Weak 1 -2 foot + swell from the east southeast.

Now That’s Better, In Byron Bay Today.

Now That’s Better, In Byron Bay Today. Left Yoko at home looking pretty worse for wear to head out and shoot a few shots, in Byron Bay today. Found some crew getting into a few lumpy but sweet little lines, and proceeded to get some work done. Then suddenly methinks, stuff it, I seriously need to get wet too. So I paddled out and slid on into a few. What a joy it was to have a crowd that was behaving in a functional manner. No hassle, not hustle just noted respect for each other as we all stroked into our fair share for an hour two, man that felt so good, in Byron Bay today.

Shire Rpt

Glassy, sunny start to the day. Waist-high weak bumps abound

Small, small, small …but not totally flat

Hello Friends,

A light WNW breeze and a small south windswell greeted early risers at Dee Why this morning. According to the MHL buoy data the average height of the swell at sea is around the 2.5 metre mark, but the average period was a touch under 8 seconds, so it will be quite directional (ie, the best spots will be the most optimally exposed). There were a few bods having a cut at the soft conditions near Dee Why centre but about the best wave I saw was in the waist high range. It might be a bit bigger at the other end of the beach.

This morning’s tide is a low at around 1145 and the high at 1745 or so will be a factor for the late afternoon crew.

Outlook if for the wind to swing south as a change comes through around lunchtime. The Bureau says we can then look forward to winds from the southern quarters for the rest of the working week. And the models are currently predicting only low energy levels across the same period. The hoped for weekend pulse has been scaled back. The latest reckoning is it’ll be small but quite long period. With luck Saturday morning will have a few options at south swell spots, but it’s now looking as though chest high under cloudy skies is being optimistic.

Once again, the very long range forecasts are showing another solid looking south swell event forming up toward the end of next week. I only note this with interest as it is really in the realm of speculation.

On a more substantive note, I heard recently from my contact at MHL that they are planning to update their buoy network and that in future all of them will be reporting directional data as well as period and height. This is a good thing for weather nerds like yours truly because we can get a better idea of how swell is moving up or down the coast.

Have yourself a top old day!

Weather Situation
A trough is likely to bring a southerly change for the southern and central coast today. A high pressure ridge will build along the coast behind the trough and will persist until Friday.

Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
Winds: Northwesterly 5 to 10 knots ahead of a south to southwesterly change 15 to 25 knots around midday then tending south to southeasterly later in the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres by early evening. Swell: Easterly 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday
Winds: South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly by early evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: Easterly 1 metre tending southerly during the evening.

Forecast for Friday
Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending south to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the morning. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Southerly about 1.5 metres.

Small and smooth on the Central Coast this morning.  1 – 2 feet of glassy small waves from the east.

Evening Shades, In Byron Bay Today

We decided to hold off for the day and head out to shoot during the evening shades, in Byron Bay today. Wave wise, it was a good call, the crew were on it and Huey was turning on that autumn light that we all love so much. Granted the car park was gridlocked, but hey at this time of year on a day like this? Well to expect anything less is to live in fantasy land. Be that as it may, once we’d managed to secure a mortgage on a car space, through some slick negotiations, and the willingness to leave a tissue sample, it was off to shoot. The waves were a joy and the crew were frothing all over the place, for a few moments the session almost descended into complete anarchy. But thankfully somehow sanity prevailed, folks lightened up and the crew began to wail as Huey drew down the evening shades, In Byron Bay Today.

A few small ones around this morning

Shire Rpt

A few bods out getting short bumpy shut downs. The good news is the swell has perked up to about shoulder high. The bad news is it’s still pretty weak and the southerlies are up

Hope, In Byron Bay Today.

What can I say? Both Yoko and I have been floored by the generosity of spirit from our friends and well wishers, in Byron Bay today. Thanks guys. So it’s a joy to share some good news, we had confirmation today that Yoko’s Mum, Sister, Dad & Aunt survived the Quake and Tsunami in Sendai. We don’t actually know where they are, or what condition they are in, but her sister managed to get a short message out that they are indeed alive. They have a long and difficult road ahead, and other family members and friends are still missing. But that’s a bloody good start by anyone’s reckoning so we move on with hope. Now as for our neck of the woods, well we’re kind of tired and worn out be got out to shoot, and we found that there were some pretty tasty waves on offer in the bay. We didn’t get amongst it ourselves, but it was good to get back to some sort of sense of normalcy, In Byron Bay Today.

Sunny Monday morning with not much happening