Golden Hour Glass Size:Gallery a 150-foot section with two-thousand-foot

a 150-foot section with two-thousand-foot drops on either side

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Golden Hour Glass Size:Gallery a 150-foot section with two-thousand-footBen grew up on this stretch of New South Wales coast the Central Coast that sits between Sydney and Newcastle and runs on its own quieter clock. The local breaks reward photographers willing to paddle out before light. Sunrise here arrives at the open end of the wave first, the lip going translucent as the sun cracks the horizon. Most mornings the swell doesn't cooperate. This one did. Ben was in the channel with the housing, the barrel pitched on