Sea what? Desmond Centro

“Sea what?” is a series of photos taken by photographers from different places and differrent walks of life. We wanted to see how they view Float Captain through their lenses, we’re stoked to see how each one will turn out!

Desmond Centro is a Honolulu based photographer and surfer. “Living in Hawaii makes it really easy. Hawaii is a great place to just grab a camera and walk around. The people are just as interesting as the landscapes.” Desmond feels most comfortable in the ocean, either surfing of shooting photos, the ocean is his natural playground.

Check out his Tumblr Walk Thee Earth and Instagram: @desmondo!

Spot Check : Zambales

Spot Check – Zambales

Fancy a reef break? Wanna bust an air  on fast beach break? Zambales has a bit of everything. In particular Magic left offers a very rippable long left hand point that can get epic on a typhoon swell.
Its close proximity to Manila makes it a popular weekend get-away for city surfers, it’s usually not crowded during the week except for a few friendly locals.

Flat? Hiking, fishing, island hopping and nature tripping are good alternatives, boat trips to close by islands can also be arranged through local surf guides.

Zambales works on a South, North and Typhoon Swell, giving different setups for each swell type.

Breaks:

Magic Left (left point break) for beginner to intermediate surfers.

Mags (beach break) for intermediate to advance.

Liw liwa, San Narciso and River Mouth for beginner to advance.

How to get there:

Drive 3 hours Via SCTEX highway to Subic then to Zambales Province.

Bus 5-6 hours bus ride (Victory Liner)

There are quite a few places to stay in the area. Circle Hostel offers backpacker style accommodation. Punta De Uian near Mags is another option, decent place and good for families. Pit Bowl offers modest accommodation and they have a skate bowl for when the surf goes flat!

Sai Kung – Tai Long Wan

Your average Joe would never believe that surfing even existed in Hong Kong. Surprisingly, we get our fair share of swell during our NE monsoon and Summer typhoons which can produce some decent surf at various spots dotted around Hong Kong. The most fabled of these is Tai Long Wan in Sai Kung which is located inside  a country park and consists of three bays with beaches. Each of these produce their own surf setups and the most popular being the largest bay which produces the  strongest and largest waves during a strong NE monsoon or typhoon swell. It’s a neat setup with beautiful scenery and best surfed at a mid tide at 4-6ft on a NE swell.

The beach is beautiful, long, covered in white sand and hugged  by big mountains on all sides providing a stunning backdrop. On a good day we have seen it with crystal clear water. Popular with hikers, campers and surfers, this is a special place for many of us; a place where we escape the rigors of city life and where all our problems seem to dissipate. The surf can get very good with hollow left and right peaks running down the beach and even on a bad day I still feel rejuvenated after making the trip here. During the winter months you will need a wetsuit, but a good 3/2 will do just fine. In the summer you can surf in your boardshorts no problem as it can get scorching hot in Hong Kong too!

Its the long distance from the city that makes it special and keeps it pristine. Part of the hike from the national park will cover Section 2 of the MacLehose Trail which is a favourite for hikers.

How to get there? To get there by public transport you can:

– take the MTR to Diamond Hill and go out of exit C2

– take the 92 bus to the Sai Kung terminus.

– At Sai kung bus terminus take a green taxi or  the 29R minubus to the Sai Wan Pavillion or the 94 bus to Pak Tam Au. Both will take around 90 minutes to get into the main beach (the other bays are a little quicker)

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Guilty Pleasures..Typhoon Soulik Swell

Didnt know what to expect, seems like Typhoon Soulik was a bit too far and swell was highly unlikely.

It was a good altogether, lots of familiar faces, good vibes and stoked faces.

But did not expect a huge crowd, i bet most of them pulled the “call-in sick” card.

South Swell is Here.. (Monsoon Surfing)

“Every wave is considered a blessing”
Stoked to see some nice waves come through Zambales.

Liwa surfer DK stoked after a longboard session.

surfers paradise no more?

An interesting article about plans for large cruise ship terminal on the gold coast , read more here

summers almost here

bad news for surfers! The monsoon winds are shifting and only a couple more sessions with any east in it 😦
but at least the sun was out, the rest was pretty flat.

Made by the sea!

looks like someone had a good session! Thanks for the pic Curtis and rocking the Made by the sea tee! Get it at floatcaptain.com! Check out the sweet SUP board from JC!

oldie but goldie

rare summer swell couple years back! this is what 13 secs looks like in Hong Kong!

Enjoy Handplanes

Photo from http://www.surfysurfy.net/
I need to get me one of these! made from recycled foam / old boards, these guys have been doing some great stuff. check them out at http://www.enjoyhandplanes.com