From the land of cold water
Hello Friends, Sorry about running late, but it’s been a day spent driving for me. From what I can see, it’s pretty puny in Sydney at lunch time. Just a weak little SSW wind swell of a metre or so showing on the MHL buoy. Throw in an east north-east sea breeze and I’m guessing […]
Blast Leftovers
Despite that big southerly blast last night it hasnt left much getting into Manly. It did make for an awesome downwind SUP run for me and a mate from Bower to Longy last night. Who thought you could surf for 50+ meters at a time in the middle of the ocean. But I know you […]
Over the horizon
Hello Friends, It was still dark in Sydney as I wrote this early on Wednesday morning. Wind was lightly out of the SW and the next tide was a low at 1050. The MHL spectral data was showing a fair amount of south swell – up to 3 metres – with an average period of […]
Micro in SoCal
Hello Friends, At 0700 the MHL buoy was showing a mix of SE and NE swell, with the later dominating. It was showing close to 2 metres at sea, but the average period was a sloppy 7 seconds or so. It looked as though there was a small wave maybe along the southern end of […]
Rare Sights
Dunno if it was tide, shift change, freak set or what but when I drove past and snapped a few this morning I was regretting my sleep in. Longboarders getting barrelled? Rare sight indeed. Probably still good through mid morning but a big southerly blow coming tonight to change things up. Mark – Surfboards Direct
Filthy
Its a rare sight to see zero people out at Manly close to summer but that massive downpour and crap surf did it. Also blocked drains, traffic, and filled up Queenscliff lagoon with toxic filth about to empty into Manly beach. Read for yourself here. “Manly Lagoon is now 10% of its original size and […]
Postcard from Cali: not happening here
Hello Friends, An intense couple of days for your correspondent, so it was good to get a look at the beach. There wasn’t much to see though. Autumn here isn’t a patch on autumn on the east coast of Oz. They still get summery fog and junky seabreezes with only very occasional pulses of tiny, […]
South Swell Perked Up
The south swell energy has perked up with bigger 2-3ft lines coming into Manly. Manly is a bit straight for this stuff with the morning crowd gathering mainly around one bank with the least shutdowns. Would have been a nice day to get out of town. Still a chance to at least get out of […]
Probably Not Manly Today
The south swell has dropped a few notches but there will still be some energy getting into the south facing spots. Manly is only getting micro lines so good if you want to learn to surf or something but not much else. Wind is supposed to swing southerly before lunch then worse so get out […]
Fast n Zippy
There’s a lot of south swell energy on the buoys so as usual it’s going straight past Manly. Whats getting in is fast and zippy closeouts. Should be a lot more at “the south swell magnets” but I’d assume some long lines and similar style. Perfect day to drive the whole length of the peninsula […]