Coney beach

After last night's curry the only surfing I seem to be doing to today is 'toilet surfing' but I won't go into details!

Decent swell out there but as usual in Welsh summertime, we have plenty of wind to accompany it...and it's onshore south westerly :(

The weather seems to float from heavy rain to sunshine and blue skies at the moment?

I might have to take a dip at the dreaded 'cone house' later something I try and avoid at all costs normally due to the dirty water, hoards of longboarders and kooks not to mention a wave that generally just delivers a quick drop before exploding around your ears.

In it's favour it is one of the few beaches in S Wales that offers some shelter from an onshore and something vaguely rideable.

My yearly conehouse vists generally number around 1 or 2 so this will be no 2 of 2009.

Let's hope it's a good one. I might add a synopsis later.

One the plus side, it is quite an insane place to surf from a visual perspective with an outdated amusement park to the rear which has been going since about 1920 and due for demolition. I wish they'd get a move on!

To the right, is the harbour wall where on big days, the waves coming crashing into and over it while surfers sit underneath, blissfully unaware of the carnage happening on the other side.

which came first - coney island or coney beach?