Friday wrap: the Path, Curly, Dee Why

Posted on July 31st, 2009 in At large, Curl Curl, Dee Why, Newport.

Hello Friends,

Went for a splash at the Path this morning. Great fun it was too. Sets were in the overhead range and some of the rides were pretty long. Ran into a couple RealSurfers out in the water as well. How cool is that? I got a few water snaps too. Not in the same league as the mighty DYSH though! What a pic he got at DY today.

After surfin’ I did some mag work and then shot out again to see if I could get a few more pics. Went back to Curly and Dee Why because time was tight. Accumulated a pile of snaps of Curly, and a few of Dee Why. Curly was getting some sizeable sets and, while many of them shut down, there were some folks nailing long, driving walls too. You’d have to enjoy duck diving though.

Around at Dee Why, as has been the case for this swell, it wasn’t as big. The beachy was really shutting down when I was there at around 1600, but a crew were having fun on the sets at the point. Not breaking hard or anything, but the sets were big enough to give ya room for self-expression.

From the MHL data, it looks as though the swell peaked during daylight hours for Sydney. If we follow the pattern that showed up down the coast at Eden, then it looks as though we can expect the average period to drop from around the 11 second mark to something closer to 8 seconds. The average height of the swell at sea should, with any luck, stick around the 2 metre mark through to tomorrow morning. And, again if we’re lucky, there should still be the odd longer period set in the mix for Saturday morning.

But the trend lines are definitely downward and at a fairly rapid clip. So, I’m not too hopeful about the situation for tomorrow afternoon, let alone the rest of the weekend. Mind you, the Goat reckons it looks okay through the day for Saturday, so take my thoughts with a grain of salt.

Have yourself a great Friday evening!

Out and about this am

Posted on July 31st, 2009 in Surf Reports.

Curly, Thr. 30 July ‘09 – 1355-1430

Posted on July 31st, 2009 in At large, Click! Pics for folk, Don's surfin' pics, surf photography, Surf Reports, Top stories.

Was shooting in an arc that took in most of the middle of the beach. The rig consisted of a Nikon D3 and Nikkor 200-400mm zoom. Deluxe!

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Mona Vale

Posted on July 31st, 2009 in Mona Vale.

There’s a couple of ones out there ay! nah it’s pretty much the same as yesterday, MV is about 3 – 4 foot and closing out.

Waves, we got waves

Posted on July 31st, 2009 in Big Picture, Dee Why.

Hello Friends,

Get out there if you possibly can. Swell is out of the SSE at a couple metres, but most important, it’s packing a 12 sec punch. From the look of the data down the coast, it’s peaking right now (around 0800). Not to worry though as it should stick around all day.

At first light it seemed that pretty much everyone in Dee Why was on it. An impressive number of folk were in the water along the highly productive stretch just north from the club. A goodly pack was on the point as well, but the consistency factor looked to be something of a problem there.

The good thing about long period swell like this one is that it wraps into lots of spots. The less good thing is that it also tends to deliver more shutdowns on open stretches because the lines are so long.

I’m planning to get out and about with a camera again today, so stay tuned for another tranche of piccies later…

Go well with your day!

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Friday until midnight: Wind: W/SW 15/20 knots, possibly reaching 20/25 knots at times offshore.Sea: 1 to 2 metres, possibly reaching 2 to 2.5 metres offshore.Swell: S 1.5 to 2 metres.
Saturday: Wind: NW/SW 10/20 knots. Sea: 1 to 2 metres. Swell: S 1.5 to 2 metres.
Sunday: Wind: W/SW 5/15 knots, increasing to N/NW 10/20 knots later.

Narrabeen to Avalon Rpt

Posted on July 31st, 2009 in Surf Reports.

Headhigh meaty swell rolling into pretty much all beaches. Plenty of south in it, so certain spots look better than others

C C Swell is Good

Posted on July 31st, 2009 in Central Coast, Surf Reports.

Fine, dry and cold on the Central Coast this Friday morning.  The swell is smooth and rising at 3 – 4 feet from the southeast.  There is light southwest breeze forecast to freshen.  Low tide 0925 and high tide around 1615.  Local barometer 1011 hpa, 6 degrees C. 92% humidity.   Have a good weekend.

Pumping.

Posted on July 31st, 2009 in Manly.

Thats all you really need to know to be honest. Its going off. Good size and offshore winds all day. My advice would be that you drop everything that you are doing and get to the beach. I am hoping though (well not really) that you had already planned in advance and so will not be reading this at all but are out there amongst it already.  Unlike my mate Alex who is destined for  day out west at Parra.  Oh I do feel for him – not!!!

Pics: Curly, Thursday afternoon 30 July 2009

Posted on July 30th, 2009 in Click! Pics for folk, Don's surfin' pics, Top stories.

I went shooting at mid Curly from about 1350 to 1415. The gallery below contains a few of samples of the conditions. I’ll publish all the pictures I took on my personal site very soon.

Conditions were pretty good with a metre and a half of 11 second SSE swell turning into shoulder to head high plus sets along the beach at Curl Curl.

I was stationed in the middle of the beach so that I could get shots across a reasonably wide arc. I was using the professional grade Nikon D3 with a 200-400mm zoom.

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The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Posted on July 30th, 2009 in Forecast.

Surf Forecast issued Thursday 30 July 2009: Seven day outlook for Sydney

Up, and down, and up and down and up – I think I’m feeling seasick

Friday: in the 1-2 metre range – upper end at places that like refracted South swell.

 

Saturday: ditto then dropping

 

Sunday: about 1 metre South

 

Monday: ditto

 

Tuesday: coming up – about 1-2 metres South

 

Wednesday: 1-2 metre range South

 

Thursday: small maybe a metre or less, then up from the South.

 

Friday: in the 1-2 metre range South

 

Water temp is around 16-17…

Weather from the Bureau

Forecast for Thursday evening
Fine. Light to moderate westerly winds.
Precis: Fine.

Forecast for Friday
Fine. Some morning cloud then mostly sunny afternoon. Light to moderate westerly winds.
Precis: Fine. Morning cloud.

City:         Min:   9 Max:  19   Parramatta: Min:   7 Max:  19

Terrey Hills: Min:   8 Max:  18   Penrith:    Min:   6 Max:  19

Liverpool:    Min:   5 Max:  19   Richmond:   Min:   5 Max:  19

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

Saturday Fine. Mostly sunny.

City:          Min:    8  Max:   19

West:          Min:    2  Max:   19

Sunday Fine.

City:          Min:    9  Max:   19

West:          Min:    4  Max:   19

Monday Fine.

City:          Min:    9  Max:   19

West:          Min:    4  Max:   19

Tuesday Fine.

City:          Min:   11  Max:   18

West:          Min:    6  Max:   18

Wednesday Fine.

City:          Min:    8  Max:   16

West:          Min:    3  Max:   16

Thursday Fine.

City:          Min:    7  Max:   18

West:          Min:    2  Max:   18

Shark attack off Broken Head – from the Northern Star Lismore

Saffron Howden | 30th July 2009

 

A file picture of a Bronze Whaler.

A 14-year-old surfer was thrown into the air and left with a graze and a punctured wetsuit after a shark made a bee-line for his board this morning near Byron Bay.

The Northern Star understands the local boy, who was surfing off Broken Head, was paddling back out from the shore when he and the shark collided.

The impact caused the boy to fly into the air and his wet suit was swiped and punctured, leaving him grazed.

It is understood his injuries are not severe.

The attack comes as the shark season ramps up in line with the migration of fish they feed on.

“(Shark season) seems to correspond with the run of Australian salmon up the coast,” fisherman and fishing correspondent Tony Zann said.

“The professional industry has virtually stopped fishing for them.”

But Mr Zann said shark attacks could happen at any time.

“At any time of the year if you’re swimming or surfing around a great school of fish your chances of being bitten by a shark are raised astronomically,” he said.

Mr Zann said sharks were particularly active at first and last light.

 

http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2009/07/30/shark-atta