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Southerly Friday morning

Hello Friends, Grey skies and the wind moaning through the rigging as Friday got started along the coast. As of 0800 the southerly was 20-28 kts while out a sea the bump was two to three metres but only 5 seconds apart and coming from 200°. Manly was quite clean at the south end and […]

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

The Goat’s Surf Forecast Surf forecast issued Thursday 15 October 2020: Seven day outlook for Sydney: Today the weather was beautiful, but the surf when I saw it was very windy and ordinary with few takers. The surf outlook is for small to medium surf over the weekend and into next week, while the weather […]

Little waves on tap

Hello Friends, A 1.59m high tide at 0745 was swamping a little 1.3 m 9-second SE swell, but there definitely seems to be the prospect of the odd rideable one when the knee-plus to waist-ish high sets turn up. Dee Why was attracting a few folks to the beach break options, but the point hadn’t […]

Give it a pass this morning

Hello Friends, Yeah, nah. It may be 1.47m at 8 seconds from the SSE out at sea, but a steady south breeze of 10-13 kts has kept alive the junky conditions inflicted on us by last night’s change. Dee Why’s looking around the knee high mark with a choppy surface. The hazy grey skies are […]

Ankle to knee at standouts

Hello Friends, Another corker of a day. Light breeze early and sunny skies but, sadly, only ankle to knee high with just the very occasional waist high set at the best exposures. Swell at sea is a shade under a metre at 9 seconds from the east. Definitely a morning for the small wave options […]

Super keen are we?

Hello Friends, Only tiny wind bumped wind bump on offer this morning. Lower your expectations if you’re getting in no matter what. Still, it is another absolutely beautiful day out there! We’re heading to a high of 24 along the coast today with onshores from the SE-NE in the morning and a NE’r this afternoon. […]

Too tiny for Dee Why

Hello Friends, There’s still a metre of 10 seconds east bump out at sea, but it doesn’t look much above ankle to knee high at Dee Why on what is another magnificent morning along the beaches. As the picture shows, the carparks were packing up before 0900 as we head to a high of 27C […]

Pretty day and pretty tiny too

Hello Friends, Another beautiful morning with clear skies, light offshores and tiny waves. Sets were in the thigh to waist plus range on the better spots making the most of the fading swell. The offshores should last through the morning hours. Tide hits low at 0820 and will be back to a 1.48 m high […]

Glorious morning with waves

Hello Friends, Yesterday’s swell energy is still with us this morning and the crew is on it at Dee Why. It looked reasonably consistent and mostly in the waist high range, but with the occasional head high set to keep things interesting. Wind was westerly at 7-8 kts, and it’s set to stay that way […]

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

The Goat’s Surf Forecast Surf forecast issued Thursday 8 October 2020: Seven day outlook for Sydney: There were a few waves around today with the keen out there having a go. But the quality wasn’t enough to tempt many people away from going to work, or even entice the more experienced (read ‘older’) participants with […]