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Another grey and blustery one

Hello Friends, 15-20 kts of SSW wind and a shade under 2 metres of 6-sec S-SSW bump showing at North Head and out at sea. Conditions at Dee Why, unsurprisingly, looked weak, small and messy. I couldn’t see anyone in the water either. A day for doing other things I’d say because it’s unlikely there’ll […]

Waves for the keen early

Hello Friends, Lumpy, close-together NE wind bump piling in to the magnets. Set wave faces were into the shoulder plus range, but it was pretty chaotic looking even at the peak spots. Lots of opportunity to get caught behind the section and the short period means they’re coming at you pretty relentlessly. The MHL data […]

Foggy Friday first up

Hello Friends, Visibility from the RealSurf wheelhouse was down to about 500m thanks to the fog. Wind was coming faintly from the north and the MHL buoy was reporting 1.8 m of 8-sec from the SE. Had to run an errand first up, so I grabbed the camera and took a few shots of the […]

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 18 October 2018: Seven day outlook for Sydney: How about this great weather???  Great if you’re a farmer, a keen gardener, or just want your dam levels to keep filling up so you can have a drink of water and a wash, and your food ( whether you’re vegetarian, or carnivourous, […]

Murky and minor

Hello Friends, Wind was coming lightly from the NNE at 0730 while skies were heavily overcast. We can expect the wind to pick up later and by this afternoon it should be 15-20 kts. At 0500 the MHL buoy off Sydney was seeing 2 metre of 9-sec coming from both the NE and SSE. Unfortunately, […]

Dull, grey but not flat

Hello Friends, Steady 8-15 kts of NNE wind under heavily overcast skies as Wednesday gets into gear. As the pictures show, conditions are not overly interesting at the Dee Why end of the beach. Might be a bit more interesting up at Longy where it’s more protected from the wind. At 0400 the MHL buoy […]

Another messy morning with size

Hello Friends, No lack of energy this morning, but Dee Why’s a complete mess and it didn’t look like anyone was in the water. The MHL’s directional spectrum graphic for 0400 was showing 3 metres of 11 sec from dead north plus a lot of stuff from the SSE (154°) – a perfect recipe for […]

Lightly onshore early

Hello Friends, Definitely activity along the beaches, but the quality? Not so much. Couldn’t see anyone in the water at Dee Why when I grabbed the snaps a little after 0715. It looks weak, messy and fat. Plus there’s more rain in the mix, so water quality is unlikely to improve. The MHL data showed […]

Onshore and that’s all

Hello Friends, Straight onshore from the east at 15-20 kts on a mild, cloudy and showery Sunday morning. As the pictures show, it’s extremely junky but not flat. Set faces are definitely shoulder plus. The latest MHL data tells us that as of 0600 we had 2.4 metres of 13 second swell from the ESE […]

Options early on Saturday

Hello Friends, Wind was light and offshore at daybreak and there were little waves too. Size was into the shoulder plus range on the bigger ones, but it seemed to be pretty inconsistent and quality overall was so-so – which is probably why there were very few in the water. Skies were mostly cloudy. The […]