Burleigh Heads 6 to 8 ft

Perfect surfing conditions at Burleigh Heads in Qld, Australia. Glassy and 6 to 8 ft thanks to swell from Cyclone Hamish.
Shot on March 31, 2009
Shot on the Sony EX1.
Thanks to Alf for allowing me to use his song 'Tic Toc.'
www.myspace.com/alfrescorocks. Download the song from itunes: the link is: http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/tic-toc/id340746689?i=340746738&ign-mpt=...

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Sports

Tags:

• burleigh
• burleigh heads
• waves
• surf
• big swell
• australia
• geoff charters

[keroseen73]

killer video mate, amazing day captured really well! brings back so many memories of the 5 years i spent in oz and the year on the goldie. awesome waves, weather and lifestyle. top country and fantastic people, i'd say to anyone if you get the chance to visit go for it.

landlocked in the uk and missing the waves, my oz mates and the tooheys pils.

[geoffreyacharters]

@keroseen73 Thanks so much for watching. And for your awesome comments. Stay in touch and come and have a beer if you ever get back here. Cheers mate. Fantastic to get such nice feedback. I'm in my 40's and a soul surfer myself. Love to surf and have a few beers afterwards. Take care! geoff.

[anurism1]

Fucking awesome video. Music, the way its shot, editing, awesome waves. Seriously one of the best surfing vids on youtube. Great song too, has to speak to every Aussie surfer.

[geoffreyacharters]

@anurism1 Thanks mate. Much appreciated

[DEOW1]

AT the end of the day nice clip .... Good stuff ...tracks a bit gay though

[geoffreyacharters]

@DEOW1 thanks mate.

[Llama4295]

6-8?? more like 12-16

[geoffreyacharters]

@isurfrosarito Umm...that's Burleigh Hill carpark.

[anurism1]

@DEOW1 And its got nothing to do with being a kiwi. Forecasters usually refer to the open ocean swell height as each beach will produce a different shaped wave for the same swell, some larger, some smaller. That's how people forecast waves EVERYWHERE as far as I know.

[anurism1]

@DEOW1 3 to 4 foot? you're fucking kidding right? 3 foot swell will produce a 6 foot wave face, that's overhead. @ 0:18 its easily two times overhead, more like three at the peak. 8 ft is a tad conservative on that wave. There may have been some smaller sets but you call a swell by its larger sets.

[Samuelthomas23]

@chainkiller999 Because you measure a wave from the back.

[tommyboyce]

@taazzyy

Oh well I guess if everyone loves the song then the artist won't feel so bad about one person not digging it. Having said that, I guess I was a bit rash or untactful and for that I apologize. I wasn't aware the artist would be viewing my comment; I didn't mean to hurt anyone's feelings. I wish them every success and thanks again for the spectacular footage.

[ICODCAMOI]

When they say 6-8 he either is talking about the backs of the wave or the swell must have been like 6-8 ft at 20 seconds in deepwater (30+ ft), when wave periods are further apart, their energy stretches further down than normal, and wave periods of about 20 seconds become twice the size on shallow water than what they were in deep water. I agree, you should call a waves size by how big it is in shallow water, but this may just have been the forecast.