"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

Extreme enthusiasm required

Hello Friends, Although the NNE’r was still 10-15 kts at 0200 this morning, it hasn’t pushed up anything of interest for early risers. The latest MHL data shows only a metre of 7-sec SE wind chop as the 1.67 m high tide tops out and begins dropping back to the low at 1250. I reckon […]

Knee to waist at SE magnets

Hello Friends, High tide was 0510 and low’s at noon. Wind was light offshore at 0630 and the latest MHL report was showing 1.3 metres of 7-sec SE wind bump. From a scan of the cams it looks to be in the ankle to knee range most places but knee to maybe even occasionally waist […]

Surf report

Arvo update Superb day..for a clean up after Friday’s storm .. Still looks to be waves breaking and the wind is light..even offshore NW at some places and onshore at others.

Postcards: waves where there usually aren’t any

Huge rains in southern California mean there are some ephemeral river mouth banks in places that never otherwise see a surfable peak. One such has formed just east of the harbor in Santa Barbara on a stretch of beach that almost never sees a wave above a foot. It’s very likely that these conditions will […]

Postcards from Rincon

The day before the big storm, I headed down to Rincon and grabbed a few shoulder to head and a bit waves with a biggish crowd competing for every one of ’em. By the time I got out the sets were starting to push into the 1.5x overhead range. Water was a chilly 13-14 but […]

No need to rush

Hello Friends, At 0540 wind was WSW 15-20 kts at North Head and the MHL buoy’s latest update was showing 1.6 metres of 6-sec SE wind bump. Put those together and you have… a good reason to sleep in. The Bureau’s forecast is calling for the wind to swing south and for wave heights to […]

Surf report

Arvo update Got a few waves an hour ir so back but wouldn’t recommend it with a thunderstorm rolling in now www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN65156.shtml

Surf report

Small NE windwaves after last night’s howling NEr…choppy on open beaches..Tide’s a little liw at protected spots..should be ok as ther tide comes in..mostly for longboards and SUPs

Waist plusses at east magnets early

Hello Friends, Definitely some activity this morning in Sydney thanks to close to 2 metres of 10 sec mainly east wind swell. The North Bondi pic hints at the potential elsewhere. From what I saw on the cams, it’s looking to be waist to chest and maybe a bit at magnets as of 0630. Wind’s […]

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

20 Years of TG’s Surf Forecasts !! Surf forecast issued Thursday 16 February 2017: Seven day outlook for Sydney: Yep, TG has officially done 20 years of surf forecasts, and is now into his 21st year (I wonder if he’ll ever grow up??)… The first forecast went up on 30 January 1997 and there has […]