Down in a little in Sydney – Up a little in Cali
Hello Friends, At 0700 wind was still lightly from the SW, but the forecast has it going around to the SE by midday. The MHL buoy was showing 1.2 metres at 8 seconds from 155 degrees (SE) and the WRL snap from first light showed it was probably in the knee to waist-ish range on […]
Combo swell possibilities and postcards from Calli
Hello Friends, As of 0720 wind was SSW about 5kts in Sydney and the MHL buoy was seeing a combo of stuff from 30 degrees and 162-168 degrees for a total of 2 metres at 8 seconds. Should be some waist plus stuff at magnet spots I’d say. Definitely worth a quick look around just […]
The Goat’s Surf Forecast
Surf forecast issued Thursday 15 November 2018: Seven day outlook for Sydney: Well that doesn’t look very nice does it.. water’s got a tad cooler, air’s got a tad cooler, waves are blhh at most places, and that looks like what it’ll be like for the weekend and into early next week. Hard to get […]
Should be something in Sydney plus postcards from Cali
Hello Friends, Beaches with NE exposure should be picking up a little something this morning. The MHL buoy was showing a couple of metres of 8-sec windswell from 134-136 degrees, plus some chop from the north. Wind at 0645 was 5 kts from the NNE. The WRL cam showed a fair amount of texture on […]
Flatness still
Hello Friends, A light SE breeze when I checked conditions in Sydney (from the other side of the planet) around 1020. From the look of the WRL cam pic at south Narrabeen, the sub 1 metre 10-11 sec SSE bump wasn’t producing much of interest on a sunny Sydney morning. Ocean temp is around 20C […]
Saturday surf report
It was a beat morning until about 5 minutes ago , with people out on longboards and SUPs enjoying a small 1 metre leftover Noreast windswell… But, now the wind has started up and will acording to The Bureau freshen from the S turning SE this morning. You might find a protected corner with small […]
Postcards from Cali – tiny bump land with fire
Hello Friends, Looks like another day of microness coming up in Sydney this morning. Wind was offshore, but the MHL buoy report from a metre of 5-sec period wind chop from the southern quarters. And judging from the Bureau’s call, there’s no relief in prospect for a few days yet. The models show an iflux […]
The Goat’s Surf Forecast
Surf forecast issued Thursday 8 November 2018: Seven day outlook for Sydney: What is that cold wind all about!!? It brought up some very windy surf at places open the dead South but the wind and the surf are expected to ease off tomorrow. The surf outlook is for continued easing off through to […]
Postcards from Cali: small waves here and there
Hello Friends, The MHL buoy was showing a metre of bump from the south at about 7 seconds at 0600. Wind is light SSW and the predicted rain doesn’t seem to have turned up yet. Water’s 21C according to Beachwatch and tide was a deep 1.7 m at 0800. The WRL pic tells the story […]
Hot day
Hot and humid and cloudy day ahead …33 max but feels very warm already at only 24. No wind so the surface is glassy.. but the surf is small to flat. Might get a little improvement as the tide runs out. Go well…small swell