Cold but pumping

Ice cold wind straight offshore into clean swell.

0730 and the Point is in full cry - with crew to match.

Hello Friends,

I’m in awe of those tough sorts that paddled out at first light this morning when the temp was below 10 and the wind was whistling along at 10kts. But given the conditions, one can easily understand. The swell has cleaned up, tide is dropping, and the SSE sets are looking solidly overhead. Not only that, they’re arriving with reasonable regularity.

The crew is all over it at Dee Why point. Lots of folks trying to jam a couple very memorable waves into the gap between first light and turning up at work or school on time. There were a couple attractive looking a-frames down the beach as well.

I’m keen to get down there with a camera, so I might draw a line under this for now, but I plan to be back later on with some fresh new pics for your amusement.

Evening update

Hello Friends,

While the tech types were puzzling over our prostrate forums, I was doing what any responsible webmaster of a surf site does when things technical go pear shape – I go surfing! As usual I had the little Olympus 725 tucked into the wettie, so here are a few snaps…

Where are the forums?

845PM

Good news. Ross has waved his special magic wand and our forums are back. That’s a good thing! Apologies for the dead air folks. We should have things fixed now.

710PM

Okay, we aren’t back yet, but I’ve heard from the tech support people and now await a translation from Ross – when he gets home from work this evening.

Hello all,

Another trial for your webmaster – and all the forum folk.

The server hosting the forums has been down for about 8 hours. I have raised job tickets and contacted my tech gods, but as of 605 PM I do not have any information. As soon as I hear something, I will post here on the home page.

The galleries are also offline – probably for the same reason.

Apologies!

FORUM being fixed right now!

Everyone, it appears the forums have experienced a serious problem. Don and Team are working to fix the issue as soon as possible. Apologies for this. There will be a notification once the forums are back online!

HOLD THOSE THOUGHTS.

Curly not happening but everywhere else is!

Had a cracker at the old stomping ground Freshie this morning with 3-4 foot, light offshore and plenty of barrels.  Tomorrow and the next few days look awesome on the charts too so no excuses- enjoy.

Noon update: pumpin’ still

Got a few snaps from my wander this morning. Shots from Narrabeen, Little Narra, Warriewood, DY luga, etc

Also managed to shoot a bit of vid at the Luga where the Psillakis brothers had it pretty much to themselves…
If you can possibly get away for a wave, do it!

Forums & Galleries off the air

Hi all,

It appears that both our forums and galleries are offline, quite possibly due to an earthquake in LA.

We can only wait until the sysadmins at the service provider deal with the problem.
-Don

Happy surfers

There are still plenty of waves about today but size is a issue.Nearly all beaches will have something to play with in the 2ft range….

Dee Why still looking good

Point was really firing early this morning, and it still is, but has backed off a bit in the last hour or so. Icy cold conditions at DY with 15C on the gauge at the momet. Water down to around 16.8. Still, there is a substantial crowd out at the Point at 1140. I can see about 15. Lots of waves rolling through but rarely an unridded one. SE swell direction is perfect for the Point and there seems to be a light westerly wind making conditions smooth and clean. Crowd factor and the temperature are the only negative issues today. Cheers, Rob

Raw Tide.

It’s like looking down on a farmers shed. Perfect corrugated lines rustling in from the SE. Bronte reef nice to nose high and a great left at Tama with just a single jackaroo riding it. Bondi closing out for the backpackers and they’re still having fun. Worth the sickie, just tell your boss you’re a friend of mine.

Ross.