A few waves to be had

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Some signs of south swell at Long Reef around 530pm…

1730: a few waves keeping the crew entertained at the end of the day.

scroll down for earlier today….

1730: a few waves keeping the crew entertained at the end of the day.

0730: a few bods hunting little ones next to the rocks.

0730: little south line showing at Dee Why beach.

Hello Friends,

There seem to be a few little ones about this morning. Bit of a wait for the sets, but I did see at least one into the chest high range up the beach from DYSLSC. And, as the picture shows, there were a few folks winkling a few out from around the rocks at the point.

Yesterday the swell started out at around 2 metres and 9 seconds from the south. It dipped back during the early evening hours to around 7 sec, but this morning it’s back above the 8 sec mark and seems to be going up still. Peak periods are into the 10 sec range (about where they were at the peak yesterday). Average size of the swell at sea is just under 2 metres but there are some 4m peaks of swell plus sea.

What’s it all mean?

Well, with luck we should see a few little waves around at the south swell spots this morning. If the forecast models are true, then the power levels should inch up a bit more during the day and tomorrow morning there could be some 2-3 metre south swell into the 13 sec plus range.

The Bureau says we can expect this morning’s SW wind to move around more to the south and as it does, to get into the 15-20 kt range, before dropping back a touch to 10-15 kts toward dusk. Tomorrow’s wind outlook is for light and variable winds of 5-10 kts in the morning and NE of 15-20 kts. About the only minor quibble one could have with Thursday’s settings is that we could have a shower or two.

Get out there and jag a few if you can!

Samoan Surf Report week 39 of 2008

WEEKLY   REPORTS  for    2008

Report No:   39-08

Period:           Monday Sept 29^th to Sunday Oct 5^th 2008    

It was a very busy week at Sa’Moana, and a good one on the surf front @ Resorts.  The majority of the surfing was at Pebbles but they broke this up with a little time at Wakas and Special K. It also saw the return of some stormy weather with the sunshine broken by some rain squalls with some thunder and lightening, strangely tropical.

Monday. High tide 6:35am and 6:49pm   An early straight to Pebbles for the morning session. It was a little funky at times with a lot of west in the swell but some nice little barrels on offer if you picked the right one.  Resorts in the late evening cleaned up after being a bit messy all day and perfect little peaks were rolling in as the kicked back crew enjoyed a well earned beer and talked about padding out instead of actually doing it.

Tuesday. High tide 7:13am   Pebbles was turning it on  with classic overhead barrels. A slight increase in the SW swell made all the difference from Monday and some deep barrels were made much to the delight of the onlookers from the channel (they took out quite a few non surfing guests). A friendly little session at Special K rounded off a good mornings surfing. Unfortunately camera malfunction (on the part of the user) saw the photos deleted and many classic snaps were lost and only memories remain of some of the best barrels of their lives.

Wednesday. High tide 7:51am   More south in the swell meant Wakas was the go this morning. They were greeted with some classic conditions however it wasn’t long before line-up got crowded and they headed back to Pebbles for some uncrowded gold. The change of location may have been a blessing as Pebbles was turning on some nice little barrels which they had all to ourselves.

Thursday. High tide 8:32am   A combined surfing and snorkeling trip to Pebbles was the morning plan so whilst the surfers were scoring shoulder high barrels on the reef the underwater crew were swimming with the fishes amongst the beautiful plate and finger corals which on the drop offs.

Friday. High tide 9:20am  A big increase in swell overnight saw most spots out of control. However a few little rights were scored at an inside pass not far from the boat mooring out from Sa’anapu. The swell sorted itself out on the way into the pass and lined up for some fun little, up to shoulder high waves were had and the new break called Grommet Land (G-land) due to its friendly nature.

Saturday. High tide 10:19am   A messy swell combined with a return of the trade, no waves today

Sunday. High tide 11:35am  Once again the messy swell meant no surf today.

Photos   All shots from Pebbles on Wednesday   39a-08 Bruce taking off deep on a nice looking one.

39b-08 Thomas the grommet,  39c-08 Dan ducking into a little barrel and out of the sun.

Bob McTavish in store next week to launch 2009 range

McTavish surfboards in conjunction with Global Surf Industries are excited to announce that Bob McTavish will be visiting Sydney next week to launch the 2009 range of boards. This range features new models and a new technology.

New Longboard models include the F4 and Fireball Evolution. The new technology sees three models now available in Global Surf Industries exclusive SLX construction. This super lightweight EPS/Epoxy layup makes the board really come alive.

If you would like to meet Bob and talk surfboards then come along to:

SurfCulture – Bondi Junction – Friday 17^th Oct – 6 – 9pm

Bennett’s Surfboards – Brookvale – Saturday 18^th - Oct 9am – 12 noon

For more information go to: www.surfindustries.com/mct09Range

Narrabeen Rpt

What I saw, I wouldnt call “surf”

Only For Senor Desperado.

South Bondage the only real option this morning as the S swell starts to fade. Tama reef about a foot and a couple of B boarders giving it a go. Curse of the schoolies huh!?

Beautiful day

Great conditions again for surf today but sadly once again there is not much happening.There is alittle spike in wave height but the low tide this am is not helping.Prospects for the rest of week is for much of the same.

C C Small and fine

Fine, cool and dry on the Central Coast this Wednesday morning.  The swell is smooth and small at 1 – 2 feet + from the southeast.  There is light south southwest breeze set to go east southeast and strengthen later.  Low tide 0745 and high tide around 1430.  Local barometer 1010 hpa, 83% humidity, 8 degrees C.  Have a good one!