Hello Friends,

Did you manage to get any of the swell today? Yours truly left it until mid-afternoon, but got some anyway since the conditions were basically good all day long. Well, weather conditions were good. The swell height stayed pretty much around the metre mark all day, but Huey swung the direction lever from SE to just about dead east. He also played around with the power setting. This morning at first light it was a touch under the 8 second mark, at noon it was averaging just on 10 seconds, before dropping in mid-afternoon to 8 sec and, in the last little while before bumping back to 9 sec. A second doesn’t sound much maybe, but it can make a perceptible difference in the juice levels on the sets.

I joined about 20 others on the banks between the lagoon entrance and just north of the pole. We were getting a few sets into the chest high range, if not a touch bigger, so it was well worth the effort. Wind was brisk, but not crazy and the sun was shining.

I had the Panasonic FT-1 along for the ride and so was able to grab a couple snaps to share…

Outlook for tomorrow is for cloud and increasing winds. Here’s the latest from the Bureau:

Next tide is a low at 1002.

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: W/NW 18/23 knots.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: E/SE about 1.5 metres decreasing to 1 metre later.
Thursday: Wind: W/NW 18/23 knots. Sea: 1 to 2 metres. Swell: SE/SW about 1 metre.
Friday: Wind: W/SW 20/30 knots, increasing to 30/40 knots during the day.
Saturday: Wind: SW 25/33 knots, decreasing to SW 20/30 knots.

Winding up for a whack.

Fine looking board under his feet...

Are we having fun yet?