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Weds marginal – at best

dee why beach

Hello Friends, Up for an early Dad’s taxi run and found myself at Dee Why right on 0700. Wind was cool and coming from the south at 10-15 kts. As the pictures show, it was very choppy and messy. Worse, the swell has dropped away to almost nothing. Throw in a high tide at 0940 […]

Much smaller for Tuesday but catchable

dy beach

Hello Friends, The swell is fading away now, but this morning saw a few waist plus sets coming through before 0700. Tide’s high at 0850, so those little peaks could be swamped soon. Wind shouldn’t be a factor for the early, but it’ll be E-NE this afternoon and the weak little swell could be gone. […]

Monday waves looking fun early

dy surfer

Hello Friends, Swell is fading but this morning’s early session saw close to 2 metres of 10-second SSE swell, minimal wind and sunny skies. Set wave faces at Dee Why ranged from shoulder plus on the biggest ones at the point to head and a bit on the beachy bombs. School holidays are delivering reasonable […]

Sunday evening, raw and sideshore but still rideable

dy point

Late afternoon update: Southerly has dropped off inshore and at 1715 was around the 10-15 kt range. Swell was still producing the odd head plus set wave face too. The point looked slightly more reliable than the beachy, but they were both pretty raw and choppy looking. Bureau tells us that the southerly is expected […]

Sunday showery, lumpy and bumpy and busy

dy

Hello Friends, As foretold by the models, we had more favourable wind settings for Sunday’s first session. Swell was still close to the 2.5 metre mark out at sea with an okay period of nearly 10 seconds as of 0600. Skies were overcast and showers were rolling through at regular intervals. Beachwatch hasn’t posted today’s […]

Brief window of opportunity Saturday morning

dy point

Hello Friends, Swell’s dropped significantly from yesterday, but exposed spots were still showing head high plus wave faces on the bigger ones. Surface conditions were comparatively smooth and less lumpy than yesterday – but it’s still pretty raw looking. Dee Why point was the best of the bunch when I looked. There were waves at […]

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… via Instagram; Wave erosion. Looking south from Wetherill St Collaroy. #beacherosion #pra66chall; http://ift.tt/1MMfZfM

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… via Instagram; Erosion at Stuart St. Collaroy Beach #beacherosion #pra66-comp; http://ift.tt/1KyeDld

Friday Collaroy small waves, big erosion

collaroy erosion

Had a look at Collaroy and White Rock this morning and can report no one in the water at the latter and relatively flabby waist to chest conditions at the former. While grabbing the snaps, I noticed that the seawall along south Narrabeen has been exposed by the swell. So, being interested in such things, […]

Friday rough and challenging but possible

dy point

Hello Friends, Another blustery morning with leaden skies and swirling wind onshore. Offshore the white horses fleck the sea. The MHL Sydney buoy was taken offline by a boat ripping it off its mooring, so our nearest data is coming from Pt Kembla where the swell was around the 3.5 metre mark at 11 seconds […]