"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

Weak and knee to waist this morning

Hello Friends, Did the Manly run again this morning, so herewith a few snaps from the northbound leg (0830-0850). Basically it looked gutless everywhere and the wind was just starting to texture it up too. Still, there were little moments to be had, so it’s definitely not flat. First stop was North Steyne (acutally between […]

The Goats Surf Forecast

The Goats Surf Forecast Surf forecast issued Thursday 5 December 2019: Seven day outlook for Sydney: Lots of wind changes ahead according to the BoM forecast below. That will keep surf levels down and blow smoke back in your face that you thought had gone away… Personally Im limiting my outdoor exercise to times when […]

B-Liner checks in on the way to work

  Some nice waves north of the Bends at first light this morning.   4’ on the sets with occasional bombs On the way to the city passing through Collaroy on the B1 your reporter took this snap of a small peeler.   2 surfers out.   Friendly.

Little lines coming into Dee Why

Hello Friends, Light NNW winds beginning to push smoke in from the record number of fires across NSW. Swell is dead south (182°) and, in line with predictions, has into the 2 metre range at 12 seconds. There’s definitely more of a line showing at the Dee Why end of the beach and there were […]

North ends yeah, south ends nah

Hello Friends, Swell is missing Manly completely and skipping past Dee Why. But it’s producing some waist to chest pluses on the bigger sets (rather inconsistent looking though). Gotta run, but here are a few snaps to give you an idea of how it looked a little before 0900… Curly shorey (above) North Curly soft […]

North of Mona

Smallish and straightish.   Better options further north.

Micro but good for the ultra keen

Hello Friends, Another grand tour day (running the spouse to work), so I had a chance to get a good look at the conditions. Magnificent morning along the beaches, with not much smoke (yet!) Weirdly, the MHL buoy is showing dead south 2 metres at 9 seconds, but given what I saw, I’d say the […]

A beautiful morning along the beaches

Hello Friends, Just had one of those experiences that makes you take a deep breath, look around at this wondrous world and feel profoundly grateful for being alive. It was a stunner of a morning at Manly beach. There was just a touch of cool to the light offshore breeze and the air had that […]

Sunday scrappyness at Dee Why

Hello Friends, Less than amazing late morning at Dee Why this Sunday. There were a few gutless bumps, but you had to work them to get any forward motion. Lulls were long too and by the time I grabbed the snaps around 1040, the high tide was less than two hours away. So, on top […]