Sea Company

Yesterday a member of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) who support the Royal Navy unfortunately was lost overboard whilst operating in the Irish Sea. The search has now been called off & you’ve got to say in temperatures & conditions like we’ve had yesterday and today it’s almost impossible for them to have survived even with the right gear worn. It does highlight how dangerous it is to serve in any of our forces and that even in “peacetime” they put their lives on the line to keep us safe. RIP sailor 🌊⚓️

As the autumn swell head in its always nice to recap on the rules of the waves which makes everyone stay safe & happy while enjoying the surf 🏄🏼‍♂️

Very challenging conditions today with high onshore winds making the waves poor quality & a strong rip current across the beach giving Eccie & Mike (the only 2 brave souls to go in) a difficult morning trying to catch some (or any) waves.

The rest of the crew chose to enjoy the delicious cookies & coffee from Bessy’s Sweet Bakes while staying wrapped up warm on shore & having more of a social than a surf, swapping stories from their past service and laughing at new stories aswell as the old ones !!!

If you’d like to give surfing a go, then message us through here for more details !! Remember, it’s also completely FREE to all Veterans, Serving Armed Forces and family, this includes tuition and all equipment needed which includes board, wetsuits, boots and gloves !!

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Sam Cody Surfboard Artist - Apocalypse Now Sam Cody has been creating surfboards for decades, enjoy his story of the surfboards from the iconic movie Apocalypse Now

This is a fantastic competition and a great opportunity for us to show the surf community and industry what the North East is all about !!! Let’s show the groms (young surfer 🏄🏼‍♂️) some massive support & keep our fingers crossed that the surf gods smile on our beautiful area for that weekend 🌊🌊

South Shields Surf School

Storm Amy passing through meant very high winds this weekend and that meant no water action 🏄🏼‍♂️ for the crew.

Fortunately the sun was out so a social meet up was still had with various members pointing and looking out to sea at the beautiful albeit dangerous waves 🌊 while safely drinking hot coffees from Bessy’s Sweet Bakes van 🚐

Hopefully next weekend brings better conditions so we can get in the water 🏄🏼‍♂️

Some more local events happening in the next couple weeks up and down the East Coast 🌊🏄🏼‍♂️