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The Goat’s Surf Forecast

The Goat’s Surf Forecast Surf forecast issued Thursday 4 June 2020: Seven day outlook for Sydney: A bit of a mixed bag of weather and waves coming up for the Long Weekend and next week. Friday: 2-2.5 metres South South East Saturday: 1.5-2 metres South East Sunday: around 1 metre or so dead South Monday: […]

Big and wild

Hello Friends, If you’re really fit and confident, you could paddle out at Dee Why. But the rest of us will be content to watch the swell peak before we think of getting in. The ocean’s pretty lumpy and messy looking, so the only reason to get in is to say you got in I […]

Cold, clear, offshore and clean little lines

Hello Friends, After coming up into the head plus range late yesterday afternoon, the swell energy levels have dropped back into the waist high range at Dee Why as Wednesday got started. Out at sea it was 1.7 metres at 8 seconds from the SSE and wind was 10-15 kts from the west with an […]

Right on schedule

It was a mill pond this morningĀ  but around mid afternoon the first sets started turning up at Dee Why. I wandered down after 4 and watched as the crowds along the beach and at the point ramped up even faster than the swell. It was quite a wait between sets and they seemed weak. […]

Cold start to first week of winter

Hello Friends, A balmy 11 C at 0730 on Tuesday morning. Wind was out of the west 10-15 kts and it was raining lightly at RealSurf HQ, so it felt even colder. Out at sea it was 1.2 metres at 5-6 seconds from the SSW – so, no sign of the expected swell just yet. […]

Holding pattern day

Hello Friends, According to the buoy data we have a little under a metre from the NE at 13 seconds, but I couldn’t see any obvious signs of 13 second energy at Dee Why. Wind was out of the north at around 10 kts as of 0730. As you can see from the picture, there’s […]