Saturday wrap

Hello Friends,

Swell faded through the day, but there were still the occasional bomb sets at the really exposed spots. I spent some time hanging out with a couple mates at Dee Why, so I got a good chance to check out the action at the beach and point. There were a couple zones of intensity along the Dee Why to Longy stretch – one at the super peak and another up toward the pole. Very big crowds on both of them but I’d say one or two waves would’ve made it all worthwhile. Around 3pm I decided to get wet, so paddled out at the point. Pretty quiet and only three or four of us bumbling around grabbing the little waist to chest high sets. Definitely nowhere near as good as the beachy, but the crowd setting suited me down to the ground on this particular occasion.

I’ve got Panasonic’s FT-1 waterproof point and shoot camera to test out at the moment, so I took it with me this afternoon and grabbed a couple snaps. The water shots weren’t interesting enough to share (protecting the identities of the innocent).

Dee Why — SuperBankSuperCrowded

There were some decent 2-3 foot sets through today but the wave-to-surfer ratio was not great.

This sort of sums it up…

Checking the view from the other side (DYSH)

Checking the view from the other side (DYSH)

Checking the view from the other side (DYSH)

2-3 feet of south swell and dropping

2-3 feet of south swell with no wind early.  Crowd is medium to high but not as bad as Dee Why has been lately.  Plenty of waves with a consistent swell but its dropping fast and the tide is filling in with the low around 6.30 or so this morning.  New swell due around Monday with SE winds.  Bid swells due in WA and Indo this week should make for some good video action from the usual sources. Enjoy.

C C Smaller

Fine, dry and cool on the Central Coast this Saturday morning.  The swell is smooth and smaller at 1 – 3 feet from the southeast.  There is light west northwest breeze.  Low tide 0600 and high tide around 1200. Local barometer 1015 hpa, 9 degrees C. 84% humidity.   Have a good weekend. 

We still have waves, but go now

Counted 45 people on the super peak by 0730. I think it's full boys and girls.

Plucking one from the crowd.

About 0720 at Dee Why beach.

Hello Friends,

Fair amount of cloud overhead at first light this morning. Swell has dropped a fair amount in the last 24 hours and is now averaging a touch under 2 metres from the SSE at around 9 seconds apart. Wind’s not going too hard as the day gets started. Doesn’t look as though it’ll get tremendously stronger later either.

Having to wait for the light to increase enough to grab a snap, but in the meantime I can tell you that there were 25+ people in the water from first light at Dee Why beach. Waves are in the chest to head high plus range on the biggest ones and it looks pretty clean. Saw a couple four wave sets in the brief time I was watching, so that’s a good thing. A few bods in the water at the point as well, but it looks roughly 30% smaller than the beach.

Will update the post as soon as I get enough light to grab a pic…

Next tide is a high right on noon.

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Saturday until midnight: Wind: NW 10/15 knots, reaching 15/20 knots offshore.Sea: to 2 metres. Swell: S/SE 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres.
Sunday: Wind: N/NW 10/20 knots. Sea: 1 to 2 metres. Swell: S 1 metre.
Monday: Wind: W/SW 10/20 knots.

Byron Bay June 12th 2009