Good morning to have slept in
Hello Friends, Checking the weather radar at first light, it appeared that most of the shower activity along the coast was heading inland and fading away. Skies were uniformly cloudy though and the wind was coming from the SE at 12-19 kts. The MHL buoy was showing 2.3 metres at 7 seconds from the SE […]
Warriewood partially treated discharge warning
Hi there Im from Sydney water Warriewood WWTP We have and continuing to partially treated discharge at warriewood at Thursday 14 march 2019 at 23:03. Flows recieving wet weather treatment. Thanks Seerat
A break from the rain but not the tinyness
Hello Friends, 7-14 kts of SW wind under high overcast skies as Sydney took a break from the rain as the sun was coming up. Out at sea the MHL buoy was seeing 1.7 metres of 6-sec SSE wind bump as of 0500. As the pictures show, there’s nothing really showing at the point or […]
The Goat’s Surf Forecast
Surf forecast issued Thursday 14 March 2019: Seven day outlook for Sydney: The overriding feature of coming days appears to be rain, wind, and thunderstorms and more rain and wind and thunderstorms. The surf? It’ll be messy and you don’t want to be in the water when the thunderstorms are around, and the water will […]
Choppy and showery start to the day
Hello Friends, Mild with 15-20 kts NE wind under solidly overcast skies when I climbed aloft to grab a picture for you this morning. At 0500 the MHL buoy was seeing 1.3 metres of 5-second ENE wind bump. As you can see below, there’s more activity than the last couple of days, but it’s not […]
Clouding over early with small waves on tap
Hello Friends, 10-15 kts of SE wind by 0730 this morning. There wasn’t much in the way of swell showing at Dee Why when I grabbed the pic, but the 0500 data from the MHL buoy showed 3.7 metres of 11 second, straight south swell. Tide had just come off the low as I wrote […]
Go for a paddle but don’t expect much
Hello Friends, Nice morning out there with a light breeze from the NW as of 0740. The favourable wind conditions should stick around this morning before wandering around to the easterly quarters for awhile before a 20-30 kt southerly rattles across Sydney this afternoon. It looks like the sets are pushing into the knee high […]
North ends only hope
Hello Friends, At first light wind was 10-15 kts from the SW under mostly clear skies. Swell was 0.8 m at 12 seconds from the south and tide was just coming off the low at 0600. Next tide is a 1.5 m high at 1210. Wind is set to stay SW until this evening. Tomorrow […]
Tiny times at Dee Why
Hello Friends, Not too exciting at the Dee Why end of the beach this morning, but there should be knee to waist plusses to be found at north ends. As the pictures show, it was glassy before 0800. Skies were mostly overcast. Air temp was around 20. The MHL buoy 0500 report showed 1.3 metres […]
Dull old Saturday morning
Hello Friends, Light NW wind wafting into the beaches under heavily overcast skies as the day started. The wind will pick up soon and be into the 15-20 kt range from the north ahead of a midday south change. Swell was coming from the ESE at sea as of 0400 – but it was only […]