#surfling

DAY 12

Winter weather in southeastern Ontario is in full swing. Snow, cold and wind. Fortunately, this works out for surfers as you all know. After seeing some waves in the forecast on Lake Ontario, I started chatting with surfers in the community trying to make plans to meet up. Jonathan got in touch with me the night before asking if I'd want to go to Cobourg to try and score some swell. I was down for that. The next morning I met with him at the pier and instantly realized the waves weren't so great. The winds were coming from the SW, which meant that further east would probably would have better conditions. We hopped in the Volvo and made our way to Sandbanks.

We scouted a couple of other possibly breaks on route, but none offered good enough size/power of waves. When we pulled up at Richardson (Sandbanks) we knew it was worth the trek. Wetsuits were donned, wax was applied to the boards and we hopped in the frigid waters of Lake Ontario.

Another surf pal, Lewis, and his brother arrived shortly after us and just like that we had a little gang. The waves came in nicely, 3-4 feet, and the wind wasn't too strong either which made being out in the open a bit more manageable. We were in the water for over 2 hours and had a good time as usual.