Epic!! the only way to describe some of the waves we saw today around the North Coast.. I started off headed to Carbis bay.. no good so off up to the Bluff (Hayle Rivermouth).. nice waves clean and windy.. tide was a bit low and only a couple of surfers and half a dozen Kayakers out.. so we headed up to Gwithian…WOW!

Epic Waves thundering into Gwithian and Godrevy.. unfortunately the wind was quite strong making surfing these waves almost impossible but nontheless they were pretty damned impressive to watch.. Sheer power.

We had lunch at Gwithian and then headed on to Godrevy as I had to take over a disc of images for the National Trust.. have to pay for the ruddy license somehow lol.. Bout time we had our own parking space though.. this will be our 4th year licensed for the national Trust so who knows.. maybe next year EH???
I’d spotted the Jetski coming over when I was at gwithian and I’d seen the boards tucked down the side so I went straight up to the Lifeguard hut to see if I could grab a few shots.. They took the first wave while I was setting up.. (The first wave while I was there) and then disaster struck in the form of them running over the tow rope and it jamming the impellor, didn’t know that at the time but I was suspecting something was wrong when they hadn’t moved for around 10 minutes and it seemed they were both in the water looking as though they were trying to tow the ski. Well obviously in that wind and with the tide as it was there was no way they were gonna tow or even paddle their way out of trouble and were being fast sucked towards the lighthouse…


I spoke to Pete from Shoresurf and we agreed it didn’t look good so he called the warden Nick and we made the decision to call the coastguard.. Not an easy decision to make but they definitely looked in trouble and were drifting further and further in seconds..
Thankfully when I spoke to the coastguard and gave him the co-ordinates he asked me to hold and informed me that the Inshore Lifeboat was actually on its way towards them.. it seemed Richie had a phone with them out on the ski and had called for help himself.. Good call.
In less than a minute the inshore boat was flyi8ng across the bay and I would imagine it was a good sight for the guys to see..

They took Richie and his mate on board and hitched up the ski to the back of the rib and towed them back over to St Ives.. A good end.. I have it on good authority that the ski is sorted and ready for another go but maybe not tomorrow

Well excitement over we took off back down to the Bluff (Hayle Rivermouth) and caught up with a few of the surfers out there having fun and Better luck than Richie’s tow in experience.

Even from as far down as the bluff the waves that They were going to ride with the ski still looked very impressive…
Well a few more at the Bluff and then we were off to Porthmeor to meet up with team rider Martin Yelland and shoot some classic Porthmeor shore break…
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On arrival at Porthmeor we set up on the wall above the beach where I like to shoot the high tide stuff from as its a great vantage point for the whole beach.. I spotted another team rider out there, Connor Outram tucking in here for a roll under a closing wave…
I think the grin says it all on that shot.. he was having a ball and went on to score some impressive waves.. well cone Connor.. (Good to see the hoody fits too )
Connor Busting out for Splashography…
Well there were some pretty outstanding surfing going on in excellent clean waves so the action was quite fast and furious so apologies to those I missed, but here’s a few of the surfers and boogieboarders having fun..



Tassy making a few impressive manouvers in her usual stylish way..
Team Rider Martin Yelland tucking into a lovely wave
They were all certainly drawing the crowds and lots of camera’s going off everywhere.. it was begin ning to look a little like North Shore magic

And even the holidaymakers were having a little half time fun in the waves.. though I suspect these yellow wellies got a bit waterlogged in the end…
Tassy Doing the Bump and trying a little two board tandem surfing
And so it went on and on and on.. wave after wave and some great surfing from everyone so well done and thanks for giving me these shots…

Eventually it was the light which stopped play for me so we had to leave them still enjoying epic waves.. it had been a good day and hopefully still some swell around tomorrow.. lets hope the weather plays ball..
Mel