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South Coast
Onshore SE winds are around 10 – 15 knots on the South Coast this morning, and there hasn’t been much change in conditions. Surf is still around 3 – 4′ along the Middleton – Goolwa stretch and sloppy, with messy 2′ waves around at Chiton / Gap. Waits and Parson’s will be bigger but again but only Parson’s may offer partial shelter. Other spots round that side may be worth a look before winds go more direct onshore, with frexh Southerlies predicted for the arvo.
Mid Coast
The usual summer ESE winds are blowing off the land on the Mid Coast early, and conditions are clean. There are small lines of swell coming off high tide at 5am, but it’s still very borderline at around half a foot on the reefs. The dropping tide will kill it some more, but the lower tide will offer some learner / mally waves on the beachies through the lunch hour. Southerly winds will kick in early arvo and add bumps on the reefs , but evening sou-easters may open up the chance of a late longboard wave around knee-high.
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As South Australia’s longest continually running surfing website, surfsouthoz.com is uniquely positioned to offer broad reach to a massive cross section of the Adelaide surfing and beach watersport community.
We have run short term and long term advertising and promotional campaigns for surf shops, travel companies, wetsuit brands, and several small businesses for the better part of 15 years.
Here are some of our past customers:
- Snow and Surf Travel, Adelaide
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About this website
general email: dug@surfsouthoz.com.au
Surfsouthoz.com.au is a privately owned daily surf report and surfing news & media website based in South Australia.
Surfsouthoz.com began in April 2000 as a “where to surf” guide, but in October became the first website in South Australia to commence daily surf reports.
In April 2001 surfsouthoz entered into a partnership with internet startup Southcam, and in June of that year effectively became absorbed into Southcam. The surfsouthoz website was redirected to Southcam soon after, and Southcam became the first website in SA to offer live surfcams and daily surf reports. At the height of its popularity Southcam ran a total of 4 webcams on the Fleurieu Peninsula – two on the South Coast ( Middleton and Chiton Rocks ) and two on the Mid Coast ( Seaford and South Port ).
The surfsouthoz hiatus lasted until October 2002… when for various reasons SA was once again without daily surf reports or webcams. After a Coopers Ale fueled conversation one night camped at The Spit with The Surfdoc, the (rash) descision was made to re-launch the surfsouthoz website. The plan was a new look website and daily surf reports from the Mid and South Coasts, and a sister website, Surfbells.com, sharing the same technology and operating on Victoria’s Surfcoast. The same group of freinds that formed the basis of the original reporter network kicked into gear once again, and as summer approached traffic surged on the two new websites.
In 2004 Queensland based national surfing website Coastalwatch.com.au approached surfsouthoz regarding possible locations for webcams in South Australia. Surfsouthoz came to an arrangement with Coastalwatch whereby it would adopt a caretaker role in respect of the cams – in return for use of the vision on the surfsouthoz website. Within a few months sites at Seaford and Chiton Rocks were negotiated and operational, and South Australian surfers had access to free webcams once again.
In 2005 the surfsouthoz website faced dramatic increases web traffic, and a resulting increase in running costs. Fortunately, several kind supporters – Aquatic Dreams, Snow and Surf Co, Glen Duncan ( Nasty Surfboards ) and Norm Cooke to name a few – got behind the venture and helped cover costs directly and indirectly. Several other smaller advertisers kicked in, and by the end of 2005, surfsouthoz.com actually broke even.
By early 2006 the online advertising market had partially recovered from the dotcom bust, and surfsouthoz began to use this to supplement direct advertising. It soon became apparent that the site developed in 2003 was grossly inadequate, and a redevelopment commenced. Several redesigns and redevelopments followed over the next dozen years, including many that never saw the light of day. The first mobile website was launched in 2010, targeting popular small screen devices including iPhones and several models running on Android.
In mid 2014 traffic to the surfsouthoz.com mobile website overtook the desktop website, and a redevelopment was hastily embarked upon. In early 2016 a new responsive mobile website was launched using a WordPress back-end, and custom built RESTful front end. Content is accessed via the WordPress JSON API, and the weather & data feeds are provided by custom microservices written in PHP.
The mobile and desktop websites were merged in December 2017, and a new-look responsive website was launched under the .com.au domain early in 2018. New features and content are constantly being added.
Today surfsouthoz.com has an annual audience of around 25,000 surfers, 80% of whom live in South Australia. The website consumes over 10GB of bandwidth a month.
It consistently rates among the top ten sporting websites in the state.
Huey’s ten surf commandments
(to make the surf, and hence the world, a lovelier place)
1. Thou shalt not drop in
It’s been given cooler sounding names in recent years like “burning”, but a drop in is still a drop in. In small crowded conditions, it creates aggro and disharmony…in bigger critical waves it’s just downright dangerous. Remember, the guy on your inside, the one closest to the peak and level with or futher out to sea than you, has right of way.
2. Thou shalt not snake
Who hasn’t given into the temptation of spinning around late and taking off on the inside section of an already ridden wave, especially when it stands up nicely and looks ohhhhhh so sweet? Indeed, with your mates it can be a laugh… but making snaking the norm sucks. It’s doubly bad when you try and call the surfer you’ve snaked off the wave.
3. Thou shalt not shirk on the petrol money
We all know the character who slaps his pockets and looks helpless at the moment a request to contribute cash is made. Petrol money scabs won’t go to hell… they’ll just get left at home.
4. Thou shalt paddle around the break
Having great waves spoiled by inconsiderate, entitled twits who repeatedly paddle right through the path of the breaking wave is most frustrating. Really… it’s not that hard… make an effort to get out of the way and things will be much better for everyone.
5. Thou shalt not paddle out where thy can’t swim in
This also could be rephrased “know your limitations”. We all get caught from time to time by rising swell or unexpected changes in conditions for the worse. But try to not put yourself into situations that will endanger others who end up having to save your sorry arse.
6. Thou shalt clean up thy crap
Daly Head used to be an awesome place to camp, but thanks to grotty kooks it’s closed… probably forever. The rule here is simple… leave the area AT LEAST as you found it.
7. Thou shalt respect local custom
Occasionally, localism can be a problem… but more often than not locals are reacting to frequent invasions by inconsiderate and or aggressive transient surfers. Perhaps instead of turning up to some far flung desert gem and paddling out in a pack, and heading right inside of everyone else, maybe try a more chilled approach. Shoot the breeze on the clifftop with a stranger, or watch from the channel as a few locals pick off a few of the set waves. You might even learn something, and most importantly, you’ll be welcome back next time.
8. Thou shalt not fling thy board
This problem has become significantly worse in recent years with large numbers of novices riding very big boards or SUPs. A spikey nosed shortboard might take your eye out, but a 15kg, 28″ wide, 9ft projectile travelling at speed will knock your bloody head off. No matter what you ride, don’t fling it. If you’re not confident in crowded situations, avoid them until your skills are up to it. Be aware of people near you, and if you have to do a panic bail under a set, grab your leash close to the plug and turn your board at right angles to the beach. Better still… learn to duckdive properly.
9. Thou shalt not surf for the image
As corporate dollars continue to get hurled at our “sport”, and as we seem yet to reach peak surfing hipster, perhaps we should all pause and remember why we got into surfing. In case you’ve forgotten, maybe try going for a paddle alone somewhere on a hideous old sun-browned single fin ( except use an actual leash ), wearing a garage sale sun-faded wetsuit, and see how much fun you have.
10. Thou shalt help others in trouble
Just as you’d like to think someone would be around to save your skin in a life threatening situation, be prepared to do the same. A good start is to learn first aid, and / or do a rescue / rescuss course at almost any Surf Lifesaving club. The more crew in the water that know what to do when good times turn bad, the safer it’ll be for everyone.
South Coast
Conditions are about as good as you’d expect with 25 knot onshore SSE winds on the South Coast this morning. Surf is around 3 – 4′ along the Middleton – Goolwa stretch and sloppy, with messy 2′ waves around at Chiton / Gap. Waits and Parson’s will be bigger but again, forget it unless you want to join the Harold Holt swim team. It’ll stay onshore and messy all day today, try the Bay if you’re desperate.
Mid Coast
SE winds are gusting around 25 knots on the Mid Coast this morning and conditions are clean, but slightly blown out anywhere exposed. Surf has come up slightly with occasional 1′ sets on the reefs, but there’s fairly long gaps of nothing in between. The dropping tide won’t help with low just before 11am, but there’s a chance of a small pulse on the incoming tide just after lunch. Fresh southerlies will kick in again after lunch and add bumps, so if there’s any waves on the reefs they’ll probably be trashed anyway.
South Coast
The dreaded onshores are back on the South Coast this morning at around 17 knots, and conditions are slopy again. Surf is around 3 – 4′ along the Middleton – Goolwa stretch, with messy 2′ waves around at Chiton / Gap. Waits and Parson’s will be bigger but again, neither is an option today. It’ll stay onshore and messy all day today, try the Bay if you’re desperate.
