Although we live about 10km from the coast “as the crow flies”, this morning the sound of the waves crashing into the coast could be heard from here. The forecast of 20ft waves hitting the coast was spot on. From the lookout at Gracetown the waves don’t seem too big, but trust me they were enormous.
The weather was pretty good to the south but to the north the conditions were changing.
Although it looked really messy out at sea, crazy big wave surfers have been towed out about 2.5 km by jet ski’s and are surfing the huge waves. We spoke to an experienced local surfer who was watching from the lookout and he said they were probably the biggest waves he had seen down here – certainly bigger than the forecast was saying. I think he said they were ‘raw’ – or would that be ‘roar’!
I zoomed as much as I could with my camera and found the jet ski’s out there but could not see the surfers. You will spot the jet ski’s on the left of the photo below.
Up at Moses Rock where you can get down onto the beach the power of the crashing waves made you very aware of the dangers of such wintery conditions.
The usual array of flotsam and jetsam could be spotted on the beach and the sandhills are being held together with succulent greenery.
I don’t image too many surfers would be brave enough to get on their boards in such conditions.
Margaret River & Beyond 
Did you get the surfboard out Jim
Dave
No Dave…decided to go to golf instead.
Almost as dark as the skies over Joondalup Arena. Took up a collection at the Mal Brown Bar (formerly known as the Mel Whinnen Grill) for the Cardies. Hope the $15 will help the Administration Jim.
Thanks Peter, they need all the help they can get!
I grew up at the beach on the Gold Coast. We used to love these huge seas and were always scouring the beach looking for things that were washed up.
great to see thanks for that. sometimes we get a buzz when the Ferry pulls in too fast and a “wave” is made but that’s ridiculous!
Must head out to the beach and see if the shoreline has been eroded.
Hi Jim n Kerry, hope life is treating you well, would have been awesome to see, Cheers 🏄♀️🏄♀️🏄♀️