On the fade, but not gone

Hello Friends,

Back from the little sortie down the coast to find a few wee scraps of swell still coming in to Dee Why. It’s in the waist high range, but because the MHL buoy is still showing some 13 second component, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the very occasional bomb set that was a bit bigger than that.

The trend lines are all pointing toward small conditions through the weekend. Basically it looks as though we’ll only have weak and small mainly ENE short period windswell.

I didn’t get a chance to finish up my mini-blog of the trip down south yesterday as it was my turn to drive. After leaving Ulladulla we decided to check in on summercloud bay. Neither of us had been there in a decade or two, but it’s basically just exactly the same – right down to the tradition of leaving your car obviously open. Clearly the rip off situation is the same as it was back in the 70′s when I first visited the place.

After making the longish walk through the bush to that famous broad rock platform, we discovered that the NE wind had really picked up and was blasting along at 30+ knots. That didn’t deter a pack of 30+ mainly bodyboarders who were furiously paddling into the very consistent head high plus sets. I got a bunch of pictures which I’ll turn into a gallery later…

Gotta jam, more later today.

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Thursday until midnight: Wind: NW/NE 13/18 knots, becoming N/NE 20/30 knots in the afternoon/evening. Sea: around 1.5 metres, rising to 2 to 3 metres later. Swell: E/SE 1 to 2 metres. Possible thunderstorms.
Friday: Wind: NW/NE 15/20 knots increasing to N/NE 20/30 knots in the afternoon/evening. Sea: 1 to 2 metres, rising to 2 to 3 metres later. Swell: NE 1 to 1.5 metres.
Saturday: Wind: S 10/20 knots becoming NE 20/30 knots.

A few folk sampling the declining delights of Dee Why beach.

 

 

 

 

Sets are still just catchable at 0730.

 

 

 

 

The Early Wednesday 18.11.9 – DY Pt

Kinda chill @ DY Point on Wednesday morning for the early (0600-0800) with a small group out enjoying the nice sets coming in. Butts was in the water getting some wet ones and almost the pointy end of a board on the chin! Finally got around to posting the pics now – enjoy!

Cheers,

Doug

www.wozthatyou.com  

Growler - DY Pt Early Wednesday

Butts in Action at the Point.

Feeling the need for speed.

Busting the Top Off One

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

SURF FORECAST ISSUED THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2009: SEVEN DAY OUTLOOK FOR SYDNEY:

<<~~~~~~~~~~waves~~~~~~~~~~~ of variable quality/////???????//// with variable winds \\\\////IIIII////\\\\>>   J

Friday: about 2 metres East North East.

Saturday: ditto, easing back.

Sunday: in the 1-2 metre range East.

Monday: about 2 metres East South East.

Tuesday: about 2 metres East South East.

Wednesday: about 1 metre east.

Thursday: in the 1-2 metre range East.

Water temp’s around 22

Weather from the Bureau:

Forecast for Friday
Partly cloudy, with the chance of a late shower or thunderstorm. Some dust haze possible. Light to moderate northwest winds, turning fresh northeasterly along the coast during the afternoon.
Precis: Chance late shower/thunderstorm.
Fire danger: Locally Severe [50-74]

City:         Min:  21 Max:  33   Parramatta: Min:  20 Max:  38

Terrey Hills: Min:  20 Max:  33   Penrith:    Min:  22 Max:  41

Liverpool:    Min:  20 Max:  39   Richmond:   Min:  20 Max:  41

UV Alert: 8:40 am to 4:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]

Saturday Chance afternoon shower/thunderstorm.

City:          Min:   24  Max:   33

West:          Min:   23  Max:   41

Sunday Chance afternoon shower/thunderstorm.

City:          Min:   22  Max:   30

West:          Min:   21  Max:   37

Monday A few showers.

City:          Min:   20  Max:   22

West:          Min:   19  Max:   23

Tuesday A few showers.

City:          Min:   22  Max:   23

West:          Min:   21  Max:   27

Wednesday Fine.

City:          Min:   19  Max:   25

West:          Min:   17  Max:   33

Thursday Mostly fine.

City:          Min:   20  Max:   27

West:          Min:   17  Max:   32

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Thursday until midnight: Wind: NE 20/30 knots, easing inshore to 15/20 knots during the evening.Sea: 2 to 3 metres, abating inshore to 1.5 to 2 metres during the evening.Swell: E/SE 1 to 1.5 metres. Possible thunderstorms.
Friday: Wind: NW/NE 13/18 knots, increasing to N/NE 20/25 knots during the afternoon, reaching 25/33 knots late afternoon/evening. Sea: 1 to 2 metres, rising to 2.5 to 3.5 metres later. Swell: NE 1 to 1.5 metres. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms.
Saturday: Wind: S 10/15 knots, becoming SE/NE 15/25 knots.
Sunday: Wind: NW/NE 10/20 knots, turning S/SE 15/25 knots later.

Going for ordinary

Hello Friends,

Returning from an editorial meeting for the next issue of Photo Review, I went by Curly and Dee Why to have a gink at the state of play. It was a bit before 3 pm and the NE wind was getting up into the forecast 15-20 kt range. There were a few bods in the water at mid-Curly but the energy levels seem to have dropped quite a bit. The MHL data for Sydney is showing a metre of SE windswell at around 7 seconds apart. There is some 12 second stuff in there as well, but I couldn’t see any real sign of it. Sets were struggling to get chest high (see the pic), and only then for a few moments. Around at Dee Why it looked quite a bit smaller than the junky stuff Barry and I briefly sampled this morning.

My expectation is that it’s likely to be small tomorrow morning, but with luck it will still be sort of catchable at exposed spots. The wind’s set to be NW early, and then to swing to the NE and pick up into the same sort of speeds experienced this afternoon. Right now Saturday and Sunday look to be around about the same.

Hope to have some pics from summercloud bay up a little later…

In the meantime, go well with all your plans!

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Mid arvo set wavelet briefly pops up for alert surfer person.

Very small and glassy

Looks like near calm NW winds for most of Thursday with just under a 3 foot bump. So if you got a log, drag it to the beach Thursday.

Roberto

Cronulla report by Aquasea Wetsuit Repairs

Excellent conditions, good swell is starting to fade but its still above 2-3foot but with inconsistent waves at times.　
WIND: NW at 9kph. WATER TEMP: 20 degrees.
FORECAST: Partly cloudy, with the chance of a late shower or thunderstorm. Light to moderate north to northwest winds becoming fresh northeasterly along the coast.
MAX AIR TEMP TODAY: 29-39 degrees.
SWELL: SE 1.5-2.5m at 8 seconds.
TIDES:　　　　 HIGH: 10:30　　　　　 LOW: 17:00
WINDSURFERS: Good conditions　today.
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Avalon to Narrabeen Rpt

Still some shoulder-high bumps around, though a fair whack of the energy has gone from it

C C Fine and we have swell still

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

Fine, dry and warm on the Central Coast this Thursday morning.  The swell is smooth and still there at 2 – 3 feet from the southeast.  There is no breeze at the moment but forecast to go north northwest then northeast later.  Low tide at 0350 and High tide around 1025.  Local barometer 1005 hpa, 18 degrees C. 94% humidity.   Have a good one.

Pleasure & Pain, In Byron Bay Today.

It was a glorious day, the southerly blew, the local crew came down from the hills for a few slides and there was much rejoicing. All was going well in Byron Bay today. But the ratio of beginners on hire boards with little to nil surfing experience was slowly increasing. Unfortunately that’s often a recipe for injury. Then it happened. An unassuming and unsuspecting chap turned up on a hired S.U.P (stand up paddleboard) eventually dropped in on one of the local ladies Deb. While at the same time, another bloke on another hired board dropped in on her from behind. Wedged between the two utterly inexperienced surfers, Deb was forced off her board and jammed into a rock receiving a smashed heel, a stay in hospital and of course several months now to come, of painful rehabilitation. As for this incident, well yes it was an accident and accidents do happen. But there are deeper underlying issues here, Issues often spoken of quietly in the car park at The Pass and occasionally loudly with the frustration born of near misses and the fear of injury. So what now? Well for Deb, who was so much looking forward to summer, it doesn’t look good. As for the blokes on Hire Boards? Well one ran away, there’s no honour in that, while the other, was traumatised by the experience as well. Nobody seems to profit from this experience, except perhaps the people who hire the boards to absolute novices in the first place? So what next, who knows? I suspect this is not the last we’ll hear of this or similar incidents, although I sincerely hope we see no more of this, In Byron Bay Today.  Deb, we are all wishing you a speedy recovery.