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Home again and there are still waves this morning

Hello Friends, Good to be back in Sydney once more. Good too to see there’s some energy around. As the pictures show, the surface conditions at 0720 were not looking exceptionally inviting. Interestingly, despite the heavy rain a couple of days ago, Beachwatch is calling most spots clean. The exceptions were at Birdwood lagoon, North […]

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 29 November 2018: Seven day outlook for Sydney: That delightful Low that gave a a nice drop of rain and a free hairstyle has moved offshore, and we can expect some sunny days for a little bit at least. The other good thing was that all that rain, besides topping up […]

Wednesday report

  Thunderstorms, heavy rain, onshore wind… so No No No That’s all

Saturday surf report

The strong westerly winds that were blowing for the last couple of days basically flattened the surf yesterday, but it’s come up a bit today… But only at places open to the South. The MHL buoy is showing 2.4 – 3.6 metres of dead South swell going up the coast… most of that size is […]

Friday report

Windy, sunny, 17 but apparent temp is 7 on the coast. Little waves 1 metre and less trying hard to struggle against the 50-60k west wind. Air seems clear so far.

Offshore but micro for Friday morning plus postcards

Hello Friends, Looking pretty small in Sydney this morning and as of 0630 the WNW wind was already into the 15-25 kt range. It’s gonna blow like this all day according to the Bureau. There’s just under a metre of 11-sec south swell out at sea, but I’m guessing it’ll be hard to find much […]

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 22 November 2018: Seven day outlook for Sydney: How’s that wind!? 40-50 ks with 70-80 k gusts NW / WNW. Blew my hat off a couple of times! and gave my hair and car a light dusting of red soil from someone’s paddock out west, to mix in with the drops […]

Marginal Monday in Sydney and a postcard or two from Cali

Hello Friends, Light wind early and according to the Bureau it will only come up a touch in the middle of the day. As of 0600 there was a combo of 1.6 metre 10-sec SSE and some smaller NNE swell getting in. Looked to be in the waist-ish range. Next tide’s a low at 1125 […]

Scrappy but catchable for Sunday morning

Hello Friends, Tide was high at 0540ish and is running out low at 1020. Wind is SSE 10 kts as of 0700, so quality of the 2 metre short period dead south/north combo will not be good. Best spots should have okay wave faces (waist plus). Surf outlook is not great for the front half […]

Saturday surf report

There are waves around ..bit choppy and of variable quality.  MHL buoy is showing 1.2 – 1.9 metres from SSE.  Tide is going out with Low at 10.40 am. Conditions aren’t great with a light Southerly blowing and expected to freshen later. There are a lot of people are out getting wet already.  I suspect many […]