Archive for July 2010

PICS: 275(!) of North Narrabeen Fri am

Posted on July 31st, 2010 in Top stories.

If you were in the water at North Narrabeen whilst I was shooting late Friday morning, it is highly likely I caught a few of your moves. Conditions weren’t huge, but there were some very fun and crunchy sets and although the crowd was healthy, it was reasonably consistent. As usual if you want to get a high res version without my watermark, just double -click on the pic and look for the add to cart link (which shows you the prices/sizes).


North Narrabeen Fri 30 July 2010 (midday) – Images by Don Norris


Pics: North Narrabeen, Thr morning nice!

Posted on July 31st, 2010 in Top stories.

North Narrabeen turned on some very clean and often punchy sets on Thursday morning. The crew was on it, so I took pictures before I couldn’t stand it any more and joined them! While it was nearly flat along many of Sydney’s beaches, spots that liked the little east swell on Thursday definitely had their moments.


North Narrabeen Thr 29 July 2010 (am) – Images by Don Norris

Just one of those days…


Pretty Ordinary

Posted on July 31st, 2010 in Central Coast, Surf Reports.

 

Showers and mild on the Central Coast this Saturday morning.  The swell is semi-smooth and small at 1 – 2 feet from the northeast.  There is a light northwest breeze.  Low tide at 0510 and high tide around 1125. Local barometer is 1006 Kpa it is 14 degrees and 96% humidity.  Have a good weekend.


Very small at east spots, flat elsewhere

Posted on July 31st, 2010 in Big Picture, North Narrabeen.

Hello Friends,

Dripping skies this morning and still a little bit of east swell. Not too big, but you should find up to waist high at those places that have picked up something over the last couple days. If your favourite stretch of beach doesn’t pick up east swell, you can forget finding anything. The rain is set to clear up later, but it looks as though the swell will not be picking up. I’d expect it to gradually fade away over the next 24 hours and for things to be very quiet come Monday morning.

The models suggest we’ll have a brief 12-18 hour pulse out of the south on Tuesday before slumping back to smallness through the rest of the week. Looking out to next weekend, the predictions have been swinging around a fair amount, but in the latest run of the models they seem to have settled back to predictions of a steady supply of small but surfable, mainly se to e swell.

Enjoy your Saturday!

TIDES: H @1130, T @1715
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning
Saturday until midnight: Wind: North to northwesterly 10 to 20 knots tending westerly 15 to 25 knots around midday then increasing to 20 to 30 knots during the afternoon, chiefly offshore.Sea: 1 to 2 metres increasing to 2 to 3 metres in the afternoon.Swell: Northeasterly about 1 metre.
Sunday: Wind: West to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots, reaching 30 knots at times, tending west to northwesterly 20 to 30 knots during the afternoon.Sea: Up to 3 metres.Swell: Northeasterly 0.5 metres.
Monday: Wind: West to southwesterly 25 to 30 knots becoming southwesterly 30 to 35 knots during the evening.


Clean and small

Posted on July 30th, 2010 in Dee Why.

Hello Friends,

According to the MHL data this morning, the swell is still pretty close to yesterday’s settings (ie 1 metre of east swell at about 9 seconds). It’s maybe a touch smaller out at sea but the period has increased slightly as well. With luck that should mean that spots liking the east swell yesterday should be similar today. I got a few pictures (and waves) at a clean but busy Northy yesterday, and then a few more snaps around midday at Curly. I’ll have fresh galleries up later today.

Dee Why wasn’t doing much yesterday and it isn’t doing much now. I’ll try to duck out for a closer look at the more easterly spots later today if I can.

Outlook is for the swell to putt along pretty much as it is now for the rest of the day and into tomorrow. Next week looks on-again off-again to me at the moment. The long range models are looking fairly hopeful for us in the Sydney region toward the end of next week.

Wind outlook is basically pretty good. NW for the early and more northerly later, but not getting up to much above 15 kts in exposed locations.

Have yourself a great day!

TIDES: H @1045, L @1630
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Friday until midnight: Wind: North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots.Sea: Up to 1.5 metres.Swell: Northeasterly 1.5 metres. Chance thunderstorms
Saturday: Wind: Northerly 15 to 25 knots tending west to northwesterly during the morning and westerly in the afternoon.Sea: 1 to 2 metres.Swell: Northeasterly about 1 metre.
Sunday: Wind: West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending westerly 20 to 25 knots during the evening.

 

 


Posted on July 30th, 2010 in Central Coast, Surf Reports.

 

Overcast, dry and mild on the Central Coast this Friday morning.  The swell is semi-smooth and small at 1 – 2 feet from the northeast.  There is a light northwest breeze.  Low tide at 0440 and high tide around 1045. Local barometer is 1013 Kpa it is 12 degrees and 92% humidity.  Have a good one.


Best of March 2010, In Byron Bay Today.

Posted on July 30th, 2010 in Byron.

We occasionally do the best of the best updates for previous months, in Byron Bay today. These updates are simply based on which photos you guys clicked on the most since they were published. We do this for two reasons. Firstly, because it’s just kinda good fun to see what the most popular shots have been. We also do it because the background website maintenance builds up on us; sometimes it needs more attention than live shoots. Today is your favourite photos for March 2010, hope you enjoy seeing them again as much as we did, In Byron Bay Today.


Holding pattern time

Posted on July 29th, 2010 in Dee Why.

Hello Friends,

According to the data from MHL’s Sydney buoy, we have about two metres of east swell at about 8 seconds coming in to our beaches. There isn’t enough energy to have attracted any takers at Dee Why, but then it’s not the first place you’d look for a wave in easterly conditions either.

From the shape of the forecast, the swell energy is close to its peak this morning. And it looks from the latest run of the WAMs that we’re in for another week of marginal conditions along the east coast. It’s starting to look disturbingly like an early spring. Fingers crossed that we aren’t going to repeat last year’s pretty ordinary late winter.

That said, the very long range outlook seems to have improved a touch. If the trends come true, by this time next week we could be looking at something a bit more interesting as we head into the weekend. But between now and then, we’ll need some luck in Sydney.

Have a great day with whatever comes your way!

TIDES: H @1010, L @1550
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Thursday until midnight: Wind: West to northwesterly 10 to 20 knots tending north to northwesterly around midday then tending northerly 15 to 20 knots later in the evening.Sea: Up to 1.5 metres.Swell: Northeasterly 1.5 metres. Chance thunderstorms.
Friday: Wind: North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots.Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres.Swell: Northeasterly about 1.5 metres. Chance thunderstorms
Saturday: Wind: Northeasterly 5 to 15 knots tending west to northwesterly up to 20 knots during the morning then tending westerly 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon.


After three weeks the wind finally not a problem…

Posted on July 29th, 2010 in South Carolina.

But the waves are tiny. I got out for an hour this afternoon and you may be good for the incoming tides the next couple of days if you have a long board.

Roberto


Curly/Freshy Rpt

Posted on July 29th, 2010 in Surf Reports.

Some waist-high bumps around. Glassy, but not especially powerful. Expect long waits between sets


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