BSR – LEGIAN BALI – 06NOV2009

BSR pic of the day

Dee Why afternoon update — worse than this morning.

Mostly slop.

NE winds near 15 mph return changing to easterly by mid day on Friday. Looks pretty much the same through the weekend. Its probably not worth watching or waiting for improving conditions so make other weeknd plans.

Roberto

Grey skies, grey seas

Hello Friends,

More murk folks. And 10-15kts of E to ESE winds too. As foretold by the oracles, the swell’s faded overnight and is now maybe knee to waist high with the odd slightly bigger one – at exposed spots.

General outlook is for much the same conditions to prevail through the day and to hold into tomorrow. In fact it looks from the models as though things may bump along more or less at the same pace (possibly picking up a bit tomorrow afternoon as the NE ramps up).

Hope you like grey skies… weather is going to be more of the same through the weekend apparently. Ah well, at least there should be something vaguely wavelike for the Manly Festival of Surfing.

Speaking of which, yours truly and co-conspirator Shari will be hanging around in our very own tent all day Saturday at the Festival. We’re gonna be waving the flag for RealSurf and Surfrider Northern Beaches, so stop by and say hi. BTW, we plan to have a few RealSurf t-shirts from fundraisers past which we’ll be offering at below cost. I’m also scheming to do a bit of blogging and tweeting (networks willing) through the day.

Go well!

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Tides: H @1016, L @1706
What the Bureau says…
Synoptic Situation
A High lies over the Coral Sea with another High over the Bight. A trough between these systems lies over northern New South Wales and is expected to persist there until about Saturday, with an upper low developing and re-enforcing the surface system. A small low should form offshore late Thursday or Friday morning with this trough, bringing strong east to southeast winds along coasts to its immediate south. The High in the Bight will move east of Bass Strait during Thursday, bringing northeasterly winds to southern parts of the coast.
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Friday until midnight: Wind: E/NE 10/15 knots, increasing to 15/20 knots.Sea: mostly 1 to 1.5 metres.Swell: SE 1.5 to 2 metres.
Saturday: Wind: E/NE 15/20 knotsSea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: SE about 1.5 metres.
Sunday: Wind: E/NE 10/20 knots.

Dull day, but he's having fun between the long waits.

C C Overcast and Windy

Overcast, dry and windy on the Central Coast this Friday morning.  The swell is ruffled at 2 – 3 feet  from the southeast.  There is a moderate southeast breeze at the moment forecast to go east northeast later.  Low tide at 0440 and high tide around 1115.  Local barometer 1021 hpa, 18 degrees C. 78% humidity.   Have a good weekend.

Leaping Tigers Hidden Dragons In Byron Bay Today.

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So the wind had finally turned offshore after promising to do so all week. It was one of those almost surreal kind of days. You know the ones; with that steel grey sky and the water is cold with that strong fishy smell. The kind of day one’s imagination turns towards ideas of hidden nasties lurking in the depths when you’re sitting out there tasting the fish oil on ya lips. Our buddy Shane pulls up in the car park to check it out. The missus sees an opportunity and orders us salty old dogs to suit up and paddle out, to give her something to shoot. Even though it was tiny what the hell, dutifully we obliged. After a few fun little slides, I notice a flash of white about one hundred metres to the right. Did I just see what I thought I’d seen? If so, it was big, I mean really big. A bloke paddles over, jabbering about the Tiger Shark that just leapt out of the water and did a dainty pirouette right in front of his face. I went in and asked my better half  had seen it, hoping for a photo. The answer was no. Shane pipes up and says with a wry smile “I did, but I didn’t want to believe it”. And sooon after the car park was all abuzz with stories of leaping tigers and hidden dragons, if you believe in that kind of thing In Byron Bay Today.