Break 45 - Fairhaven

Saturday 6th August and I head off early to go down the West Coast - I leave at about 7.00 am as I  need to be back in Melbourne at midday for the football.  It's a nice day in Melbourne, blue skies and a very light north wind.  I get a great run and I'm heading down aroundAnglesea a little after 8.15 am.  Its looks pretty flat but I pass a few people out at Hutt Gully and that gives me some hope for fairhaven.

I arrive at Fairhaven and it's very inconsistent to look at with sets a fair way apart and the waves only about 2 ft.  I get changed and head out.  I wait for a set to roll through and then paddle straight out the back and sit.  The sun is out and like last week you can see right up the coast and it's fantastic out in the water.  After what seems like ages a set comes through and I pass on the first wave and then paddle onto the second wave - I get up, go right and then the wave pretty well dumps and I get some whitewater before it reforms for a very small ride.  I drop off the back and into the water - yes, it's very cold. 

I paddle around for the next twenty minutes and there are two further rides I get and they are very small and after the seond I decide to call it quits.  I have got to 45 breaks and with two days to go I'm not overly optimistic on my target of 50.  I stop for coffee in Angelsea at the general store/cafe and the coffee was pretty ordinary.  I then drive home and stop in at Torquay - Patagonia has a sale on and I will have to come back as they have such great gear.