Thursday afternoon, not much change
Had a look around at about 1600 and can report nothing going on along the Collaroy to Narrabeen stretch. Just looks like lightweight SE wind swell – and yet, the MHL buoy is showing 3 metres of 9-sec SSE. Guess it’s just shooting past Collaroy-Narrabeen. Port Kembla buoy was picking up 3.4 metres of 10 […]
Swell starting to show at Curly
Watching Curly and there are chest plus wave faces thanks to 10 to 12 sec SSE swell. Very high percentage are shutting down but people are still managing to get a turn or two in before. Wind still sw
Quiet now but power coming
Hello Friends, When your humble correspondent climbed aloft for his first look at the ocean today the North Head weather station was showing the coming from the WSW around 10-20 kts. There wasn’t anything going on surfwise though. The point was unpopulated and I couldn’t see anybody in the water north from there toward No […]
Weak east windswell morning
Hello Friends, Wind was light from the NNE at 0630 and windswell was coming from the east at 7 seconds with heights out as sea around the 1.7 metre mark. The NE’r is going to pick up later and get into the 15-25 kt range before a similar strength southerly arrives before nightfall. At 0630 […]
Little wind bump: Dee Why
Having coffee at Seachsnge when I notice a little group of people up the beach near the (currently pink) pole. Sauntered up for a closers look and grabbed a phone pic to share. Catchable ones are infrequent but set wave faces are getting into the waist high range. Super soft and gutless but I still […]
Tuesday tinyness
Hello Friends, The Bureau’s hoisted the strong wind warning pennants this morning for 20-25 kts of north to NE wind. No news from the MHL buoys since yesterday, so we’re stuck with the forecasts and the Bureau’s calling for a mix of 1 metre south and NE swells. As the pictures show, there’s not much […]
Faintly there on Monday morning
Hello Friends, Nothing much in the way of waves when I checked for the first time this morning. But the Bureau has a deceptively powerful surf conditions warning for later because it’s predicting a small but juicy pulse. Some of the models were showing 15 second periods for a few hours today, so presumably that’s […]
Little lines on Sunday morning
Hello Friends, Still some tiny lines around at Dee Why this morning. Wind was coming faintly from ESE at 0800 under hazy, sunny skies. Tide was low at 0720 and will be back to high at 1345. The MHL buoy 0500 report showed 1.6 metres of 10-sec south swell and a couple of hours later […]
Windy and grey but waves
Hello Friends, A steady 20 kts of southerly pushing in by 0700 this morning. There’s some swell about too. The MHL buoy recorded 1.6 metres of 6 second mainly south swell at 0400. Set wave faces at Dee Why point were into the chest high range while along the beach it was shoulder to head […]
Very small for Friday morning
Hello Friends, A warm day coming up. At 0630 skies were clear and wind was light from the WNW. Tide was just starting to come back up to the high at noon. The MHL buoy was showing 1.25 metres of 7-sec east wind bump. It’s too small for the point to get going and looks […]