Just waiting to have a look at the sand down here which has been atrocious for a month with one righthand bank in play 95% of the time.

Close of play wrap

Still a few left

Hello Friends,

What a day for yours truly. That’s three days in a row sweating over how the site is working… we seem to have recovered everything and it seems to be doing what it’s supposed to be. At around 4, with the site largely restored, I decided to duck out for a quick look at the surf situation from my local vantage points. First, I checked out the Collaroy-Narrabeen stretch. Northy and little Northy looked utterly missable. Couldn’t see anyone in the water. Okay size, but junky and totally the wrong swell direction. As you came back down the beach, the size decreased toward the tiny end of the scale at Collaroy.

There were a couple guys out doing practice tow-ins at centuries, but size was only around head high on most of them.

Around the corner at Long Reef, things looked junky. Size was okay, but the sideshore made it pretty unappetizing. No one was in the water in the arc from Dontals around to the bombies. I’ve seen folks out in much worse, so I guess the cold was kind of detering folks.

Finally, there was Dee Why. Still a reasonable crew on the point and a scattering of bods in the beachy up from the club house. Both beach and point were still throwing up the odd head high set, but you can see the swell has really dropped.

According to the MHL buoy, swell’s now dead south and around the 2.5 metre mark at about 10 sec apart. That’s plenty enough for surfin’ but obviously is off the peak heights by quite a bit. Very much in line with expectations.

Expect it to be a bit smaller again tomorrow morning I’d say. But south facing stretches ought to have a few on offer for the keen.

Go well and have a great evening!

Sets getting smaller and further apart.

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woo-hoo! we’re back!

Call me excited! We’re back on air and going like the proverbial cut cat too. All thanks to Ross who somehow managed to keep things under control at his work while transferring, re-jigging, setting up and generally making good our site.

I’ve just been out shooting a few pics of the fading swell. I’ll post them along with a report shortly/

tuesday

on tuesday at 3 pm: wave conditions are probably still slow at the lost village beach – on monday, we enjoyed soft, fresh, clean one to two-footers, forming an array of lines westward towards open ocean (which occupies about 33% of the horizon at the lost village beach, up the straits) – not the most challenging conditions, but ample for me and two brethren camping out at this fabled spot – i picked off eight ridges easily, gliding over the boulder reef beneath, which becomes alarmingly clear very quickly, in these tepid, high-tide conditions – on tuesday, diffuse, weak and choppy across the straits at our fishtrap beach – marine winds westerly, maxing at 20 knots this evening and wednesday – still mostly hot and clear – **********- only another breath will i breathe in this still air, only another loving look cast backward, and then i shall stand among you, a seafarer among seafarers – k gibran -********** – “your world is a direct result of your thoughts” – please check out USS Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, and their very powerful single Hollowpoint Sniper Hyperbole – from toronto, they label themselves grunge, pop, drum & bass – perhaps alternative, with trance influences, is another take ! – the official video is soothing on the eyes, like their music is balm to the soul (somewhat like coldplay!) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpmC3tVfK2g – but this live version captures even better mr. boo-schultz’s emotional intensity (and boy-next-door familiarity) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYWkAR7EQNI&feature=related – please see also http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=153383434

Bumpy rides at Cronulla Point.

Solid but messy, only a dozen out at the point, waiting for the bigger sets at around 6 foot+. Only for experienced surfers.
WIND: NW at 15kph. WATER TEMP: 17 degrees.
SWELL: South 3-5 metres at 11 seconds. It peaked at 8 metres last night.
FORECAST: A shower or two mostly near the coast and later in the day. Cloudy. Light to moderate west to southwest winds tending south to southeast. Dangerous surf conditions.
MAX AIR TEMP TODAY: 14 degrees.
TIDES: Wednesday, July 23: 11:38 high, 17:24 low
WINDSURFERS: OK for experienced riders.
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SHORE DIVING: 2-3 metres vis at Oak Park. 4 metres at Shiprock.
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Dee Why still firing

You’s first look out the window and think maybe the swell has dropped and wonder why all those guys are sitting out at the Point… Then you see. Out of nowhere comes a bomb set.

Sets are in the 2 to 3X overhead. Crowd factor still high with 25+ out. Beachie still too messy to really bother with.

Dee Why Point

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Experts Only

Some big bombs still coming in this morning. Some so big they have their own postcodes. Southern corners, reefs and points are the only spots that could handle this and the ability meter should be set at max! ie. experts only. Wedding cake Island was firing on the mid afternoon tide so check it out if you have the balls. Bronte reef probably the only other option but fitness is imperative. Wax on wax off……

Ross

Surfs up and dangerous

Overcast, windy and cool on the Central Coast this Wednesday morning. The swell is wild and dangerous at 3 – 6 feet + from the south southeast. There is a moderate to strong south southwest breeze. Low tide at 0530 and high tide around 1125. Local barometer 1021 hpa, 60% humidity, 8 degrees C. Have a good one!

Central Coast

Overcast, windy and cool on the Central Coast this Wednesday morning. The swell is wild and dangerous at 3 – 6 feet + from the south southeast. There is a moderate to strong south southwest breeze. Low tide at 0520 and high tide around 1125. Local barometer 1021 hpa, 60% humidity, 8 degrees C. Have a good one!