Surfing Weather

 

This is King’s Beach, west of Victor Harbor, South Australia. These heights are westward from The Bluff and Petrel Cove, looking toward Cape Jervis, and give a wonderful overview of one of South Australia’s best surfing beaches. The reach of the Southern Ocean throws excellent combers onto these shallows, racing in for hundreds of metres. Little wonder it’s a magnet for those with salt water in their veins. I took this frame as part of a set on April 7^th, 2018, on a long trip south, taking in many of our favourite spots. The weather was warm and clear, the way Australian summers linger (the weather often seems to break at Easter—no matter when Easter actually falls!) No special photographic technique here, this was all about framing the scene as a pleasing composition. Minor adjustments to colour and contrast in Irfanview; Fuji FinePix S5600. Image by Mike.

Ocean Beach

 

Whenever I visit the south coast, I’m always reminded that the next land south is Antarctica. This is the Southern Ocean, pounding in on King’s Beach, west of Rosetta Head, near Victor Harbor, South Australia. There’s usually a stiff sea wind on this coast, and often spectacular cloudscapes. You can see whales on this coast, and surfers brave the swells. That’s either cloud down on the horizon or the rise of Kangaroo island through the sea haze. I took this frame on my birthday roadtrip in April, 2018. A well-framed, well-exposed image on a sunny day called for minimal enhancements: contrast, colour and sharpness were tweaked just a little. Fuji FinePix S5600, automatic. Image by Mike