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Nothing outdoor really... that i know of. You will have to drive out west for a couple of hours before you hit decent wave. I know a fellow, a regular surfer that lives out ocean grove way that might know of the best strip of beach to surf closest to Melbourne but like i said, don't like you chances of finding a decent wave inside thirty minutes of Melbourne.
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Thanks for the info fella!
I'll have to go on for a bit of a drive then.
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Yep you will need to drive a bit. There are plenty of good surfing websites around. Check these out:
[url="http://www.triggerbrothers.com.au/"]http://www.triggerbrothers.com.au/[/url] (llok for the surf cams)
[url="http://www.swellnet.com.au/"]http://www.swellnet.com.au/[/url]
[url="http://www.psc.org.au/"]http://www.psc.org.au/[/url]
I was always keen on Cat Bay at Phillip Island but it needs a very big swell to get moving. And there are some great white sharks around there so try to not get eaten OK! <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':Chicken:' />
Best of luck, Glen
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thanks glen that's great!
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05-08-2010, 01:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-08-2010, 01:15 PM by Personal Trainer.)
Would love to hear back from you Smiteme if you do find decent surf within 30minutes of Melbourne, but from my own experiences your not really going to find anything even half decent that close. You would be looking at at least an hours drive before finding even a moderate swell if any.
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