First Weekend of Freedom

After three months of arduous work, my vintage duties have been fulfilled. After wrapping everything up on Friday (completing work updates, passing along my programs, cleaning out the desk, saying goodbyes, celebrating with the winemakers and a few bottles of wine, etc.), I was excited to have some freedom. I awoke Saturday to blue skies and offshore winds. The surf at Pines was small, so we decided to drive around the corner to Makarori's to check it. We found perfect conditions with chest to head high waves. My flatmate Ana came along and took some photos. Here's Leo below on a nice one.
A handful of surfers were up the beach surfing the point itself, but it looking pretty inconsistent. We decided to sit a bit further north at Centres, which was breaking very clean and only had a couple surfers on it. The forecast is calling for 6-8 foot southeast swell this week couple with offshore winds and sunny skies. Looks like I may be staying in Gisborne a bit longer than expected. I've been planning on heading to the west coast to revisit some of my favorite spots from my last trip, originally this upcoming weekend, giving me almost two weeks to enjoy Taranaki and Raglan before I leave for Bali on the 5th of June. Well, I guess there are worse things to be worried about...