Thursday wrap

As dusk approached, the wind was blowing hard and out at sea two kiters had the sea to themselves.

Hello Friends,

Just thought I’d wave hello to any who might be stopping by at the end of the day. Surf options were pretty marginal today so, like most surfers in Sydney, I tended to other matters. But late this afternoon I felt the need to get outdoors. I grabbed the Nikon D3 and a 14-24mm lens and went for a short picture-taking excursion. Unless a lens like this one is on a camera in a waterhousing being held a metre from someone in a barrel, it’s really not much good for taking surf pictures. So I didn’t really try, even though I was at the beach.

Long Reef was windy and cold and the light was fading fast. There were a couple guys out kiting the choppy conditions. They sure go fast but today didn’t seem to be offering many ramps. The windswell is out of the south at about 7 seconds apart and is getting up into the two metre range at sea. But at Long Reef the biggest wave face I saw was maybe 1.5 metres – and not looking all that attractive it has to be said.

The Bureau says we’ll be getting more of the SW overnight and into tomorrow morning. Swell is not forecast to build by much, but it could be a touch bigger and with luck it might be sort of surfable in semi-exposed south corners.

I guess that we shall see, what we shall see… as usual!

Have a top old evening.

Playing with a wide-angle lens and a Nikon D3.

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Not much at all

Definitely a glassy morning to start your Thursday before  light south wind kick in after 10 am. Unfortunately the buoy data shows only a 1 foot bump. But things may improve come Saturday. Stay tuned.

Roberto

Marginal situation this morning

Not exactly spectacular at Dee Why, especially since he had to wait 15 minutes for it to turn up.

This morning’s DY picture required a 15 minute wait in the 11 degree temps. The five folk in the water up the beach from the SLSC had to be extremely dedicated given the conditions. Grey skies, cold air and a very inconsistent and weak south windswell do not add up to the most attractive combo. Given the 7 second average period, I’d be pretty surprised if much of anywhere was offering a wave this morning.

No obvious sign of a tsunami from the quake in New Zealand overnight, although this morning’s forecast from the Bureau mentions it.

The models are not offering much joy it has to be said. We’ve had a spectacularly productive winter for swell, so I guess one shouldn’t be too churlish if it looks as though Huey’s going to take a break. Well, maybe not a complete break, as in flat, but it does kinda look as though we’ll have a run of small conditions from late Saturday into the new week. It does currently seem as though the anticipated Fri-Sat pulse should appear. Right now I’m hoping for waist to shoulder high from Friday afternoon into Saturday.

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Outlook from the Bureau:

Synoptic Situation
A complex low pressure system lies over the Tasman Sea. Winds will strengthen along the coast today as the low deepens, while a high pressure ridge pushes across from the west. Winds should ease by Saturday as the high moves over the coast. Abnormal currents may affect some beaches, harbours and coastal waterways today as the result of an undersea earthquake that occurred near the New Zealand coast Wednesday evening.

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Thursday until midnight: Wind: S/SW 10/15 knots, increasing to 15/20 knots during the morning and reaching 20/30 knots in the afternoon/evening.Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres rising to 2 to 3 metres.Swell: S/SE 1 to 1.5 metres. Abnormal currents may affect some beaches, harbours and coastal waterways. Possible thunder and small hail.
Friday: Wind: S/SW 20/30 knots, easing to 15/20 knots later.Sea: 2 to 3 metres, abating to 1 to 2 metres laterSwell: S/SE 1.5 to 2.5 metres. Isolated early thunderstorms.
Saturday: Wind: S/SW 10/20 knots, tending NW 5/10 knots later.

its not a lake

But its as close as it gets. A few in the knee high range are coming through with a few keen souls out amongst it. Save ya legs would be my take on it.  Its small and inconsistent and it looks like it will remain so for a few days yet. I am away for a few days so fingers crossed Huey changes his mind and sends us all some swell.

Avalon to Narrabeen Rpt

About ankle-high

C C

Overcast, mild and breezy on the Central Coast this Thursday morning.  The swell is small and semi-smooth at 1 – 2 feet from the east.  There is light to moderate south southwest breeze forecast to go strengthen.  Low tide 0800 and high tide around 1445.  Local barometer 1003 hpa, 9 degrees C. 92% humidity.   Have a good one.

Byron Bay Today July 15th 2009

The weather was pretty nice In Byron Bay Today

Twas a bit of a mixed bag, In Byron Bay Today. We had warm patches with light northerly winds. But when the sun popped behind a cloud, it quickly got cold. There’s still a fair bit of swell hanging around. It’s been dropping each day but there’s plenty of waves.  Now the word around town this week is that heaps cancelled their holidays at the very last minute because they heard Byron was going to have crappy weather. This would explain why the surf has been so uncrowded this week. But I haven’t got a clue where they got their info from. Fact is the weather has been stunning and the surf has been pretty joyous too. Sometimes I suspect unless it’s actually a warning about storms, floods or fire. It’s best to just take it as it comes, you can go insane trying to plan life around weather forecasts. I know I’ve tried, went completely bonkers. These days I leave the weather up to Huey and try to work in with it. After all, Huey does what Huey does regardless of what the meteorologists say. It’s the way it’s always been and it’s the way it’ll probably stay. For those who cancel bzzzz wrong answer In Byron Bay Today.