Surf report
Nice morning sunny light se wind and size has gone down a bit but still lots of whitewater at places open to the south. Other places yesterday were quite small..so will be smaller today. Low has moved well away now and weather will improve expected to go ne later.
Junky here and there
Hello Friends, Saturday morning in Sydney saw 10 kts of steady southerly wind and lined up raw looking shoulder plus south swell under mostly cloudy skies. The wind was chewing it up anywhere with south exposure but the thanks to being 4m at 10 seconds out at sea, the swell was comparatively cleaner in the […]
Saturday surf
The overnight Southerly from a Low down in the Tasman has brought some waves which are in the 3-4 metre range offshore. The Low is heading off quickly and is expected to be over NZ’s South Island by tonight. With the swell from due South, most of it is going straight past and up the coast, […]
Postcards from Cali: raw swell beginning to show
The really big stuff is a good 24-36 hours away, but the slow rolling, long lined forerunners were obvious when I checked learner spot Leadbetter point in Santa Barbara around 3pm local time. Wind was powering up and writing off most spots, but there are little corners that are tolerably sideshore. Heaps of much needed […]
Soft and small and grey early
Hello Friends, An over the horizon summary for ya. As of 0630 wind was NNE 10-15kts at North Head and skies were grey (there’s a 90% chance of rain today in Sydney). The MHL buoy was picking up 1.6 metres of 6 sec SE bump. There was some 11 sec component in the mix, but […]
TG’s Surf Forecast
Surf forecast issued Thursday 19 January 2017: Seven day outlook for Sydney: A dull day today (just in the sky, not in the News) after the Southerly ripped through yesterday. The Southerly brought rapid and welcome relief from the hot weather and some waves as well, which have started to go down already as the […]
Not redhot in Sydney this morning
Hello Friends, Still shaking off the jetlag. Weather in Sydney looks about the same as in southern California, ie, grey skies, threatening to at least sprinkle, steady light SE onshores (SW here), and a SSE swell that’s 2.4 metres offshore but only 8 seconds, so not really getting around into the protected corners for you. […]
Postcards from Cali: late afternoon at Deveraux point
Hello Friends, Your jetlagged correspondent checked the conditions just on dusk at a spot near the University of California at Santa Barbara. It’s a point called Deveraux and it will pick up most winter swell action and hold it across all tides. Quality is in the fun not scary category and I was stoked to […]
Surf report
Nth Narra arvo update… howling Noreaster. ..looks like a lot of hard work padding against the wind and current but if you’re young and fit you probably don’t care… And of course Wariewood is blownout and empty Time for a coffee in the breeze after a dip to cool down.
Full and tiny at Dee Why this morning
Hello Friends, A light north breeze, clear skies and some knee and a bit high bumps coming into the south end of Dee Why at 0630. According to the latest data from the MHL buoy, there’s about a metre of 7-sec SE wind bump out at sea. Tide’s coming into the 1.7m high at noon, […]