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The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 30 April 2015: Seven day outlook for Sydney: A week of varied weather and varied surf ahead… Surf: Friday: coming up, 1-2 metre range South East, then 2-3 metre range East South East Saturday: around 2 meteres or so North East, then more say 2-3 metres from the East North East […]

Marginal prospects at Dee Why

Hello Friends, Despite the MHL buoy reporting 1.8 metres of 11-sec SE swell out at sea and the wind coming from the SSW, Dee Why looked pretty weak and messy under cloudy skies at 0700. There were a few bods in the water at the point (see pic below) but the waves looked more like […]

Smooth and glassy early

Hello Friends, Added some pics! Wind was light westerly this morning at daybreak and swell was showing 1.5 metres from the SSE at a touch under 10 sec. Next tide is a low at 1115. Bureau says the wind will be coming up from the SE and be 10-15 kts under partly cloudy skies with […]

More waves this morning

Hello Friends, Energy levels have dropped a little overnight, but there are still waist to chest high sets along the beach at Dee Why as of 0700. The point’s pretty small, but if you have a mal or a SUP, there are the occasional sliders coming around the rocks. Swell continues to run at about […]

Monday morning waves

Hello Friends, Chilly tinge to the air at 0730 but wide blue skies overhead and 2 metres of 10-sec SSE swell rolling in for the first shift. Sets at Dee Why point were around the chest mark and similar, if not a bit bigger along the beach. Wind was a 10kt westerly and tide dropping […]

Sunday afternoon still some little waves at The Gardens

If you didn’t mind the brisk temps and cloudy, spitty skies, there were waves to be had all day. I had to make a run to Manly mid-afternoon and it was ranging from knee high at South Steyne to chest high at North Steyne with offshores. Tide was high at 1500 and Beachwatch has pollution […]

PICS: The Gardens, Sat late morning

gardens cutty

After catching a few zippery little fun waves at The Gardens, I grabbed the camera and took a few snaps of folks of all skill levels for half an hour or so. As usual the images below link to the entire gallery of nearly 300 shots.

Brrr! But there are little waves

Hello Friends, 1.4 metres of 10-sec SE swell and 10-15 kts of iced westerly (14 at 0900) with a fair amount of rainy looking cloud about for Sunday morning. Dee Why point had a few takers, but waves were knee high and brief at best. The beach was around the waist to chest plus range […]

Swell activity for Anzac day

Hello Friends, Wonder how many folks went directly from an Anzac dawn service this morning to the waves. Might have been a few at Dee Why because there were both going on. Swell looks to be almost exactly the same as yesterday in terms of size (1.3m from the ESE) but the period’s bumped up […]

Still some waves around this morning

Hello Friends, Sunny, light offshore breezes and 1.5m of 8-sec ESE wind swell. Swell is supposed to stick around today and winds should stay out of the westerly quarters. Tide was low at 0650 and is coming into high at 1250. Dee Why is showing waist high at the point and waist to chest plus […]