The full gamut
Hello Friends, Out at sea the ocean is pretty rugged looking this morning, but inshore the light (and cold) westerly was keeping things comparatively clean in the south corners. After peaking at close to 5 metres last night, as of 0700 swell was 3.7 metres from 175° (basically dead south) at nearly 11 seconds apart. […]
Sunny, windy and waves
Hello Friends, 2.5 m at 10 seconds from 160° (SSE) according to the Sydney MHL buoy 0800 report. At North Head wind was west at 12-17 kts as of 0930. As of 0830 when I looked at Curly, set wave faces in the middle of the beach were shoulder plus and the wind was blowing […]
Bright and windy with waves
Hello Friends, Wind chill definitely a thing as the dawn opened play for the day. At North Head it was 20-30 kts westerly as of 0900. The keen types dealing with the firehose in the face effect of such strong offshores were latching onto chest high sets at the point. The beach looked to be […]
Super micro Saturday
Hello Friends, As of 0630 the chilly NW wind was blowing 8-10 kts under mostly clear skies. Out at sea, the sub one metre swell was coming from the SSE (160°) at 9 seconds. As the pictures show, the combination of strong offshore winds overnight and the weak little swell were adding up to not […]
Cape of Good Hope
Nee dankie.
Surf Report from South Africa
Surf at the Cape of Good Hope.and no one out. .hmm.. Cold water, kelp, seals… and 6 Great White attacks along this coast last year…6 fatal…hmmm.
Bumpy and small at Dee Why this morning
Hello Friends, As of 0645 the wind was 8-12 kts from the NE and the MHL buoy’s latest data showed 1.6 m at 11 seconds from 158° (SSE). As the pictures show, the surface conditions were lightly choppy and wave faces were in the waist to chest range at Dee Why. Outlook for the rest […]
Scrappy but surfable sunny morning
Hello Friends, Out at sea the swell was 1.7 metres at 10 seconds apart as of 0600. It was coming from the SSE (160°) and the wind was WSW 4-6 kts by 0800. As you can see from the pictures, the surface conditions were somewhat choppy looking and set wave faces were in the waist […]
Knee to waist high this morning
Hello Friends, Some pics to tell the story this morning… Weather Situation A ridge of high pressure will remain the dominant synoptic feature for today and Thursday, briefly interrupted by the passage of a weak trough today. The next significant cold front looks set to arrive at the end of the week. Forecast for Wednesday […]
Sunny Tuesday with some little waves
Hello Friends, The MHL buoy was showing 1.3 metres at 11 seconds from the east south east as Tuesday dawned. As you can see from the pictures, this meant there were waist and a bit wave faces on sets at the point and along the beach at the Dee Why end. Wind was light NW […]