Is Skeleton Bay Disappearing ??

[@hoptoads]

I used to live in a sleepy little coastal town in Sth Australia. Every year tens of thousands of tons of sand would disappear from the beaches during winter. And every summer, it would all return. The width and slope and hardness of the beaches are forever changing.

[@bubbabigmin]

If the sand bar has moved out it means the beach is accreting not eroding. The inshore sand should follow and fill in over the off-season and the whole point will move outwards. A quick Google Earth check shows how dynamic that area is and that place is definitely never the same year to year let alone decade to decade. Enjoy it while you can!

[@patrickeley4434]

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[@johnsonderegger8627]

Wow! I was there the fall of 2022 and it was never that good. We mostly wing foiled but would have surfed if like these videos. On the up side, we owned the place and had a great time surfing and foiling for a month driving down and back.

[@jimcallaham1392]

looks to me like it's getting better,a few slower sections bending into faster ones. really good video,shows the line up and great surfing. good music too

[@alecgoldberg303]

unreal shots yew 🤙

[@JordanAlexander-em3wm]

Well done brother, good surfing and epic tunes 🙌🙌🙌

[@jcarst1112]

So sick. Drone footage spot on. Disappearing? Obviously not this year.

[@Surfclub23]

Surfers are a pretty destructive force. First came surfers. Next came Cameras. Then real estate agents.

[@karstenrohloff5316]

Ja bru..Soon there 'll be condos all the way down the point to the lighthouse..!Rows of bars and clubs, with girls of ill repute..Casino's ,backpackers lodges.... Then again,maybe not.. Chill out ,dude..😂

[@Surfclub23]

@@karstenrohloff5316 It's either that or a group of Locals will claim the spot and turn it into the section 8 of surf spots. Like Lunada Bay or all of the North Shore.

[@killbill5486]

🙄🤡

[@philipmcveigh2025]

Then came youtube and the ability to make random comments on stuff

[@derrick3063]

😂😂​@@philipmcveigh2025

[@RobHope]

Some fresh angles of the waves in this one - nicely done!

[@MarkFranklin-ws5jf]

Absolutely. Best photography yet of this place

[@Jason124-zp9os]

It’s still a good wave, but definitely not as hollow as it used to be And certainly wasn’t a cut back wave before

[@Rhiview]

Awesome Jordy, you the king of the Donkey

[@Seb_ilderton]

Such a sick vid! I’m excited for more to come!!

[@DanMace]

subbed! fkn sick jords! love u brother

[@willmiddleton9199]

Any sand bottom wave will change from year to year, and sometimes month to month or even quicker based on swell intensity and frequency as well as wind direction and intensity. Typically all this happens on a seasonal basis. Typically winter has one dominant wind and swell direction and summer has and another - usually sort of opposite to winter. One can never tell how long pristine sand banks will survive, but the worst that can happen is human intervention for whatever reason. Leave the place alone and it will come back at some point - maybe better than ever - as long as global climate changes don't throw a wrench into the natural process. The bay will most likely be just fine over time since mother nature tends to be fairly steady over the long term barring anomalous factors.

[@lenlindsay7994]

New Years Eve 1972 team Vanya from Aussie ,what happened to the Kelp?? and the cray fisherie ?? water looks like it is still cold

[@datapusher-]

It definitely looks different from when Corey Lopez went there almost 20 years ago. Sand bottoms change. Cest La Vie.

[@christianwitthoft5071]

if you watch some of andre brothas old skeleton bay clips you can see its so shallow it almost looks like a reef slab.

[@niklascapelle99]

epic bru!

[@surf101-]

Do you even address your title in this video? I'm confused.

[@Gulfgrown]

He just states that it breaks a lot further out now. That sounds like a good thing. The shape of the coast will be like it is for some time, I believe

[@WEWE-yf5mb]

The last song is a banger! What’s the name of it?

[@nicolazanin9393]

Super high vibe, what's the track title?

[@trotshot]

There’s ten thousand exactly the same , take your pick

[@papapetad]

It's definitely disappearing. Some months back, I looked it up and it took me to Namibia. Now G maps takes me to Australia 🤨

[@pablol.stetzkamp5259]

That guy at 3:38 made two impossible barrels in one wave.

[@brittanymaree2955]

Lovvvve!

[@nickortcoski6769]

Really niw, that to me seems better than say Kelly Slaters wave pool. The challenge looks so real?!?!?!!

[@dunningkruger3774]

Sand migration is going to make it look "different" in cycles. Unless the geniuses build a jetty nearby....it should be safe.

[@paulofernandes9005]

🤙🤙

[@greghart6310]

Bru, the only disappearing happening was you okes disappearing into the tube!

[@greenlion7750]

next time bring a regularfooter to spice things up

[@TheStokeAge]

yewww fraking frothing!!!!

[@NeilJR]

Sand moves

[@Ollieacklinfan1.5]

No

[@Randsurfer]

Hilarious comment in the video description saying the wave used to break 5 meters from the shoreline. Why say such stupid things? That implies you used to run to the waterline, jump onto your board and in 2 seconds you'd glide into the lineup.

[@marky5493]

but it did!.....if youve been there you might have known

[@rafaelfigueiredo5865]

That's exactly how it was back in the day.

[@Randsurfer]

@@rafaelfigueiredo5865 No

[@flowleopard893]

Yes. Your point is?

[@Gulfgrown]

Breaking further out. Isn't that a good thing? The angle and swell direction is the thing here. But, hey, never been there. Probably never will 😢

[@VK4VO]

water always looks like the color of shit

[@bonitoludi]

Doesn't seem to be disappearing...