It’s late Autumn. The mornings are cooler now as we waited for the first rays of light to slowly rise over the Mt Lofty Ranges bringing a soft light if not warmth. The beach sand is cold on the feet.  You can hear the loud thud of the shorebreak almost drowning out the bark of a dog on it’s early morning run.

A guy riding a mountain bike with multiple flashing lights appears and he’s towing a kayak. That’s him; Steve King “King of the Shorebreak” here for his regular morning paddle and I have been crazy enough to join him.

Within a few minutes he has unhooked the kayak and is ready for another early morning paddle along the coastline. The first task is to negotiate the shorebreak and thankfully it seems quieter than normal although there are several lines of waves to negotiate.

Sometimes there a lull in the waves so you get through the first line easily……

……only to find the second line waiting for you.

The wind was light so we we headed along the coast stopping to play in waves generated by the offshore reefs. These waves can be savage at times as they break over the shallow reef shelf, however, today they were just lots of FUN.

Hey Steve…Just paddle over there. I think I can get a good photo.

We bounced around for quite a while, enjoying the waves cascading across the reef in all directions.

We sat in the lee of a large chunk of reef and enjoyed the scenery.

That’s lots of fun on an early morning paddle, but I have housework to do, so it’s back to the run the shorebreak again.

You get through the outer line to find more surprises waiting for you.

And sneaking through the quiet part of the break we caught the last wave of the day.

Just in case you thought that some of the photos were a little blurred, think about this. I was in there with him, using a dinky toy Canon waterproof camera in one hand, meaning that I had only one hand on the paddle. This was quite often an interesting position to be in; but lots of FUN…. Ian

Ian                                                                        Steve