The phone rang late yesterday afternoon, it was my travel agent… “Hey Joel, myself and a few mates have just booked a boat charter in West Java from the third to the fourteenth of September, you wanna come?” – “Sure, sounds good to me!” Of course if I am going, I’m inviting you to come with. There are a couple of places available, so if you want to surf the region described in the ‘Indonesian Stormrider surf guide’ as “consistent, world class, uncrowded and diverse.” Click (here) for details…
As predicted the swell has started to fill in to the Sydney region this morning. Although not as big as I was expecting for the early session, it is forecast to gain in strength and size throughout the day. With the swell direction being very south, Manly was all but missing the action so I took a drive up the beaches. Sure it was bigger at the south facing spots, but there was not a lot of quality on offer. It will be protected corners only once the wind kicks in, but there should be waves for the weekend…

The saltmotion gallery is open all weekend, Market Place, Manly.

Enjoy your day,
Joel Coleman…