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Sydney Saturday Surf Report

Happy leap day… last official day of Summer!  Hasn’t it been a beauty… fires, floods, storms, you name it. Today though is fab.  The sun is out the sky is blue … in the south just a cloud or two… Swell offshore according to the MHL buoy is in the 1.8 – 3 metre range […]

Sydney south spots the go, swell swelling in SoCal

Hello Friends, After coming up yesterday, the swell looks to be around where it was yesterday evening. Height at sea as of 0600 was 1.4m with a period of about 9 seconds. It was coming mainly from the SSE. I’d say waist to chest at magnets on mid-tide will be the go. Wind early was […]

Sydney looking small to tiny, Cali same

Hello Friends, When the buoy data is showing a metre at 6 seconds from the SSE, you know it’s going to be tiny to unsurfable in Sydney this morning. The morning SSW wind might be okay in a sideshoreish way if there were waves, but there aren’t. So, I’d say you have a rest day […]

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

The Goat’s Surf Forecast Surf forecast issued Thursday 27 February 2020: Seven day outlook for Sydney: There was an uptick of the surf this morning after the strong southerly change that came through last night, into the 1-2 metre SE, which has been gradually easing back through the day. Starting out cloudy it turned into […]

Little in Sydney, littler in Cali

Hello Friends, Looks as though Sydney surf is going to be on the marginal side today. Skies are set to be mostly cloudy and wind early was SE. Not a bad day to miss out if you have to. If you’re desperate, figure on waist high on the best ones. Was hoping for a wave […]

Carpinteria salt marsh

Hello Friends, No waves here today, and not looking exceptional in Sydney either. although at least looks like you might be able to get a knee high bump at the better exposures. My brother needed to do some work on a climate data gathering site at Carpinteria this morning, so I grabbed my camera and […]

Cali sunshine and very small

Hello Friends, Swell in Sydney looks to have cogged down a notch during the nighttime hours and as of 0600 was 1.5 metres from the SE at 9 seconds apart. So if you got waves yesterday, go back there again today and you should still get a little something. Continues to be very small in […]

Santa Barbara scenes

Hello Friends, I’m fetched up on the shores of California once more. And is it ever tiny. Most places are so microscopic that they could not possibly be surfed. And where there are waves, for the most part it’s in the ankle to knee high range. But, as can happen at this time of year, […]

Saturday Surf Report

Small windblown onshore waves around 1 metre or so, with weed and who knows what still hanging around in the water at some beaches after the stormy weather earlier in the week. Been raining steadily most of the night…Grey skies. Visibility is not great at times…very misty, but clearing. On Friday I heard some people […]

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

The Goat’s Surf Forecast Surf forecast issued Thursday 20 February 2020 (or 20022020 :): Seven day outlook for Sydney: Nice day for the beach today… except for the messy surf… the relentless wind… the murky water… the masses of seaweed… the floating driftwood… and the cloudy/sunny/cloudy/sunny blue sky sequencing>> And yet, a strangely pleasantly mellow […]