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A little more energy and grey skies

. Hello Friends, As expected, we’ve switched over to southerly conditions this morning. So, grey skies, the odd spot of rain, and a building southerly that should see wind speeds in the 25-30 kt range later today. Swell has come up from yesterday as it builds toward the 2-3 metre mark by lunch time. Surface […]

Cloudy and small this morning

    Hello Friends, Monday starts off glassy but with weak and tiny tide-affected conditions (the 1.8 m high was at 0700) The MHL Sydney buoy is still off the air, however Pt Kembla was showing 1.3 m of 7-sec east wind bump at 0400. That’s right in line with the Bureau’s call and consistent […]

The Goat’s Australia Day Long Weekend Surf Forecast

Saturday update Practically nothing at the moment as the tide is too high but there might be a very small wave at lower tide. Couple of SUPs, paddlers and hopefuls just bobbing around. But with the humidity at 95% being in the water is probably the best place to be. A light Noreaster is helping […]

Cali surf pics from today

Hi all, Just a few stills from my trusty GoPro rig. I went back to the same place I’ve been surfing all week and again it was glassy, chest to head and a bit and uncrowded (2-6 of us in the water!). Swell angle just a little too steep for the place so got smashed […]

Looking like dropping fast for Sydney

Hello Friends, After four days of 3m+ swell, it looks as though Sydney is going to see a steady decline in energy levels across the day. As of midnight the MHL buoy was showing 1.5 m at 8 sec. There could still be some bigger sets in the mix, but by the time the dawn […]

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Saturday update Great conditions for the early… blue skies, no wind, waves around 1 metre or so with some a little bigger. The tide is rising so bets to get in sooner rather than later.  Longboards SUPs best but energetic shortboard riders should be able to catch a few rides. Surf forecast issued Thursday 18 […]

In California today

Just a few pictures from near Santa Barbara this morning and evening. Swell still firing for us. Wonder if it’ll be here tomorrow…  

Postcards from Cali: we get swell

  Hello Friends, Finding it difficult to get reports out, so sorry for spotty performance over last week. We got the first solid swell of the season yesterday. Real long periods and wave faces in the head plus range on the bombs. Looks as though Sydney’s getting hit with some pretty hefty south swell today […]

Postcards from Cali #3

See if this sounds familiar… it’s really tiny but skies are blue and air is mild. A solid swell is expected in the next 24-48 hours and I’m at a favourite spot. No one’s out because it’s nearly flat. But every ten minutes or so a tiny but possibly catchable line rolls in. It might […]

TG’s Surf Forecast

    Sunday Update Don’t think you’re getting this treatment all the time… It’s just cause Don’s clearly busy on the other side of the Pacific. When I first looked at my own little weather station at home it read 16 outside.  I thought it must be wrong, but the BoM says Sydney Airport on […]