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A grey arvo

Hunting ramps in the messy conditions

Hello Friends,

Been cold, breezy and grey all day around Sydney. A good day to be stuck inside working – as I’m sure many of you have been!

Just climbed up for a quick scan of the conditions and thought I might as well grab a snap for you on the way through. I think there were maybe two or three in the water at Dee Why from what I could tell. The grey, junky conditions will have put off lots of folks. And that leaves it to the dedicated few who can look at a messy ocean and see all the potential little sections, momentary pockets, brief flashes of juice… that lesser mortals miss altogether. Looking at the world through stoke-coloured glasses… Good on ‘em I say!

Oo.. looky, the Goat’s posted a forecast too…

Onshore mush at Curly today

4-5 feet of onshore mush left over from yesterdays 6-8 foot, clean monsters.  There was a few little ones at Manly this morning but nothing like yesterdays effort form huey.  There should be waves all weekend and a new swell early next week. Enjoy.

The Goat’s Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thrursday 24 July 2008: 4 day outlook for Sydney.

No idea where this will end up… or what it will look like… but what the hey… there’s this tune running through my head: “things can only get better… ”

Might be sort of OK for the weekend.  Swell around 1- 2 metres from the SE with some westerly winds…But with the air and water temps around 17, and the breeze likely to be on the fresh side at times, it’s not for me… I’m out of it just for the moment. 

Friday: in the 1-2 metre range from the South East.

Saturday: (let me just cut and paste that)… in the 1-2 metre range from the South East.

Sunday: (and again)…in the 1-2 metre range from the South East.

Monday: coming up! 2-3 metres South East.

Water temp is 17…(did I say that already??)

Btw, as a public service announcement for anyone thinking of going to Bali to escape the cold:  Did you know there’s an epidemic of dengue fever there?… That’s what a mate was told when he spent several days on a drip in hospital with dengue fever and 10 days recovering before coming home, and telling me… I’m not a doctor or a travel agent, but you might want to check it out.  And the dfat advice at www.dfat.gov.au.

Have yourself a bonzer time!

Here’s what the Bureau says about the weather:

Forecast for Thursday
Showers. Moderate south to southeast winds, fresh at times near the coast.
Precis: Showers.

City:          Max:   15  Parramatta:  Max:   15
Terrey Hills:  Max:   14  Penrith:     Max:   15
Liverpool     Max:   15  Richmond:    Max:   15

UV Alert: Nil , UV Index predicted to reach 2 [Low]

Forecast for Friday
A few showers. Moderate southwest to southeast winds, fresh at times near the coast.

Precis: A few showers.

City:  Min:   10  Max:   16
West:  Min:    6  Max:   16

Saturday Mostly fine.

City:  Min:    8  Max:   17
West:  Min:    0  Max:   17

Sunday Chance late shower.

City:  Min:    8  Max:   17
West:  Min:    1  Max:   16

Monday Shower or two.

City:  Min:    9  Max:   16
West:  Min:    3  Max:   16

Tuesday Shower or two.

City:  Min:    9  Max:   16
West:  Min:    3  Max:   16

Wednesday Fine.

City:  Min:    7  Max:   18
West:  Min:    1  Max:   17

Lovely. Finally, a day off, but blowing straight in from the east and nothing enticing enough for an old bloke…maybe with a bit more south in it later.

Cronulla

Slowly dropping @ 2-4foot, poor quality, raining and onshore blowing making life very uncomfortable, forget it unless your desperate.
WIND: SE at 26kph. WATER TEMP: 17 degrees.
SWELL: SSE 2-4 metres at 9 seconds.
FORECAST: Cloudy with showers, heavier on the coast. Moderate south to southeast winds, fresh at times near the coast.
MAX AIR TEMP TODAY: 14-15 degrees.
TIDES:
WINDSURFERS: OK for experienced riders only.
BOAT DIVING: Big – sea conditions outside, vis around 7m on the TUGGERAH, 7m at Barons Hut, thanks to www.seatamerdive.com Sydney Scuba Diving Boat Charter and Ian Griffiths “Griffiti”.
SHORE DIVING: 1-2 metres vis at Oak Park. 3 metres at Shiprock.
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Matt’s Central Coast Report

The swell is messy at 2 – 3 feet + from the south southeast. There is a moderate to strong south southeast blow. Local barometer 1021 hpa, 90% humidity, 12 degrees C. Have a good one!

Easy come, easy go. Dee Why looking pretty ordinary

Geez, that didn’t last long. Don’s pic from earlier makes it look a lot better than what I’m seeing at the moment. Two guy at the Point, it’s blowing 15-18 knots of SSE, really chopped up but there is still a wave out there, but only just so.

Grey & showery start

Junky Dee Why beach, but not small

Hello Friends,

Grey, murky, the odd shower and a baleful SE wind make for a less than appetising picture this morning in Sydney.

There were a few bods in the water at the point, but as the picture below shows, the quality wasn’t a patch on yesterday. Up the beach, a lone bodyboarder (pic above) found something with a bit more on it. But as you can see, the quality was not astounding.

Overnight, as expected, the swell has decreased. It’s currently out of the SSE and averaging about two metres out at sea on a reasonable 10 sec period. Wind is around the 15kt mark and coming from a blergh-inducing SE’ly direction.

The models are sticking with the call for a gradual weakening trend in swell size, but not a decline to unsurfable flatness until Sunday-Monday. But it currently looks as though the juice could kick back up again around Tuesday…

Here’s the Bureau’s marine forecast for the next four days:

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Thursday until midnight: Wind: SW/SE 15/20 knots, turning SE.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: S/SE about 2 metres, decreasing to 1.5 to 2 metres.
Friday: Wind: S/SE 13/18 knots, gradually turning S/SW.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres. Swell: S/SE about 2 metres.
Saturday Outlook: Wind: W/SW 5/15 knots.
Sunday Outlook: Wind: W/SW 15/25 knots.

Finally, a word about the last three days: sorry!

Happily, thanks to Ross, we now have resolved our hardware issues and the site seems to be going damn quick. BTW, we’re aware that IE6 users are getting an ugly effect from the top corner logo right now. It’s on our script guy’s to-fix list. I might respectfully add that upgrading from IE6 would be a good idea because the bad guys have lots of exploits for it these days. IE7, the latest Safari, Opera, and my fave, Firefox, are all safer browsers than creaky old IE6.

Have yourself a top old day!

0720: ordinary looking at the point