My phone went off this morning with a call from PB who was checking the beaches and had heard about a shark attack at Avalon on the radio. He’s now been up there and spoken to a few folks on the beach and I’ve set up a story which I’ll update if more news comes to hand. It sounds like the wound is pretty bad, but not life threatening. The SLSC people have apparently closed all beaches from Bungan to Palmy.
Surf situation looks less than attractive at Dee Why. There isn’t much wind yet, but it’s been blowing SE since last night, so the chop factor is now pretty high. It’s set to stay SE through tomorrow, but the wind speeds aren’t supposed to go nuts. The Bureau says 10-15kts E-SE for today.
Tide is incoming until 1051. Swell is showing just on two metres at 8 seconds apart from the SE out on the MHL buoy off Sydney.
As the picture shows, that means junky waist to chest high waves at SE-friendly spots, with the occasional bomb set into the head high plus range.
I’m giving it an average rating of 5/10. What would you call it?
