2017 going out with a whimper
Hello Friends, Not the prettiest final morning for 2017 along the beaches. Dull grey skies and 10 kts of ESE wind combined with 8-sec two metre SSE wind swell and a 1.8 m high tide at 0720 to produce, well, not much. It’s definitely a bit bigger than yesterday (which isn’t saying much since it […]
Curly and Dee Why late morning
Busy everywhere but skies clearing and wind still hasn’t come up as of 1145. Mostly knee high but every now and then a waist high bomb focuses on a lucky dip bank.
Glassy and small early
Hello Friends, It was raining lightly and the ocean was glassy when I checked the situation at 0630. There were little waves, but they looked weak, fat and slow – which figures given the 1.7 m high tide and the 7-8 sec 1.6 m north wind swell. Size looked to be in the knee to […]
A touch more activity – maybe
Hello Friends, Energy levels seem to be ever so slightly up on this time yesterday. At 0500 the MHL buoy was picking up 1.3 m of 7-sec east wind bump and there were a few more folks in the water both along the beach and at the point. Waves look to be in the ankle […]
The Goat’s New Year Forecast
Surf forecast issued Thursday 28 December 2017: Seven day outlook for Sydney: Christmas drinks, Christmas dinner, Christmas Day, Boxing Day drinks and dinner, grandkids’ birthday parties, surfing, cricket, the Sydney Hobart, and now New Years Eve coming up… a veritable cornucopia of Summer Fun! Hope you’re all keeping up OK. The surf’s been mostly small, […]
Another micro morning
Hello Friends, Very similar to yesterday, except that it will be warmer. Wind is out of the NNE and although it’s 5-6 kts as I write this around 0830, by this afternoon it should be a regulation summery 15-20 kts from the NE. The MHL buoy report from 0600 showed 1 metre of 7-sec ESE […]
How keen are you?
Hello Friends, 7-10 kts of ENE wind as of 0730 and 1.3 m of 7-sec east bump trying to turn into waves along the Dee Why stretch. There was actually a person in the water at the point catching waves too. Mind you, it looked to be about ankle to knee high. I reckon that’d […]
Video: beautiful wood boards!
I came across this story about Maine, USA wood board builders on Bloomberg of all places… when I grow up, I want a real wood board!
Messy SE morning
Hello Friends, Not looking like a great morning for a surf, sadly. As the pictures show, the 12-15 kt ESE wind was junking up the a gutless 6-sec 1.6 m SE wind swell and from what I could see, no one was in the water. The grey skies and cool temps aren’t encouraging participation either. […]
Christmas in south change Sydney
Hello Friends, Christmas morning in Sydney sees grey skies with the occasional passing mist and a steady 10-15 kts of SSE wind (with the odd gust to 25 kts). Ah yes, classic Sydney summer day and just perfect for taking that new board for its first sesh. You’ll need to be brimming with Christmas stoke […]