Lincolnshire Surf club

LINCOLNSHIRE SURF CLUB

The Club
The clubs been up and running now for around 12 months and has over 180 members! We've had our first few event which went really well and the plan is to continue to use the club as a place were local surfers can get to know one another, plan surf trips together, share local knowledge, answer one anothers questions, maybe even advertise second hand gear or whatever (via our Yahoo groups pages).

The club could also provide a platform to work with organisations like Surfers Against Sewage for any East Coast initiatives they plan, to contact East Lindsey District Council to lobby for beach facilities like showers etc

Theres not going to be any formal rules, theres no membership fee and no commitee or any of that stuff. Members can share ideas of what they'd like to see from the club and we'll see how it develops. I'm going to use this page to add a bit of local info, a few pictures and a maybe a surf report.

The future plans are to organise at least one main annual summer get together down the beach for a BBQ/surf but other ideas are welcomed

Matt

Club Events planned for 2008

1. Easter East Coast Drift 2008. This year is going to be bigger, better and bolder and this time we'll be flying the flag for Lincolnshire. We've arranged a combined inter-club competition against Scarborough Malibu Riders and the Saltburn surf club to be held one weekend over the Easter Hols. The venue will be either North or South bay Scarborough. It'll be sponsored by Northcore again this time with a Surfboard for first prize! Drop me an email for more details

2007 lincs surf club events

1. Easter East coast Drift 2007: It happened Sunday 08th April and we scored almost perfect glassy waves and warm sunshine!!
I reckon a good time was had by all and I certainly enjoyed it. The comp was loads of fun and was won by Nathan from Lincoln.

2. Summer Beach BBQ: This happened in Aug with a BBQ and a get together. It was planned at late notice to try and
coincide with the sunshine and a swell, so turnout wasn't huge but it was fun

5. Autumn comp: with Saltburn, Lincs and Scarboro surf clubs, again I could see about sponsorship and stuff. Gonna have a look at this one real soon!!

Watch this space for further updates and information

Surfing in Lincolnshire

The coastal contour is that of long beaches facing predominantly ENE with very little in the way of natural or man made barriers to add any variety. There are no reefs, bays, harbour walls, points etc(unless Chapel point is included but its the bluntest point in Europe!) to shape the North sea swells that hit our shores. The North sea also has a relatively short fetch, which combined with a shallow sea and long gently sloping beaches produces fairly short period swells that lack real power. Having said that Lincolnshire does benefit from prevailing offshore SW winds and we do have miles of beach break surf which although it doesn't vary too dramatically along the length of the coast, sand banks do form which can create long and sometimes hollow waves.

Surf in Lincolnshire is generated when deep low pressure systems, which track easterly across the Atlantic, pass or settle over the north coast of Scotland and across to Scandanavia and the howling northerlies kick up a swell which cleans up into groundswell by the time it reaches us. We also experience the occasional S/SE swells which tend to be much shorter lived and of course localised onshore windswell. There are waves year round but mid-summer can see long flat periods. The prime time of year for surf is mid winter when the big groundswells push in and when the conditions are right there can be some classic days of surf. The downside is that the North Sea doesn't have the luxury of the Gulf Stream and winter sea temps can be Baltic at 6 degrees or less, which combined with near freezing air temps and negative wind chill factors it certainly sorts the hardcore from the fair weather surfers. During winter a 5/4mm steamer wetsuit, gloves, hood and boots are essential. Summer can be surfed in either a spring suit or 3/2mm steamer

There are three main surf areas along the coast from Mablethorpe in the north through Sutton on Sea to Skegness in the South. The two main spots are Sandilands at Sutton on Sea and North shore at Skegness. Sandilands tends to draw in the locals and works best on low-mid tides, with a SW wind. Theres a steep drop off at Sandilands beach which makes surfing high tide hard work. There can also be a heavy lateral rip running along the coast depending on the swell direction which either means constant paddling or drifting with it and walking back up the beach. Sandi also has a water tap and a toilet block which is a luxury for round here! Skegness North shore faces a more easterly direction and is situated just around the curve of the coast as it heads in towards the Wash and because of this it offers some protection from N/NW winds and can clean up a Northerly swell as it wraps around the coast. Skegness works at high tide and can produce some super clean lefts which peel off the banks in between the groynes which remain there. However recent coastal protection work by ELDC in the form of dumping 850,000 tonnes of locally dredged sand along the main beaches has seen changes to some of the banks so its a matter of watching to see what happens.

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