Ocean Dancer Boat Report 2 – 9 September 2008

World Surfaris — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:36:27 +0000

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

Day #	Date	Report	Remark
Day 1	2-Sep-08	Guests onboard last night, First light while motoring north guests saw Dolphin’s (100+) and surfed clean 4 to 5ft Sultans with offshore winds. Two more session at Sultans mid morning and late afternoon with simular conditions. Girls snorkelling through out the day. A great first dinner and guests retired early.	All-round a great first day, nice sunny day, guests surfed and snorkelled out.
Day 2	3-Sep-08	Last 2 guests arrived last night. Morning surf at Sultans, 4ft clean with off shore winds but crowded as many boats in area. After breakfast guests went diving and snorkelling with David. Great mid morning session at Sultans 4 to 5ft off shore winds. Afternoon session again at Sultans 3 to 4ft, wind cross shore. Late session at Ninja’s for 4 guests (Learners). Great meal to finish a top day.	Weather, hot and sunny. Another great day of surfing and diving/snorkelling followed by an awesome sunset.
Day 3	4-Sep-08	Dawn surf at Sultans, 3 to 4ft with strong cross shore winds. Lot of boats at Sultans/Jails so we headed down to South Male Atoll. Arrived mid morning, 5 guests ( Learners) surfed small Riptides while remainder snorkelled. After lunch 6 guests went diving with David and Gaelle while remainder went snorkelling. Late afternoon guests went deep sea fishing.	More great weather. Guests loved snorkelling, diving and being on their own in the South Atoll.
Day 4	5-Sep-08	Morning surf with 3 guests (Learners) at 1 to 2ft Riptides. After breakfast guests went diving and snorkelling and on arriving back at boat came across a dozen large Mana Rays. Guests spent rest of morning and early afternoon swimming with rays. Afternoon, 5 guests went ashore to visit island while rest went fishing.	Awesome day with Mana Rays and guests enjoyed visit to island. Swell slowly building, heading back north tomorrow.
Day 5	6-Sep-08	Motored back north, arriving Sultans mid morning. Guests surfed 3 to 4ft cross shore Chickens on arrivale, large crew out on both breaks. Afternoon session 2 guests surfed 4 to 5 ft cross shore Chickens for a hour on there own till crowd hit while 5 others surfed Cokes, cross shore but fun as not many in water. 4 other guests went diving with David.	Two fun sessions in surf after a couple of great days down south. Crowds a problem, hard to avoid with current weather conditions.
Day 6	7-Sep-08	Early morning surf at 2 to 3ft cross shore Sultans, fun waves for first hour as only our guests out then 2 boats arrived packing out break. After surf 6 guests went Free Diving with David. Mid morning guests went diving with Manta Rays.Afternoon surf at Cokes and Chickens 3ft, cross shore fun waves with only our guests out.	Another day of fun waves and nice dive at Manta Point.
Day 7	8-Sep-08	Early morning surf at Sultans, new swell with clean 4ft waves for first hour as only our guests out. After breakfast swell increased with incoming tide and gusts had great final surf at 4 to 6ft, light offshore Sultans. Lunch then Ocean Dancer departed back for Lohi’s to drop two guests off then on to Male to drop remainder of guests off.	Great final day of weather and waves. Great group of guests and they were stoked with whole trip.

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Ocean Dancer Boat Report 2 – 9 September 2008