International Surfing Day: beach cleanup and bbq

Celebrate surfing with a beach clean up and a bbq put on by the Northern Beaches Surfrider Foundation crew.

TG;s forecast

Surf forecast issued Friday 19 June 2009: quick one for the weekend:

Waves from the ENE but so so conditions.  A High is sending some ENE wind swell and showers…

Saturday, Sunday: about 2 metres East North East

Weather from the Bureau:

Forecast for Saturday 
Cloudy periods with a few showers. Light winds tending moderate to fresh northeasterly. 
Precis: A few showers.

City:         Min:  12 Max:  18   Parramatta: Min:  10 Max:  17
Terrey Hills: Min:  11 Max:  16   Penrith:    Min:   9 Max:  18
Liverpool:    Min:   9 Max:  18   Richmond:   Min:   8 Max:  18

UV Alert: Nil , UV Index predicted to reach 2 [Low]

Sunday A few showers. 

City:          Min:   13  Max:   19
West:          Min:    7  Max:   19

Monday Showers, easing. 

City:          Min:   13  Max:   19
West:          Min:    8  Max:   19

Tuesday Fine.

City:          Min:   12  Max:   19
West:          Min:    9  Max:   20

Wednesday Mostly fine.

City:          Min:   10  Max:   20
West:          Min:    7  Max:   20

Thursday Mostly fine.

City:          Min:    9  Max:   17
West:          Min:    7  Max:   17

Friday Chance shower. 

City:          Min:    9  Max:   18
West:          Min:    6  Max:   18

More travels…sort of…

Hello Friends

After checking out Northy and Mona, headed down to Long Reef and Curly for a look. I hoped that maybe one or other would sort of be out of the wind. Longy was unprepossessing in the extreme. No one out, disorganised and junky, and oddly rather small, itw was not a scene to stir a surfer’s stoke. I tried to find an angle to make a picture that converyed the general wretchedness, but in the end decided not to bother. Looks like an interesting bank might be lurking down between the lagoon and no man’s though.

There were a bunch of cars up at the surfclub end of the north Curly parking lot. Could there be waves…?

Nup. Not really. An exercise class at the SLSC was the explanation for the cars. There were three or four people messing about at north Curly, but the conditions were not radically dissimilar from Northy – ie, etremely marginal. Once again though, I must hasten to add that there were moments when wave faces materialised amongst the chop. After waiting a fair while I was able to grab a snap for you (see below).

Wandered back over the hill to Dee Why and stopped for a coffee at SeaChange (who are getting a mention without knowing it). In the time I’ve been sitting here a number of fun size waves have come through the point and just in the last few minutes some folk have paddled out to do battle with the sections and the chop. Good on ‘em. Back to the office with your correspondent… have a top old day.

Out and about: Mona to Northy

Why does someone so flexible have to do warm-up stretches at all?

Norffy very messy and junky, but if you're super keen, rewarding moments to be found.

Thought I’d get out and about this morning to see what was happening up at Mona and Northy (and between). Basically the wind is trashing everything. No one was in the water at Mona Vale – and for very good reason. It looked horrid. You can see there’s a bit of size around the place. Had the wind conditions been favourable, I think the odd head high plus set would not have been out of the question. But with the chop as bad as it is, one couldn’t be entirely sure about the actual size of the underlying swell. The best thing about the stop at Mona was the smell of the sea on the wind. Lovely.

Didn’t stop to look at Warriewood or little Narra as the wind was straight onshore and there’d be no hope whatsoever of a wave.

Around at Northy the situation was almost as dire, but there were a few bods in the water working on their moves. Swell doesn’t seem to have a lot of push, so their efforts to get air were not consistently rewarded. The chop was dominating, but if you picked your moment, a little shoulder high section revealed itself every now and again.

Off to have a squizz at points south, so more from me in a bit…

Attack of the junk monster

What're we supposed to do with this Huey?

Hello Friends,

Tim Winton is out at Ningaloo on the big night. Now that is style. Well done young Tim! Haven’t heard anyone ask him what the waves are like there at the moment, but here in Sydney the settings are on ordinary. Swell is out of the SE at a couple metres from 9 seconds and the wind is currently out of the east to ENE at around 10-15 kts. And, the Bureau says it should ramp up into the 20-25kt range offshore later. Not the best for the south corners, but maybe there’ll be something in the protected north corners – if the wind doesn’t stay as easterly as it is now.

FWIW, I’m still liking the look of early next week. I’m hoping for clean chest to head high and offshore…

Next tide is a low at 1053.

I’m hoping to get out later for a look around at things, so with luck I’ll have another picture or two and a few more words.

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Friday until midnight: Wind: E/NE 13/18 knots increasing to 20/25 knots offshore in the evening. Winds inshore Variable to 10 knots early.Sea: about 1.5 metres rising to 2 to 2.5 metres offshore later..Swell: SE 1.5 to 2 metres.
Saturday: Wind: NE 13/18 knots, reaching 20/25 knots offshore.Sea: 1 to 2 metres rising to 2 to 2.5 metres offshore.Swell: E/NE about 1.5 metres
Sunday: Wind: N/NE 15/25 knots.

C C Messy Surf

Windy and mild on the Central Coast this Friday morning.  The swell is messy at 2 – 4 feet from the east southeast.  There is light to moderate east southeast breeze.  Low tide 1035 and high tide around 1715. Local barometer 1022 hpa, 14 degrees C. 72% humidity.   Have a good weekend. 

The way it was In Byon Bay Today, June 18th 2009