PICS: Big day at the Kick

Posted on August 21st, 2010 in Don's surfin' pics, Top stories.

A massive one-day wonder swell hit Sydney on the 13th of August 2010 and almost nowhere was surfable. The Kick at Collaroy however came close and I got down there with the camera to watch a few keen types battle the powering offshore winds to catch some seriously big waves…

The Kick (Collaroy) 13 August 2010 – Images by Don Norris

Summer? What Summer? (HMB Jetty)

Posted on August 21st, 2010 in California, Half Moon Bay, Surf Sessions. When I reached the beach it was barely dawn, 53 degrees and drizzling under gray skies. Summer's nearly over, and it seems like we're still waiting for it. This has been one of the coolest summers ever, or so it seems, and the south groundswells have been as scarce as the warm sunshine. But there was a little south swell in the water, underneath a NW windswell, giving some hope for the Jetty after a pretty flat week. It didn't look like much from the road, but neither Darren nor I had time before work to drive around on a wave quest, so we paddled out anyway. The water too was colder than it should be in August.
Darren got the wave of the day as soon as he got in position - it was more than waist-high! I pulled off my requisite three decent rides, plus a few rather fun wipeouts from getting too close to the lip of a closeout wave on (attempted) takeoff. Luke and John turned up after a bit, and then it was just the four of us sharing the break. Manabu stopped by to video his surf report just as I rode my last left in. The bottoms of my feet were icy clods. I shivered as I changed, and cranked up the seat heater in the MINI as soon as I started driving - aahhh.
The waves may have been small and inconsistent, but there's no better way to start the day than a surf with just my buddies.

And now for a shark joke, courtesy of Luke:

A boat capsizes in the ocean and sinks. The survivors are floating around on the surface when two great white sharks spot them, a daddy great white and his son. The daddy says to his son, "Let's circle around them a few times with just one fin out of the water," and they do. Then the daddy great white says to his son "Good job! Now let's do it again, this time with all our fins showing," and they do. Then the daddy great white shark says "Good job son! Now let's go feast," and they do. After they have gorged themselves, the son asks, "Daddy, how come we circled them so many times instead of just going at them right away?" The daddy great white answers, "Because they taste better without the shit in them."

Surfline: Mix of holding SW groundswell, some minor NW windswell, and slow building long-period forerunners of a new SSW groundswell. Good SW exposed breaks offered 2-3' occasional 4' surf. Beachbreaks exposed to the SW/NW combo are peaky. Buoy 46012: NW 4.3 ft @ 7.7 sec.

Small surf and a cool breeze blowing

Posted on August 21st, 2010 in Central Coast, Surf Reports.

But Mossy @ Lizottes (new venue starting in Dee Why in October) was unreal and made up for the forthcoming flat surf and boring election day today!

Another Long(boarder) day…

Posted on August 21st, 2010 in Longy.

Long Reef has some really small 1 footers breaking this morning.  Maybe the high tide (6.11am) is helping with that.  Great day for your kids first surf… like yesterday… and tomorrow.

Good day for voting

Posted on August 21st, 2010 in Dee Why.

Hello Friends,

No sign of a rideable wave at Dee Why this morning. Not a sausage. Beautiful start to the day though. Kinda chilly maybe, but lovely nonetheless.

While there’s really not much of any hope for a wave this morning, you might find a little something toward dusk tomorrow when we just might get a wee pulse out of the south. From the look of the models, we’re talking about maybe waist high on the bigger ones.

From what I can see on the models, there is no reason to dispute the Goat’s call for the week ahead in Sydney. It’s going to be dire by all indications. There’s just nothin’ showing on the models.

Here’s hoping that Huey has other plans because right now we’re staring down the barrel of flatness for the next week.

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
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Saturday until midnight: Wind: Westerly 15 to 25 knots.Sea: Below 1 metre rising up to 2 metres offshoreSwell: Southerly 0.5 metres.
Sunday: Wind: Westerly 15 to 25 knots tending west to northwesterly up to 15 knots during the morning then tending north to northeasterly during the afternoon.Sea: Below 1 metre inshore rising up to 2 metres offshore in the morning.Swell: Southerly 0.5 to 1.5 metres.
Monday: Wind: North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending westerly up to 30 knots during the evening.

Dee Why: Election Day — surf running about the same size as the expectations for our next government

Posted on August 21st, 2010 in Surf Reports.

If you thought it was flat yesterday, it’s even smaller today. Ony guy in a surf ski is paddling around at Poles and that’s about it.

Don’t forget to vote today.

Still micro folks

Posted on August 20th, 2010 in Dee Why.

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Posted on August 20th, 2010 in Surf Reports.

Surf Forecast issued Friday 20 August 2010:  Seven day outlook for Sydney:

 

Looks like you’ll be doing something else this week…

 

Saturday – Friday less than 1 metre or flat.  If you look really hard you might find a small mal waves at the right tide, right place.

 

Water temp’s 17.

 

Weather from the Bureau

Forecast for Saturday

Sunny. Light to moderate westerly winds.

Precis: Sunny.                       

City:         Min:   8 Max:  18   Parramatta: Min:   5 Max:  18

Terrey Hills: Min:   6 Max:  16   Penrith:    Min:   5 Max:  18

Liverpool:    Min:   4 Max:  18   Richmond:   Min:   3 Max:  18

UV Alert:   10:10 am to 1:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 4

[Moderate]

Sunday    Becoming cloudy later.

City:          Min:    8  Max:   18

West:          Min:    3  Max:   19

Monday    A few showers.

City:          Min:   10  Max:   17

West:          Min:    7  Max:   16

Tuesday   Mostly sunny.

City:          Min:    9  Max:   19

West:          Min:    6  Max:   19

Wednesday Partly cloudy.

City:          Min:    9  Max:   17

West:          Min:    4  Max:   17

Thursday  Partly cloudy.

City:          Min:    8  Max:   19

West:          Min:    3  Max:   19

Friday    Partly cloudy.

City:          Min:    9  Max:   19

West:          Min:    5  Max:   19

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Friday until midnight: Wind: Westerly 15 to 25 knots increasing to 25 to 30 knots offshore later in the evening.Sea: 1 to 2 metres increasing to 2 to 3 metres later in the evening.Swell: Southerly 1 metre.
Saturday: Wind: Westerly 20 to 25 knots.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: Southerly 1 metre.
Sunday: Wind: Westerly 10 to 20 knots tending west to northwesterly up to 10 knots around midday then tending north to northeasterly up to 15 knots during the afternoon.
Monday: Wind: North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending westerly up to 30 knots during the evening.

Pathetic

Posted on August 20th, 2010 in South Carolina, Surf Reports.

With the weekend around the corner there is no possibility of any decent surf. Might want to travel north to the Outer Banks of NC, I at least had a few waves early in the week up there.

Roberto

Dust off your longest board….

Posted on August 20th, 2010 in Longy.

Today would be a great day for your child’s first surf.  It wouldn’t scare them at all.  Longy is tiny.  Nice conditions though.