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The Goat’s Last for 2014 and First for 2015 Forecast

Surf forecast issued Wednesday 31 December 2014 New Year’s Eve: Seven day outlook for Sydney: Lots more wind changes expected by the Bureau so no real chance of any swell developing but there will be waves to play around in, even if in onshore conditions at times… Have a Happy, Safe and Healthy New Year! […]

Don and the dolphin

Yesterday morning I went for a quick splash at south Narrabeen. During the sesh we were treated to the spectacle of a pod of dolphins chasing fish through the line up. As it happened, Suzy and Michael from Surf Photo of You were taking pictures. Michael got one of me not looking like a total […]

Junky old end to the year

Hello Friends, 10-15 kts of junk-inducing SE wind to greet early risers in Sydney for the last day of 2014. Swell has pushed up a little overnight so south magnets would have the odd chest high wave face in the messy mix. Average period is 9 seconds according to the MHL buoy. Next tide is […]

Dolphins

There were a few fun ones very early before the sou easter blew in.  Check out www.surfphotosofyou.com.au for a few shots from this morning.

Very small at Dee Why

Hello Friends, Really, really small at Dee Why this morning. Pretty much SUPs and longer I’d say. Wave faces were struggling to make knee high for the most part. Wind wasn’t a real issue though (contrary to the forecast) and tide is heading to low at 1025. Wind should swing through the eastern quarters but […]

Marginal but do-able early at east spots

Hello Friends, Heading toward low tide at 0910 and as of 0700 the wind was still lightly from the NW. Hardly any swell showing. Dee Why was the realm of SUPs but elsewhere the generally east direction of the knee to waist wind swell could be delivering the odd diversion. The wind is due to […]

Small, bumpy, weak but catchable

Hello Friends, Not much wind around around at 0745 when I happened by Curly and the Dee Why. There’s a bit of weak and scrappy knee to waist plus south wind swell keeping the punters amused under the mainly grey skies. The MHL buoy was reporting 2.6 metres of 9-second period south swell at 0600, […]

Lightly onshore to start

Hello Friends, On the positive side of the ledger, it has come up a little since yesterday morning. A metre of east wind swell was burbling weakly into Dee Why as of 0845 where it was greeted with some enthusiasm by a goodly crowd of punters on a peak just up from the surf club. […]

Hot and tiny

Hello Friends, Barely any energy in the ocean for Boxing Day morning. But that wasn’t deterring a keen crew on the tiniest of tiny gutless peaks just up the beach from the club at Dee Why. Beautiful sunny start with the temp already headed toward the 30 mark up at RealSurf’s wheelhouse high atop Collaroy […]

Tiny to flat looking start

Hello Friends, Not really much of anything happening at Dee Why this morning. Worth taking the SUP for a paddle maybe, but the faint remnant NE wind swell is pretty feeble and you’d almost certainly do a bit better a NE spot before the wind starts to smash it up later. High tide’s at 1040 […]