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

Swell continues

Hello Friends, As of 0800 there were still head plus sets at the point and somewhat smaller mostly shutting down surf along the beach toward the Pole. Out at sea it was 1.5 metres at 13 seconds from the SE. Wind was light and NW under slightly hazy skies. Water is 20C and we’re heading […]

Swell fading but still waves to be had

Hello Friends, First things first: By Order of the Federal Government, our beaches are open for exercise only – surfing, swimming, running and walking.  Beaches will be closed due to unsafe conditions and or mass gatherings. All pools are closed at this time. Please see some commonly asked questions about the beach closures. If people are sunbaking or gathering on the […]

Pumping and mobbed

Hello Friends, By Order of the Federal Government, our beaches are open for exercise only – surfing, swimming, running and walking.  Beaches will be closed due to unsafe conditions and or mass gatherings. All pools are closed at this time. Please see some commonly asked questions about the beach closures. If people are sunbaking or gathering on the beach, they will […]

Nice lines and crowded at Dee Why

Hello Friends, Counted close to 40 people in and around the point at 0830 this morning. There would likely have been a similar number scattered up the beach toward the Pole. Interestingly, the carpark was nothing like full, so my guess is that most of the people in the water walked or cycled from Dee […]

Clear skies and too tiny to surf early

Hello Friends, First things first, a message from Northern Beaches Council: By Order of the Federal Government, our beaches are open for exercise only – surfing, swimming, running and walking.  Beaches will be closed due to unsafe conditions and or mass gatherings. All pools are closed at this time. Please see some commonly asked questions about the beach closures. If people […]

Showery and small surf

Hello Friends, A grey skies morning with a light drizzle carried on the north breeze. Swell is about the same as this time yesterday, ie 1 metre at 10 seconds from the SE. For Dee Why that meant waves into the waist high range. Tide hits high at 1000 so it was also looking a […]

Small waves under cloudy skies

Hello Friends, Grey skies again this morning, and a small, glassy little swell delivering knee to waist high bumps for the keen. Wind was light WNW early but due to come around to the south later. Tide is high at 0910 and according to the latest buoy data, swell was 1.3 metres from the ESE […]

Cool and gloomy southerly

Hello Friends, The kind of morning that would usually see an empty beach and point, but these aren’t usual times. Although it’s shut, there were plenty of people in the water at Dee Why when I grabbed the pictures. Waves looked to be in the waist high range and very junky. Wind was 13-17kts from […]

Manly and Dee Why Beaches are closed!!

Northern Beaches Council: Manly Beach and Dee Why Beach will be closed from Tuesday morning following advice from NSW health authorities that both areas have become hotspots for community transmissions of COVID-19. Effective from Tuesday 7 April, Dee Why Beach, Manly, Shelley Beach, North Steyne and Queenscliff beaches will be closed until after the Easter long […]