Something silly happened in NSW right on NY eve. Almost all beaches have been closed - lifeguards raised signs “no swimming” almost everywhere. Some say surf was up to three meters high, which is quite scary.
We did not believe when TV said that beaches are closed and decided to check it out by ourselves. It has proven true - the waves were so high that well-know Narrabeen rock pool was more suitable for surfers than swimmers.
Just believe me, it looks tremendous right there.
It is not a big secret that what is bad for swimmers is good for surfers - so-called “sharks’ breakfasts” have just flooded the sea - next to the pool there were around 30 surfers despite sun almost gone and eight in the evening. And, I finally understood why water parks so popular in Finland, for example, where water park or at least a pool with a couple of slides or tubes can be found in almost any village, are not known in Australia - after real two-meter waves in the ocean soaking in a chlorine-contaminated pool with artificial waves generated by machine looks a bit fishy.
Sea foam is not what you often see at beach side of the rock pool. Tidal waves gust go over the while pool, covering the walkway and creating a waterfall at the other side. And, as I expected, this quite rare event attracted dozens of photographers - yesterday there were more people with cameras on tripods than swimmers in water! I bet they were after some nice shots of a storm in a pool with sunset (and, probably sunrise too) as a background.
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