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.