In honour of David Weight, whose passion for the concept of artificial reefs has driven the project locally, as a surfing community we have decided to call it “Weights Reef”

11th November 2008 – Work stops for the winter
Yesterday the Reef contractors finally admitted defeat and returned to New Zealand for the winter.

The base layer of the reef is complete and will settle over the winter alowing the top sections to be deployed in the spring. We are hopeful that with a natural build up of sand there should be signs of a wave on therare occaision that a low spring tide coincides with a big groundswell.

Obviously there is a huge sense of disappointment amongst local surfers and business people as the delay means in reality it will be another year before we can see any action on “Weights Reef”

As the Sorted Surf Shop is right on the beach at Boscombe we will keep you posted as the progess once the contractors are back in action. Alternatively, if you want to keep an eye on things – check out the Boscombe Beach and Reef Surfcam.