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 Reports, Top stories, surf photography.

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!!!