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Heavy overcast with tiny scrappy waves

Hello Friends, Dark and showery skies as Friday started along the Northern Beaches. Wind was out of the SE at 16-21 kts as of 0710. Waves looked to be in the knee high range with the odd plus at Dee Why. There were a few people in the water, but I didn’t catch anyone on […]

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

The Goat’s Surf Forecast Surf forecast issued Thursday 4 April 2019: Seven day outlook for Sydney: It’s hard to be enthusiastic about the surf outlook on a cool, damp, wet evening, while you’re nursing a mild but nagging surf inhibiting injury. So you’ll have to be the one who says Yahoo, or Yippee, or whatever […]

Dropped but still some little waves around

Hello Friends, Swell has dropped a little since yesterday and at the same time the primary direction has come around to the east. As of 0500 the MHL buoy was recording 1.5 m of 10 second swell from 75° plus there was some component from the SSE. What that meant at Dee Why as of […]

Clean early with nice looking little waves

Hello Friends, The airport might’ve been socked in with fog this morning, but it was clear this morning along the beaches. As of 0800 wind was light offshore, the ocean was smooth and there were waist high waves along the beach at Dee Why and at the point. Wind is set to be light and […]

Scrappy surface conditions with some size

Hello Friends, After blowing SE all night, the wind dropped around daybreak and was coming lightly from the south at 3-5kts at 0800. The Bureau tells us it’ll dribble around at 10-15 kts from the east to SE today, so the current choppy and unappetising looking surface conditions will continue. Swell was 1.7 metres from […]

Cool and clear morning with little waves

UPDATE 1100 – Sunny day about to go away…   Hello Friends, Smooth conditions for the early session at Dee Why. Waves look to be in the waist high range and there was enough activity to lure a few people from the shories to the point. As of 0500 the MHL buoy was seeing 2.2 […]