It’s here!

Hello Friends,

We have waves. Shoulder high to a foot or two overhead. Glassy, but high tide a biggun at 0730. No wind now, turning more N-NW later in morning, then NE 15-20 kts. Power setting on swell exactly as predicted by models, ie 12-16sec @ 1.5m to 3m from the SSE.

As the day goes along, we can expect the surf to pick up as the swell pushes up into the 2-3.5m range. It should be solid all day, and then overnight it may drop back a bit but not go anything like flat for Tuesday before maybe coming up a bit on Wednesday. With luck, it’ll still be going on Thursday.

My hope is to get out and about with a camera today, so there should be a few more pictures later.

Go well with your day!

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Longer wait for waves inside, but clearly some size.

Fair number of bods in at 0630 and rather setty.

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Monday until midnight: Wind: SE 5/10 knots, turning N/NW 10/15 knots during the morning, then N/NE 15/20 knots during the afternoon ahead of a 25/33 knot S change during the evening.Sea: 1 to 2 metres, rising to 2.5 to 3.5 metres during the evening. Swell: increasing to S 2 to 3 metres. Afternoon/evening thunderstorms.
Tuesday: Wind: S 20/25 knots, reaching 25/30 knots at first. Easing to E/SE 10/15 knots at night.Sea: 2 to 3 metres, abating to 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: S 2 to 3 metres.
Wednesday: Wind: E/NE 5/10 knots, increasing to 10/20 knots.

Synoptic Situation
A high lies over the northern Tasman Sea and extends a ridge along the NSW coast while a cold front is approaching Tasmania. The front and its associated southerly change will move up the South Coast this afternoon, reaching Ulladulla by early evening, and be moving along the Hunter coast by midnight. The change will progress along the Mid North Coast overnight, and is expected near Cape Byron by Tuesday afternoon. A low will deepen to the east of Tasmania later today, with a pulse of gale force southwesterly winds affecting the far south tip of the NSW coast tonight. As this low moves eastward on Tuesday, another high pressure system will move into the southern Tasman Sea, with southerly winds gradually easing. On Wednesday the high will move further eastward, and the wind will swing around to the north to northeast and increase again, generally remaining northeasterly until the weekend.

W.A.L. 16-11-2009

Wrestling the beast!

Throwin' the Line!

One of the smaller set waves!

Carbon copy for the next couple of days.

It will look like Sunday all over again, with calm winds in the morning turning to light East winds under 9 mph in the afternoon and the swell at 3+ feet @ 11 seconds through Wednesday.

Roberto

Dee Why — Noon update, dropping and crowded

Loads of waves but more people in the water than I have EVER seen on a weekday. The unemployment rate must be higher than reported. Had a surf at Longy Bombies earlier, plenty of size but the quality waves were a long wait and there must have been 75 people out.  Dee Why Point has dropped a fair bit since this morning but there are still at least 25 folks out.

Cronulla report by Aquasea Wetsuit Repairs

Hot, solid 3-4foot+ swells crashing in, rideable but a bit straight at the moment and closing out, fullish tide.
WIND: WNW at 13kph. WATER TEMP: 20 degrees.
FORECAST: A fine morning, but a few showers or thunderstorms developing late
afternoon or evening.  Cloudy periods. Light north to northwest
winds, tending moderate northeast on the coast ahead of a fresh to
strong southerly change during the evening.
MAX AIR TEMP TODAY: 31-39 degrees.
SWELL: SSE 2-3m at 13 seconds.
TIDES:　　　　 HIGH: 08:30　　　　　 LOW: 15:00
WINDSURFERS: Good conditions　today.
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Some cloud, dry and humid on the Central Coast this Monday morning.  The swell is smooth and inconsistent at 3 – 4 feet from the southeast.  There is a light southwest breeze forecast to northwest then northeast then southerly change later.  High tide at 0825 and low tide around 1500.  Local barometer 1006 hpa, 20 degrees C. 92% humidity.   Have a great week. For Sale -  I have a Surtech (Tuflite) Velzy 12 foot Hawaiian Paddle board (not SUP) for sale.  Excellent condition. $950.00 (cost $1600.00 + new).  This board is a standard class racing paddle board and goes like the clappers, very fast.  Good cross trainer for paddling on flat days.  If you are interested I can send photos.  Contact Matt at  ms2007@bigpond.com

Bloody Flat in Byron Bay today.

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As our readers would well know, many of the Byron crew are willing to drag out an old log and have a slide on just about anything in the bay. But not today, today saw it all go astray. We had minimal seas, tiny swell, strong wind and a radically low tide thanks to a waxing full moon; and that, is a recipe for zero surf  In Byron Bay Today.