Server outage: forums, realsurf.tv etc

Issue fixed by daybreak Sunday.

As of 2200 Sat night 18 July our forums, realsurf.tv and my own blog (among other sites) are off the air because of a technical issue with the hosting service we use. No ETA, but they have millions of customers baying for their blood, so I guess they’ll get things live again asap.

Midday sesh at Longy

Hi all,

Went and grabbed a few waves near the lagoon entrance late this morning. Had the Panasonic FT-1 water cam along again too and got y’all some snaps to look at.

(These are some of the better ones I got, but I’ll be putting all of em up on my personal site later, so if you want one of yourself, have a look there to see how to get one.)

Duck-diver at Longy

Strange beast sighted at Longy.

Another clean one to play on.

Surf photography's all about timing.

Casual stance against a Dee Why backdrop.

A few rights in the mix as well.

Lining up another lefthander at Longy around midday.

Re-arranging the 'do at Longy around midday.

Cruisy at Longy

Folks having fun and Huey sending one at the photographer.

Bledisloe tribute Longy Haka?

Mighta been crowded, but Huey always slips a few empties through...

Not surfing but fun: What if the Eagle had landed on Earth? – Image 9 – New Scientist

Gallery – What if the Eagle had landed on Earth? .

On the 40th anniversary of the first man on the moon, New Scientist has cooked up a .kmz file to show the tracks of all the lunar excursions so that you can see them superimposed on cities such as London, LA, New York and Sydney. I have a copy of google earth, so I’ve grabbed a lo-res version for your amusement below.

From NewScientist.com

C C Small

Fine and crisp on the Central Coast this Saturday morning.  The swell is small and smooth at 1 – 2 feet from the southeast.  There is light southwest breeze forecast to go northwest later.  High tide 0415 and low tide around 0955.  Local barometer 1014 hpa, 9 degrees C. 98% humidity.   Have a good weekend.

Don does radio with Simon Marnie

This morning’s surf chat on 702 ABC radio

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Don talks surf prospects with 702 ABC radio’s Simon Marnie on Saturday morning.

Might find one if you look around

Not thunderous for the early risers, but not without interest either.

Quick version: there were waves at first light.

Nothing spectacular because the two metre SSE swell has an average period of 8 seconds. There are some 10 sec period sets in the mix and it is probably those that are providing the occasional chest high take off for the hardy crew who were out watching the sun come over the horizon at Dee Why.

The swell direction’s a good one for much of Sydney, so I reckon there’ll be lots of folks out snagging the odd waist to chest high bump at their fave spots.

Outlook is for the little swell to stick around through today but to fade overnight and therefore be pretty small tomorrow. With luck it’ll still be surfable. Come Monday, the models are showing the swell as smaller again but they show a long period pulse coming in from the south. If it develops as they anticipate, we could have some more chest to head high sets at exposed spots for the first day of the new working week.

After that it basically looks as though we’re in for a week of small to flat conditions. Oh well. Can’t complain, it’s been a winter and a half for waves.

Low tide’s set down for 0957 and high tide is due at 1646.

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Saturday until midnight: Wind: SW 5/10 knots, tending N/NW 10/15 knots.Sea: about 1 metre.Swell: S/SE 1 to 2 metres.
Sunday: Wind: W/NW 10/15 knots.Sea: about 1 metre. Swell: S 1 to 1.5 metres.
Monday: Wind: NW 10/20 knots.