Small, but fun this am (DYSH)

29.01.09 news and cams of interest

Hi All

The best of the Australian surf cams I could find this morning was coastalwatch’s Margs cam. Proper waves out west for you lucky pups. Qld, NSW and Vic all look knee to waist high for the most part.

About the best live cam I could find overseas was wetsand.com’s Rocky Point unit on the north shore. Not super clean, but some size at least…

Looks as though today’s high tide spots will be the low tide spots for our kids and grandkids – according to the latest research from the CSIRO. Here’s a taste from the story on the ABC site.

Dr John Church told the committee a sea level rise of 80 to 90 centimetres by 2100 seems likely.

He says strong action now will not stop significant coastal disruption.

“We cannot prevent all sea level rise. We will have to adapt to some sea level rise,” he said.

The scientists say that uncertainty about melting icecaps means it is hard to predict the impact of rising sea levels on the Australian coastline.

I wonder what the rising tide’ll do to surf spots such as the Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland? According to this write up in the Santa Barbara Independent, there’s a good new surf movie about Irish surfing making its world debut in my old home town. The doco is called Waveriders and is the work of a guy named Joel Conroy. Here’s a bit of the blurb from the film’s website:

Waveriders is the previously untold story of the unlikely Irish roots of the worldwide surfing phenomenon and today’s pioneers of Irish big wave surfing. The story unfolds through the inspirational and ultimately tragic history of Irish/Hawaiian legendary waterman, George Freeth. Freeth, son of an Irishman, was responsible for the rebirth of this sport of Hawaiian kings in the early twentieth century. With its distinguished cast of world-renowned Irish, British and Irish/American surfers WAVERIDERS journeys full-circle from Hawaii to California and back to Irish shores following Freeth’s wave of influence. This journey reaches a spectacular climax when the surfers conquer the biggest swell ever to have been ridden in Ireland catching monster waves of over fifty feet.

All time Mona

Same as the last few coupla days, a few small fun ones to be had, only around the low tides though. That mystery surfer on the orange fish was out there tearing it apart again, he’s so hot when he does those look-back floaters hahaha yeah channos.

Sunny one coming up

Dee Why stays small.

Hello Friends,

Very similar looking to yesterday at this time, ie, very small to nearly flat at Dee Why and sunny skies promising a warm day. Sydney’s heading for a high of 28 on the coast and up to 36 inland. Along the beaches we can expect N-NE winds to spring up this morning and by this afternoon it could be pushing along at 20-25kts. There’s next to no swell around in our region this morning. According to the MHL data, it’s about a metre out of the NE at a choppy 6 seconds. From the combined trace, it looks as though there’s slightly more activity up along the far north coast. But only very slightly more.

The long term outlook remains pretty ordinary for the majority of the NSW coast. The monsoon trough doesn’t seem to be exceptionally active and the trans Tasman high looks like pretty much staying in place, ensuring that any systems in the far southern oceans stay well clear of our swell window. Whadya know, another week of summery conditions…

Have yourself a top old day!

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C C

Fine, foggy and warm on the Central Coast this Thursday morning.  The swell is smooth, weak and very small at 1 – 2 feet from the east northeast.  There is a light north northwest breeze forecast to go northeast and strengthen later with a warm day.  Low tide 0430 and high tide around 1055.  Local barometer 1014 hpa, 93% humidity, 19 degrees C.  Have a good one.

Sunny and mild to start

The SUP is the plan at Dee Why this morning.

Hello Friends,

Glad to be in Sydney rather than Adelaide or Melbourne today. While they’re heading into the 40′s again, we’re set for around 28 on the coast, but out west the temps will get into the mid-30′s. If you’re looking at another day in the oven and wondering if it’s worth the trek to the beach today for a wave, I have to tell you that we’re facing another day of tiny conditions in Sydney. So maybe pack the mask and snorkle as well as the mal or fishy.

The Sydney buoy is showing a metre of 8 sec period SE windswell. The models reckon that it should be more around to the east over the next 24 hours, but they’re also projecting that we’ll be into a more NE pattern from Friday. But it still seems that we’re unlikely to see much above waist high at the exposed spots because heights at sea are set to be only 1 to 1.5 metres and periods are going to stay short.

Patience friends, patience.

Have yourself a great day and stay cool if you can!

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Dee Why afternoon update 5pm

Sad to report that there’s not been any real substantive change in the surf conditions at Dee Why since Don’s report this morning. Pretty much the usual dribble about knee to waist high at Dee Why Center, Poles and Longy currently being roughed up a bit by about 12 knots of NE wind. On a malibu you might catch a few, otherwise not worth the bother. As usual, Dee Why Point is flat, not even a line for a SUP or a mal.

Yeeeeww

There’s no waves out Mona this morning, nice for a swim but if you wanna surf either try somewhere else or wait for low tide! Ya dig

Ho hum

The winds are already blowing onshore out of the east making what waves there are bumpy and lumpy.Not really worth the effort today.Wave height is expected to pick up over the next couple of days though.

Narrabeen Rpt

Still tiny