The fun, 3-day run came to an end….although….guys were still going surfing. G-Land almost always has something to ride, especially considering where most of us come from. Maybe if you were from another equatorial country would you not surf on these days. But, for Indonesia’s standards, it was small…and when it’s small here, there’s only one place to go. Guys were saying that Kongs was fun, still with some head-high waves but a little weak. I would easily take the bet that surfing alone up there compensated for the lack of power and/or size.
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November 14th 2009
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
November 7th 2009
Saturday, November 7th, 2009These early morning low-tides have really set up the later part of the day to only get better. A little more swell energy showed up today at G-Land…contra to what the forecast had predicted. And this is always a good reminder not to get overly reliant on the swell models. Money Trees was breaking more down-the-line than yesterday morning, but Kongs is and has been the staple on these retracting swell conditions. Still, it was a nice size…about 5 to 8 foot on the face at midday and still offshore all day!
By the late afternoon, Moneys rarely had sets, but no one sitting down there either. I was watching it from Kongs, hoping to get lured down there and enjoy it alone. Kongs was quality fun, but it wasn’t that consistent (more…)
November 5th 2009
Friday, November 6th, 20090.0 meter tide at sunrise and with the decrease in swell, I could only see 1 foot of the 2 feet faces. With small swell and low low-tides, there is definitely a reason for hope. When there’s size on a 0.0, noticing how long surfers can disappear from view on their below-sea-level bottom turn is a good indicator of how quick you can get pushed up onto the reef.
By the reach of a 1.0 meter tide, both the offshores and surf started to rise up. So I planned my surf to ride off the crowning 2.0 meter high and into Happy Hour! It was few and far in between sets, but same for the number of people out in the surf.
G-Land was about 3 to 5 feet on the face and if you were the chosen one, that rare overhead wave came straight to your smiling face. Clean and (more…)
November 4th 2009
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009Some degree of physiological change happened to me today. We’ve been witness to the cliche of “good things come in 3,” and good things meaning quality G-Land Surf…. 3 referring to our 3rd straight day of it! But even with such conditions, all I did was sleep. Maybe I overdosed from the past 2 days, or some little critter bit me. The billiard comp from last night didn’t go that late, but that probably helped. Still, I’m not sure why I was half-dead???
Early morning conditions looked great, but I wanted to time a session with fewer people. Fewer… like surfing alone or (more…)
November 1st 2009
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Harry and Jeanette together...forever...again
It’s nice that I can write the word OFFSHORE and it not reflect my hope for another day. The “dry-season” trades blew across the Blambangan Peninsula at their common time of 10 o’clock. G-Land was a fun 4 to 6 foot (faces) with a few, but rare 8 footers. Most of the action was happening in the lower Kongs/upper Moneys reef sections. That little extra south in the wind created too much surface chop for upper Kongs and there wasn’t enough energy and direction to get further down reef.
Those days that G-Land is far from hollow…like today… (more…)
October 27th 2009
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009Not too much to write about today BECAUSE it was a day to do mainly one thing here at G-Land…. RIDE a SURFBOARD on WAVES. I can throw in a few other activities such as; ate quality food, fixed a few dings, stretched, but I don’t want to yank details out of them.
Surfed some quality 6 to 8 foot-faced Fang. I saw some nice barrels from both perspectives and they were equally enjoyable. My goodness there (more…)
October 26th 2009
Monday, October 26th, 2009Walking through the corridor between the dining area and the beach was emotional early this morning. The thunder generated by the reef bounce was powerful. I was instantly shocked out of my normal morning old-man pace and into another cellular orbit. It was a nice reminder to harness that power more voluntarily.
BUT…there was a different reason why (more…)
October 23rd 2009
Friday, October 23rd, 2009I’m from southern California and I may be setting myself up to have fewer and fewer surfs there in the future. Today, I would give G-Land a 4 out of 10. Naturally….there’ll be a difference between my 10 and yours. But one thing is for sure, I’ve been fortunate enough to see high quality waves on almost every section of the reef minus beyond Speedies. Not many people have seen that section either…. My point is that today’s 4 here was a 9 out of 10 back home. If I can’t permanently live here at Bobby’s G-Land Surf Camp, I may have to start searching for a quality tree somewhere near!!!
So…I made it into the line-up at about 10:45, but beautifully there was no one to line-up behind. By 11:30 my head was truly burning up cause I had not stopped surfing/paddling/surfing/etc.. Three souls joined me after my first couple of waves and we traded off waves with a smile. I write souls cause it’s much easier to feel that…see that…when your not in the middle of a hungry pack of individuals.
Photog John came up to us, stopped for a brief moment before continuing on up-reef to the more populus pack. Not many more though. Ended up getting that special window. If he parked below us, everyone from Money Trees would have migrated down.
Today’s G-Land Surf Report: 3-4 foot (6-8 foot faces)…12 seconds @ 207*…~10 knot offshore….AND every section of the reef having a moment today with exception to Launching Pads and beyond top-end Speedies. That easily misjudgable ledge even had a couple of…well…ledges!
October 20th 2009
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009And so…. the multi-million dollar modeling prediction was wrong. Remembering it’s possible would for sure benefit us all… we might stop talking too much and too confidently about what the future is going to be. Swell was still pushing up onto the reef today with strong force and refined shape. Money Trees was the focal arena. Come 11 o’clock and here comes the start of an amazing 30 minute pulse. 5 to 7 wave sets… 6 to 8 foot… winds offshore… and not too many riders on the HOLLOW-HOLLOW ones. The G-Land Surf was quality. It did back-off by sunset, but not enough to stop the beach-front beer brigade from letting ahhhs out of their dropped jaws.
I’m sitting in Bobby’s G-Land Surf Camp dining area and (more…)
October 19th 2009
Monday, October 19th, 2009Change over of guests this morning (40 guests in the camp now) and I had a good lesson in patience with them. Impressively, the forecast materialized enough to make me want to run for my board…but I needed just a little patience. 8 foot @ 16 seconds…211 degrees…offshore by 10.
During my beachfront part of the tour, what I was watching (more…)
