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Surf Spot Characteristics |
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Surf Quality |
| | wave quality | Regional Classic |
| | experience | all surfers |
| | surf frequency | rarely break (5day/year) |
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Wave |
| type | point-break |
| | direction | left |
| | bottom | sandy with rock |
| | power | - hollow
- fast
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| | normal length | short (<50m) |
| | good day | very Long (300 to 500 m) |
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Tide, Swell and Wind |
| | swell direction | - SouthWest
- South
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| | wind direction | - North
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| | swell size | starts working at 1.5m-2m /5ft-6ft and holds up to 3m+ / 10ft+ |
| | tide position | all tides |
| | tide movement | rising and falling tides |
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Author: Anonymous
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Freights Access |
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Drive south from Oistins, head towards South Point. Its the large bay to the NW of South Point. No real access to the beach, you have to climb down the cliff to the beach. |
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distance | take a car |
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walk | instant access (<5 mn) |
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easy to find? | OK |
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public access? | public access |
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special access | Don't know |
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More Details on Surfing |
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week crowd |
empty |
| week-end crowd |
ok |
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dangers | - urchins
- rocks
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Additional Surfing Infos |
| | Park your car along Enterprise Road or on the way to South Point. Two ways down, thru the small public access on the left side of the break or climbing down the cliff face when facing the break.
The break consist of 3 take-off points. Along the cliff is the primo spot, but on big days its hard to make the middle section.
The middle section is where the real barrels are, and leads (after a the wave lets up a bit) into the inside section, a fast beach break with a mostly rock bottom. Be careful here, it hits fairly hard, and the paddle back out is a bitch.
No real locals, because it breaks so rarely, but when its on, most of the south coast crew will be there. Because the wave is so long, it can handle a fairly large crowd, 10-20 before it starts getting crazy.
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Atmosphere |
Freights bay is/was probably the best left in Barbados when it was on. Head high to double overhead and multiple 5-6 second tube rides with 200 yard rides were not uncommon. Now, because of the sand buildup from Miami Beach on the other side of the bay, it breaks maybe 1-2 times a year. Otherwise, its at 1-2 ft, and fun for longboarders/beginners. |
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General |
Epic break, if you can catch it. Watch out for Roger the longboarder, he tends to drop in *laf* |
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Geo-localization |
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| Datum | WGS84 [ Help ] |
| GPS Lat. | 13° 3.52462' N |
| GPS Long. | 59° 32.28527' W |
| Precision | Approximate |
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GPS History (1)
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Last Surf Sessions |
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Freights, Barbados
By mattysan, 2008-03-24 10:00:00
Shredding the Shredder
Wicked morning session on the board I have dubbed the "tank". Awesome break with a lot of good waves, managed to snag my share of decent ones off the shoulder. I find it difficult to surf the main section just because of how heavy the shredder is to
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Freights, Barbados
By mattysan, 2008-03-23 10:00:00
23 march
Nice waves following on from the North Swel we have been experiencing. Would have liked to have surfed more but this darn shredder I'm surfing is a brick in the water after a while. It also rips the knees to shreds so after a while the quick-tu
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Freights, Barbados
By Jerzandbeyond, 2007-03-08 07:00:37
zed's dead baby
last lesson with zed. awesome session again. started really working the waves to the end and turning. big improvements. thought about taking on soup bowl tomorrow but i'm a pussy and "its too big this time of year." maybe next time.
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Freights, Barbados
By Jerzandbeyond, 2007-03-07 07:00:29
Zed run
this session kicked ass. 2 hr private lesson with zed layson. definitely got back on my game today. he taught me a few tips for turning and i started pumping decently. got a few pretty long rides.
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Freights, Barbados
By Jerzandbeyond, 2007-03-05 15:30:38
first freights run
lesson with Jr. it was a good day. first day out for me since july '06 in jersey so needless to say it took me a few to get going. freights is a beautiful place though. junior pushed me into most of these waves. didn't really work them much.
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Last Surf Trips |
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Trip: Barbados
By Jerzandbeyond, From 2007-03-03 to 2007-03-11
so, its my first surf trip to and being that i'm by myself, i needed to get somebody familiar with the island to work with me for the week. so, i'm hooking up with Zed Layson when i get down there to show me around the island and whatnot.&n
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comment by anonymous, 2006-03-10 11:10:54