Posted on January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 by Ken Banks

Mollymook Beach, a surfing mecca for tourist

Dolphin display at Mollymook Beach

Sydney tourist fall in love with Mollymook.

Tourist from Sydney staying at Mollymook posted their January 2023 review on Google mentioning the “gorgeous view of the ocean where we saw both surfers and dolphins riding the waves”. They enjoyed every minute of their stay, not only the beach but the many other places to visit in the surrounding areas on their trip as well as the fantastic local restaurants.

On departure, they wrote saying; Yes, we will definitely be back!

For an extensive list of things to do in the Mollymook, Milton Ulladulla area, click on the link: Destination Mollymook Milton Ulladulla

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Posted on February 17, 2020February 20, 2020 by Ken Banks

2020 ASRL Surf boat championships

Australian Surf Rowers League (ASRL) 2020 Surf Boat Championships.

Image 1. South Maroubra Ladies category.

Day 1 – Held at Mollymook in a BIG Surf

These pics on Friday the 1st day of competition testify to the testing surf conditions that greeted all the crews. The outstanding Mollymook performances would have to be Gene Austin’s fantastic sweeping ability in such difficult conditions. Another excellent performance was by the 200 years male crew making the final for their category, whilst the Men’s A reserve ‘White’ crew advanced through to the 2nd round.

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Posted on May 23, 2019May 24, 2019 by Ken Banks

Crescent Heads Long Board Comp – Day 1

2019 Crescent Heads Annual Long Board Comp. Day 1

Day 1: Today saw approx 25 heats, commencing at 7.00 am and running none-stop through to 4.20 pm with each given 20 minutes / heat with 6 entrants in each heat. That relates to 150 contestants of the approx. 260 entries in the 2019 Annual Crescent Heads long board comp. with 3 from each heat progressing through to the next round.

The sun shone, there was negligible wind however the surf was quite small. Nonetheless today was all about the elderly, if I may use that term. The majority of heats were for the 55 + age group, the 60+, 65+, 70+ and 75+ age groups other than a few heats of lower and open age groups.

One could not help but marvel at today’s participants. It was mind boggling to see so many ‘elderly’ surfers do what they have done throughout their life, ride surf boards. Although their age was obvious, they were fit and demonstrated some exceptional skill. Those competing in the over 75 age group could possibly have some surfers around 80 or even 80+. The camaraderie was amazing. I even witness grand-children barracking for grand-parents.

The following are just a small selection of over 1000 pics taken today. When looking at the pics, the surfers demonstrated great skill but had no responsibility for the small surf they inherited.

Click on pics to enlarge throughout

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Posted on April 19, 2017February 1, 2018 by Ken Banks

Mollymook residents visit Prevelly, Margaret River

Margaret River, Prevelly ‘Main Break’ – AMAZING!

Mollymook Beach Waterfront residents visit iconic surfing breaks in the Margaret River area.

The town ship of Margaret River is about 9 Km or so inland from the coastline. It has many surfing breaks up and down the coastline, some breaks are up to a Km off shore and the Bombora’s are well off shore requiring a jet ski to reach.

One local (formerly from Merimbula) said the surf was much bigger this past Saturday. Hard to imagine. It was jaw dropping stuff just watching these that I photographed yesterday, Tuesday. At a guess I would say they exceeded 20 feet / 6 metres in height. A bucket of water is heavy, so imagine the weight of water when one of these waves unloads on you. Big wave riders numbered about 8 at any one time on this Prevelly main break at ‘Surfers Point’ throughout the day. The paddle out was a long arduous effort. The Prevelly ‘Boat-Ramp’ had two main breaks. We also drove to Gracetown and saw numerous softer breaks of various sizes attracting lots of riders including kids about 8 years old.

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Posted on November 30, 2016December 21, 2017 by Ken Banks

Blue Bottle Invasion on coastal beaches

The blue bottles are coming, but what exactly are these creatures?

Author: Lisa-ann Gershwin, Research scientist, CSIRO (Article courtesy of Graeme C. who thought the swimmers may be interested)

Blue bottle in the water

Blue bottle washed up on Mollymook Beach

Blue bottles have been washing up on our coastal beaches by the bucket loads recently. With their annual arrival, many questions and myths about these creatures seem to be drifting around as well.

What exactly are blue bottles? Do you really pee on their stings? How do you keep a day at the beach from turning into a real pain?

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Posted on July 26, 2016December 21, 2017 by Ken Banks

Surfer’s Paradise

Another Magic Day in Paradise.

The Dawning of another great day in Mollymook

Big D. first to tackle the Mollymook surf break

Monday was the dawning of another typical great day in Mollymook. A beautiful sunrise, ideal surfing conditions for the board riders whilst the swimmers dived in at ‘sooky corner’. Big D. saw the invitation and tried his luck with a ‘racing board’ and may we say successfully escaped getting wiped out. Around the corner at ‘Golfie’ they elected to tackle the surf with more conventional style ‘wave riding boards’ to the delight of the crowded onlookers including Zoe up in the grandstand. (Click on photos to enlarge)

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Posted on July 11, 2016February 1, 2018 by Ken Banks

Surfing Images – Mollymook

East Coast Low produces ideal surfing conditions at Mollymook

Kamikaze surf break

Mollymook Beach

The ‘East Coast Low’ during the past few days was not as damaging as its predecessor last month and created excellent surf conditions at Mollymook beach as well as the kamikaze surfing break. (Pics taken yesterday, Sunday July 10) (Click on images to enlarge)

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Posted on March 29, 2016February 1, 2018 by Ken Banks

Mollymook Surf Highlights

Mollymook Surf Highlights: January – March Qtr. 2016

Dolphins surfing the waves at Mollymook beach, January 2016

Mollymook Beach Australia Day, January 2016

Great surfing conditions prevailed throughout the January – March 2016 quarter, with amazing water temperatures around 22 to 23 c. During this period the Mollymook Surf Club attained their best ever results at the South Coast Branch Surf titles, followed by the NSW Country Titles and the ultimate, the NSW State level against some amazing competition.

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