Ocean Dancer boat report 9 – 16 September 2008

World Surfaris — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:54:52 +0000

This boat report was submitted by Gavin Clark the World Surfaris surf guide onboard Ocean Dancer.

Day #	Date	Report	Remark
Day 1	9-Sep-08	Guests onboard last night,Surfed clean 4 to 5ft Sultans with offshore winds. Another session at Sultans mid morning,offshore and hollow.Late afternoon session at Jails, 3 to 4ft clean but inconsistant. Girls snorkelled through out the day and finished of a top day with a great first dinner and with guests retiring early.	All-round a great first day, nice sunny day, guests surfed and snorkelled out.
Day 2	10-Sep-08	Early surf at Sultans with only our guests out. Surf 5 to 6ft , offshore and pumping. After breakfast 5 guests went diving then all surfed Sultans again 5 to 6ft, offshore but crowded. Afternoon session again at Sultans, still solid and and pumping with no crowd. Birthday party for one of the guests, celebrated till early hours.	Weather, hot and sunny. Another great day of surfing and diving/snorkelling followed by an awesome sunset.
Day 3	11-Sep-08	Late morning surf at Sultans, 3ft with strong offshores and crowded. After breakfast headed down to South Male Atoll, arriving midday where guests went swimming. Afternoon surf with 6 guests (3x learners) at 3ft Riptides with strong offshore winds while 3 others went diving. Another great meal and guests retired early.	More great weather. Guests loved snorkelling, diving and surfing on their own in the South Atoll.
Day 4	12-Sep-08	Morning surf,4 guests 3 to 4ft offshore Riptides, while 2 guests surf small clean waves in front of Four Seasons. After breakfast guests went snorkelling with a huge amount of large Mana Rays. Afternoon. Late afternoon, 5 guests went ashore to visit Guraidoo Island for sightseeing and shopping.	Awesome day swimming with Mana Rays, Surfing and visiting to Island.
Day 5	13-Sep-08	Early surf at 4ft, light offshore, glassy riptides with only our guests out. After breakfast guests swam with Manta Rays then another great session at Riptides with only with our guests out again. Late arvo session at 4 seasons, 4 to 5ft barreling rights, 2 guests surfed lefts.	Perfect day with great weather, swimming with Rays and best day of surfing so far.Returning early tomorrow for North Male Atoll.
Day 6	14-Sep-08	Arrived Cokes/Chickens mid morning to find surf pumping. Surfed with 2 guests at 6 to 8ft perfect Cokes while rest of guests surfed perfect 6ft Chickens. After lunch Ocean Dancer moved to Honkies. Guests surfed 4 to 5ft clean Jails with medium crew out.	Awsome day of surfing at Cokes/Chickens with no crowds. Guests stoked and surfed out.
Day 7	15-Sep-08	Guests surfed perfect, glassy 6 ft Sultans and Honkies all day with only our crew out most of the time. Last 2 days have no crowds and small amount of boats around as all breaks working. Awesome week of surf and weather, guests stoked with whole trip.	A great week of perfect waves and weather at both North and South Atolls. Guests leaving stoked with whole week.

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Ocean Dancer boat report 9 – 16 September 2008