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The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 31 May 2018: Seven day outlook for Sydney: Tomorrow is the first day of Winter! and there’ll be a 17 max temp to welcome you…not to mention a big windchill to make it feel even colder. There’s been strong SSW/S 40-50 kph winds and cold air today. It’s only reached 16 […]

Fun for longboards

Knee to waist high little lines for mal riders on a sparkling Thursday morning at Manly.

The Bureau says swell’s on its way

Hello Friends, As of 0600 the MHL buoy was seeing 1.8 m of SSE swell at 9 seconds. Wind was west at 10-15 kts under clear skies. There were a couple of people hanging out at the point for the very rare waist high set. I couldn’t see anyone in the water at Kiddies or […]

Into the holding pattern

Hello Friends, Just about flat this morning. The MHL buoy was showing 0.7 m of 10-sec east bump. Wind was out of the WSW at 10-15 kts and skies were picturesquely adorned with some fine sky furniture (sorry, can’t resist the cloud pictures!). As you’ll see from the Bureau’s forecast below, the wind is set […]

Down to marginal for Tuesday morning

Hello Friends, As of 0730 a light NW breeze was ruffling the sea under mostly clear skies. Swell has dropped another 30 cm since yesterday at this time and as of 0600 was a metre at 10 seconds from the SE. What that meant for Dee Why was long waits for maybe waist high bumps. […]

Pics from Dee Why beach and Curly Sunday morning

Lots of swell and lots of people in the water on Sunday, so I went shooting in the morning. Herewith links to a couple of galleries… 89 pictures from Dee Why beach. Started shooting at 0955 went until 1005 (have more shots, but they’re not uploaded yet) Clicking here takes you to the gallery 120 […]

Fading swell but still a few left in the locker

Hello Friends, Swell has dropped again overnight and as of 0600 the MHL buoy was picking up 1.3 metres of 11-second SE (135°).  Wind was coming from the WNW at around 5 kts around 0730. The forecast says this will drift around to the north to NE as the day goes along. The waves should […]

Shooting at Curly

Will take a few snaps at curly to share later. Sets in head to head plus range.

Shooting at dy beach

Waiting for photo opportunities in the dropping tide shutdowns. Sets to head and a bit and same at point. Crowded of course. Gallery of snaps up by tomorrow am