Yesterday the weather was wild and cold, so we went up to Birubi to check out the waves. I certainly wasn't expecting to see a kite surfer in the ocean.
I was nearly blown away just taking photos of him. I was sheltered by the surf lifesaving club building but even then, I managed to get rather wet and so did the lens of my camera too. I cleaned the lens over and over again in-between taking photos.
This chap was kite surfing for quite a time, and he must have been exhausted by the time he finished. It must have been quite exhilarating for him though. He was really travelling, and David managed to get a video of him rising out of the water at one stage too.
I saw a white bellied sea eagle flying past the surfer but didn't manage to get a photo of him. He did come back with a fish and how he managed to see a fish in the wild surf I have no idea, but I guess eagles have eagle eyes, ha ha.
You can see the sand being churned up in the waves. There was a lot of seafoam on the beach, and I will post a photo of that tomorrow.
Luckily the wind has died down today and the rain has stopped. It is a lot warmer too so hopefully our wild weather has passed us by now. What happened to Spring!
Crazy fellow but a great challenge for the surfer. Beautiful rough sea, too. When I was young all I had was a canvas kayak and I really used to enjoy braving rough weather with it.
@tinley23 Thanks Lesley, Breeze! it was a gale force wind, ha ha.
I was wearing a beanie on my head and even that nearly blew off and I almost lost my glasses at one point too.
@wakelys Yes it does look like UK weather, and it is supposed to be Spring here.
@sangwann You must have been brave Dione, I wouldn't even have gone out in a kayak.
@craftymeg Fascinating to watch aren't they. I saw this chap raise out of the water a few times but couldn't actually get a photo of that. It was so wet and wild my lens was covered with water and so was my glasses, so a lot of my photos were taken blind, ha ha.
@pyrrhula I can believe that. This chap did well to survive the power of the waves.
@annied Ha ha, yes there were four of us at Birubi - David, myself the kite surfer and a chap who was taking a photo with his phone. Just goes to show there are at least four lunatics out that day. Was it a full moon.
@tinley23 Thanks Lesley, Breeze! it was a gale force wind, ha ha.
I was wearing a beanie on my head and even that nearly blew off and I almost lost my glasses at one point too.
@wakelys Yes it does look like UK weather, and it is supposed to be Spring here.
@sangwann You must have been brave Dione, I wouldn't even have gone out in a kayak.
@craftymeg Fascinating to watch aren't they. I saw this chap raise out of the water a few times but couldn't actually get a photo of that. It was so wet and wild my lens was covered with water and so was my glasses, so a lot of my photos were taken blind, ha ha.
@pyrrhula I can believe that. This chap did well to survive the power of the waves.
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