When Shipstern Bluff Lights Up, The Footage Never Disappoints (Watch)

It’s a compelling scene, Shipstern Bluff.

One of the world’s most dynamic and difficult waves perched on a corner of Tasmania under the shadow of a towering geological feature, Shippies is built for good cinema.

The famed slab came to life last week as the Southern Hemisphere starts to turn on low-pressure systems. With the forecast improving by the hour, many renowned tube hounds flocked to the wave.

Tim Bonython has been documenting Shipstern's for years. So if he calls it “Day of Dayz,”–as he does in his new edit below–we're inclined to believe him. These aren’t the largest mutants the wave is capable of producing, but conditions looked (relatively) idyllic, if this is the kind of wave that satiates your appetite.

The cavalry included a mix and tow and paddle surfers. Chargers like Dylan Longbottom (with his daughter Summa), Laura Enever, Laurie Towner, Torren Martyn, Soli Bailey, Kipp Caddy, and Mark Matthews were on the scene. Locals Marti Paradisis and Tyler Holmer-Cross held down their spot, as did a crew of bodyboarders.

Here, Dylan Longbottom offers a lesson in hanging on for dear life.

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Tim’s video above includes a stellar mix of angles from several notable Australian lensmen, including Stuart Gibson (drone), Dav Fox (water), Milo Inglis (land) and Matt Dunbar. There was no shortage of cameras clicking away. Milo's shot of Soli's wave (below) is a scroll stopper.

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The exchange rate can be brutal at times here at Shipstern’s. It seems like for every gem, there are 10 monsters to deal with. But just like the wipeouts, the good ones are equally as memorable. On her first trip to the slab in five years, Enever got caught behind and thoroughly smashed on a bomb. She called it her "craziest looking wipeout yet #sorrymum." But Enever is nothing if not tenacious, and she eventually negotiated the infamous step and came out beaming. Here's her own recap below:

“I thought for a while it wasn’t going to have the end bowl on it, I was like damn, it’s going to be a mellow one," Enever says in Bonython's highlight reel. "Then it went over the step and I was like ‘Oh, here it goes.’ I wasn’t very deep, but it was sick."

The bar has been set this season in the Southern Ocean. Now it's back to watching the buoys.

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