Cyclops
Cyclops is notorious for its massive powerful waves. Located in the pacific ocean off the coast of Australia the waves break from both the left and the right. There is a reef coral break meaning if you wipeout your most likely to be smashed against the sharp reef. These waves are some of the biggest Australia has to offer. As it breaks onto shallow rocks it's only rarely been surfed by tow in surfers and tends to favor bodyboards. Cyclops isnt a very occupied spot mostly due to the high experience and skill level needed. When visiting the waves with the Billabong Odyssey team, Ken Bradshaw (a north shore veteran) refused to tackle the wave.
The length of the ride is between 100-200 meters. The wave is classified as hollow barreling with wind direction heading north. As you can see in the following photographs the bottom of the wave is about 3 feet deep and has been measure to be at least 25 feet on a big swell. The estimates thickness of the lip is about 10 feet meaning that the force of the water coming over the surfer going into the barrel is much stronger because of the added force and acceleration of the water. In another picture i noticed that the wave is very hollow and surfers can easily fall into the 15 meter pit at the trough of the wave.
Here's an idea of what the waves at cyclops look like:
Wow! Great pictures. They almost look like frosting on a cake. Given the coral, it must be terrifying to surf here.
ReplyDeleteYou might consider telling us more about your own surfing history. Where have you surfed? how did you learn? what was it like? I'd love to hear your surfing stories (and any pictures you have would be cool, too).
Those waves seem so dangerous. Where have you surfed? I'd be interested to hear that. Do you have pictures?
ReplyDelete(I just realized that Mr. Fischer wrote the exact same thing)
But yeah. I think that would be cool to learn about. Do you have family that surf a lot?
Btw, the pictures you have are fantastic. The waves almost look like Jello.
This is so cool! i love the pictures that are posted. they are amazing and such cool photos.
ReplyDeletethese waves seem so dangerous! that would be so cool if you could find a video of people surfing a wave this big.
jackie p
Will Taylor's last blog post was about extreme surfing, you should read it if you get the chance it's really cool.
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