OceanGybe Update: Point Break Riding

Frequent blog followers will be privy to our search for a mystical barrelling right hand point break on St Helena Island, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. When we arrived after 12 days at sea, we almost fell over ourselves getting off the boat, into a rental car, Sitka boards on the roof, Globe sandals on, Livity hats on and driving to the beach.

Lets back up a bit, so why did we think there would be waves on St Helena ? Generally, in order for there to be waves on a certain island, there are a few prerequisites: Swell exposure, favorable bathymetry and lack of wind exposure. There are huge amounts of other factors that come into play but these are the most basic ones…. Read more….