Cape Solander Surf Report - VERY HEAVY with a chance of showers and drowning (24 May 2020)

The surf report for 24 May at Cape Solander was grim. Heavy conditions and 30 knot winds kept many bodyboarders and surfers in their vehicles watching from the car park. Cape was dominated by S ground swell which made for a lot of wash-throughs and ugly sets. But this session made for a great mind surf though! How many of these waves did you make *in your mind*?
PS: In my mind I already drowned by the 5 second mark.
PSS: I would have liked to make this a raw vid, but the howling winds made the audio distorted and completely unusable. Will aim for clean and natural ocean sounds next time :)
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Bodyboarding / surfing waves on reefs, in remote locations around Australia and Bali. I love both novelty and big waves! With everything that's going on in the world right now, there's nothing like getting into some waves and surf to take us away from it all. Self-isolation in some deep barrels is a valid way of social distancing!
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[@billvivers]

Love to see that cleaner with less wind. Hope you’re healing up nicely have a great weekend

[@adzoutnabout8666]

Was a wild weekend in Kurnell. You must be healing up fast mate 🍺

[@WillyPOV1]

Well enough to walk, film and dream. Cheers bru!!

[@dealinoutdevon5498]

Nice. Got myself some heavy slabs on Saturday at a local reef just outside of Newcastle. It’s one of the only reefs I don’t think you’ve visited yet and it pumps.

[@taidriscoll1580]

hope your felling better man and thanks for the vid

[@bradsmith8606]

gnarllyyy, hope the recovery is going well mate, take it easy and dont rush, stay safe my man

[@WillyPOV1]

Thanks Brad!! 🤙

[@GiuseppeGaribaldi46664]

i saw that spot 3-5ft last October clean. That end section at 1:30 is so hollow. Only guy, skunked outa his mind, asked me if i'm coming in. Told him my bro and I forgot our boards at home

[@charlbester3709]

Can you guys surf in Australia

[@JayBoogiePOV]

Charl Bester bloody oath we can!!

[@charlbester3709]

We cant here in sa 😭

[@Tigas-sp9wn]

Hope u heal soon i need your pov videos

[@boomermcgee2389]

its the 50 year storm, Body was right all along

[@pattyweathers1337]

H. E. A. V. Y. Anyway hope you heal up soon man so awesome that your still making videos

[@WillyPOV1]

Cheers man, doing what I can :)

[@paulmiranda3281]

Was told good on Saturday few tow ins, Thanks for the post Willy yewwww!!!!

[@WillyPOV1]

Me too I was bummed I missed it. You're very welcome Paul!

[@kamakazitv574]

Surfing game on phone says 22 to 26 ft Australia is cranking!!!!

[@OceanMadness]

Looks like a calm and clean day 🤙

[@WillyPOV1]

Practically a lake! ;)

[@eddiethejelly]

AWW DAMN IT, I went to cape solander on Friday I wish you were there :(

[@dustybreeze9801]

Go get that shhhh Willy

[@maxi.p8542]

At long reef beach the Bombora waves were around 15ft, you had to get towed to catch them

[@WillyPOV1]

Huge!!

[@boogieheads]

Get out there will! It’s pumps!! 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻😳💯

[@callumseha]

nice song choice

[@M2OAdventures8]

Heavyyy! Love stormy days with monster swells! Also what is this song 👌

[@bigmantim4660]

If only

[@Yahooooogle]

@00:57 looked like a fish getting shot up by the whitewash!

[@WillyPOV1]

DUDE I totally didn't notice that until you pointed it out, you're right! That fish got ****mixed!!!!

[@Yahooooogle]

@@WillyPOV1 Glad you weren't out there getting mixed too! Yeah it's been big here in SE Qld too, the whitewater looks like it reaches 20 feet sometimes, it's a huge sandy shorebreak out the back at low-tide, crazy...

[@williamhasler9484]

Hey willy hows the workout going

[@noahcann8557]

Nice!

[@jabber4837]

what is your local beach?

[@samuelslingo2449]

I went to Cape Solander yesterday

[@WillyPOV1]

You were?! Maybe we went past each other

[@bing6784]

Get out there willy!

[@JETFOURLITRE]

How's your recovery going Willy? We had a sick day at Newcastle on Saturday

[@WillyPOV1]

Aw lucky you guys!! Hope you scored some sick rides. Maybe I'll visit to landfilm sometime....never land filmed newie before

[@ryanzust6773]

Willllllyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@kahn9918]

I surfed it like that but a foot smaller. Fuck that place!! I almost died. Unless you're a pro surfer and get paid to surf it's not worth the risk. It's way way heavier than it looks. Hitting the bottom wasn't the problem for me it was getting off the bottom. I pulled my board into me two times whilst getting roller along the bottom and not getting up. I could get my hand out but not my head. I'm a decent surfer and I greatly underestimated it. Leave it to the pros or those with a death wish. I have surfed it about 10 times and got injured about 5. I have hardly been injured my whole surfing carrier and have surfed waves three times that size. Fuck that!!!!!

[@AyEsGee]

She’s fucking huge in SW at the moment

[@richiet6381]

Hey willie who’s doing the music??!?!

[@endwido]

Too south that day

[@flyingbac0n74]

Friday would've been good here

[@WillyPOV1]

Ooff I was late to the party

[@patricksarell4781]

No ones out

[@jeffcooldude3530]

😟

[@felixoh5542]

I was the first to view

[@micah1478]

Yea no thanks

[@bing6784]

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