Cross off?

Hey Grumps,

I suspect it's really a question of being spoiled for choice.
In WA you get such good regular conditions across summer (normally) that there is no need to chase wind directions outside of the regular south south westerly pattern.
You normally get your fill so to speak.

On the east coast we don't get the consistency or the strength of the west coast.
I know this from first hand experience growing up on the West Coast and now living east coast.

There's some places on the East coast that crank in winter in cross off conditions and are sailed regularly.
When I return back to the west coast and there's a big hot summer high creating nor easters I wonder why no one is sailing them.... then I think about the sou wester pattern when it cranks !!!!

As to your question, yep you can sail a host of cross locations from Gero south.
You don't need a rescue boat but you just need to be confident that you can swim your gear in, in the case of breakage.
It is possible and it has been done

PS: have a look between Mindarie and Moore River... plenty of locations just far enough off the beach to be just too far most to paddle a surf board

I hate to rub salt into your wounds Grumps but i had one of my best sails on sunday, scored some awesome wave's and was fully lit on a 4.7 only 1/2hr from you!!!

No jet ski or boat was needed wind was cross shore

Just a quick teaser this was the longest wave of the day
The song will drive you nuts hahaha

And to answer your question Grumps see photo below of me taken by Col from Birdseye View last week. This place is probably a similar distance if not more than Lano and the wind is SE. Cross off is the best wind direction. Sure its risky and I have done a big swim before but the reward seems to make you forget about it
YEOW

Ha ha it was the only one i had short enough for that wave.
Its pretty bad i know, i think it must have been Keith Moon after a day on the turps

heaps of sick options on cross off to full off off.

ignoring the south coast beachies..
have had some great sessions
- obviously margs but also yallingup (with a swim in)
- full crankin 28 knot morning easterly in perth on slalom gear doing runs from city beach to trigg and back racing IRB's and jet skis on glassy water.
- lanno, and land at the pub for a beer (Just stash a 10er before you go out)
- G (Cross off)
- winderabandi point at ningaloo
- exmouth wave sail at dunes 3m swell in the morning - SICK., but ruffled the surfers ha
- and over the weekend just gone 30 knot cross off to just off at sams island in dampier with a cyclone swell coming down the guts of the shipping channel

wind is wind so get out there!

Nice photo greeny!

kinda like this song

Head north, turn left,then right, then though you know where, then turn right keep driving. Stop, rig up and enjoy

Thanks mate

the bloody rope came undone only on that wave then the batt ran out.

it was crankin sideshore in lanno all day! one of my fav sails of the season !
wooop!

Yeah I was at Lano and came in to change boards, was fully powered up on a 4.5, came in got my board out and the wind died within 5 minutes! Bizarre. Had a similar thing out at Seal Island (little) a few years ago, the wind flipped to a 5knt easterly and 5 or 6 of us had a 2km paddle back to shore!