly in the water and out the back in no time.  The waves are probably mostly 1/2 a meter with the odd 1 meter rolling through.  The waves are holding up in the strong off shore and this is a bit frustrating.  After about 10 mins I get onto a great little wave but I probably take off a bit straight and deep as when I look to go left and back up the bank the wave has already broken - I just turn out, but it was a nice little ride.  I paddle around for the next 15 mins keeping warm and actually with the sun out it's really pretty nice, it's just the wind on your face that bites a bit.  A set comes through and I let two others I'm out with get the first wave and then I get onto the second.  It's a nice wave, about 2 foot or so and I'm up quickly and go right down the face and then turn right again to coast down the line very briefly before it breaks and dribbles out.  Another nice ride.

I get onto a couple of other rides over the next twenty minutes or so and also make a clown of myself on another couple of waves by either getting under one or falling off another.  After being out about 50 mins. I head in and must say I've enjoyed Guvvos and would come back again, the banks look good and one of the guys out tells me he reckons it's one of the most reliable breaks around - he tells me lives in Anglesea and so that's a great recommendation. 

After the surf I head into Torquay and check out the shops, buying a few tee shirts on sale and grabbing some breakfast.  I go into Patagonia and I love their stuff but  wish they would have a sale, so I could afford to buy something!  40 breaks down and 10 to go - it will be touch and go but what the hell it's the journey you need to enjoy, not the goal isn't it!!