Went for a look at Manly to see how the swell was behaving itself this morning. Average period was close to 10 seconds and that meant the two metres of E to ESE swell was lighting up the entire stretch from Queensy to south steyne. Throw in sunny skies and light offshores and it was all coming together in most photogenic fashion. So, showing spectacular discipline, I hauled out the Nikon D7000 and the 300mm f4 with the 1.7x tele-extender and shot for an hour or so. By that stage I couldn’t stand it any longer, so grabbed the fishy and paddled out to see if I could score something too. Turned out that the tide was just a bit too high by then and the sets were really pouring through so you had to be in exactly the right spot… not complaining though. I got wet along with lots of other folks.
Wind is light and variable as of 1400, and the swell is working more to the SE but not losing any power that I can see. I’d say there’ll be surf aplenty right up to close of play. And, while tomorrow is forecast to be smaller, I think it’s pretty likely we’ll still have something to play with.
Here’s just one from my shooting session this morning immediately south of Queenscliff. Full gallery will be posted later…
