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Hints of things to come?

Hello Friends, Stopped by Manly a little after 0900. Tide was pretty fat and full, the SE wind was bumping it up, but as I sit here typing it’s wandered around to the SW – and the swell is definitely bigger than it’s been over the last few days. I’d call it knee to waist […]

Dee Why not so hot either

Slightly more activity at Dee Why than at Curly, but only very slightly. The surf school was in full swing up at Longy while down at the south end there were a few bods hanging out hopefully for the odd knee high dribbler. As with everywhere else, the surf options were about as limited as […]

Curly no go

One person in the water at Curly as of 0900ish. Not really catchable.

Manly minor mumbles

Tide was near the 0825 1.68 m high when I grabbed the snaps from Manly this morning. It was fat and full, but given how tiny it was, I’m not sure tide was the biggest issue. Waves were weak and struggling to make thigh high on the biggest ones. Plus, it was inconsistent and there […]

Doing the rounds on a tiny morning

          Hello Friends, Not much to add to my earlier report from Manly this morning. Curl Curl was, if anything, smaller than Manly, while Dee Why was a tiny bit bigger than either. Surface conditions were just beginning to chop up with the arrival of the east wind and the swell […]

Manly minor on Tuesday morning

Very quiet surf morning with only a comparative few in the water at Manly. Average catchable wave looks to be in the knee high range and very weak. Ocean kinda choppy looking too.

Busy and really small at Dee Why

Final stop on the surf checkout run is at dy. Grabbed a few snaps of the low energy conditions around 0930. Lots of folk in the water out in front of the slsc where a weak little peak was producing knee to waist high bumps. NE breeze already beginning to pick up under hazy partly […]

Curly ruffled and tiny

Half a dozen in the water at the south end of Curly and 3 or 4 up at the north end. Sets are struggling to make the waist mark on sets. And those are very infrequent.

Glassy little waves at Manly

School’s back and that means the occasional run to Manly. It was glassy with soft little knee to waist plus waves at a couple of points along the generally tiny conditions.

Sunday clean but tiny early

  Hello Friends, A light but steady NW breeze was blowing through the rigging as your correspondent climbed aloft for a look at the conditions just before 0800. Skies were mostly cloudy and the ocean surface had that nice groomed look from the light offshore. The Bureau tells us that we can expect a strongish […]