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Afternoon energy

Very scrappy and ripped looking east swell in the shoulder to head high range at bigger spots. Looked like hard work chasing waves in the chaotic conditions. North Steyne

Choppy scenarios

Hello Friends, Friday morning in Sydney kicked off with 10-15 kts of easterly wind chopping it up everywhere. Out at sea, the swell was coming from 116° at 2.25 metres at 9 seconds apart. There’s a 90% chance of rain today and Beachwatch has flagged water qualityMona Vale, North Narrabeen and the Dee Why to […]

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

The Goat’s Surf Forecast Surf forecast issued Thursday 18 February 2021: Seven day outlook for Sydney: When I rolled over in bed each day this week and sang out to TG: What’s it like? …… He yelled back, Onshore! Onshore! Some dill in Mother Nature’s Weather Production Department clearly misheard him, and thought he was […]

Corners

On the bike this am. Light se breeze texturing up a shoulder high se wind swell. Checked Curly first and it was a write off, although a couple of folk were chasing ripped lumps at the north end. Sketchy and junky at Dee Why but the dozen or so at the point were jagging the […]

Waves on Wednesday

Hello Friends, A steady 8-13 kt ESE wind was delivering lumpy, bumpy surface conditions from early. Swell at sea was 2 metres at 8 seconds from 103°, which is in line with the predictions for swell. Set wave faces were in the head to overhead range on the bigger ones. Next tide is a high […]

Scrappy southerly conditions

Hello Friends, After rain overnight, Tuesday started out with a bit of sunshine. Wind was out of the ESE at 10-15 kt so, as you can see from the pics, surface conditions were very choppy. Still, it looked to be rideable and out at sea the swell was 2 metres at 9-10 seconds from 135° […]

Southerly going hard

Hello Friends, Made the Manly run this morning, so got a closer look at how the protected stretches are handling the 15-22 kt southerly. As you’d expect, South Steyne and the Bower were clean, the swell at sea while 2.6 metres from 160° at 10 seconds, wasn’t really getting in. Couldn’t see the Bower properly, […]

Clean early, but southerly soon

Hello Friends, The odd passing shower this morning, but patches of mostly clear skies too and only light wind for the early. Set wave faces at the better exposures were into the waist-chest high range. Swell at sea was dead south and 2.5 metres at 8 seconds. Tide hits a 1.75 m high at 1100. […]

Grey and drizzling with little bumps

Hello Friends, By 0700 the rain was falling. Wind was coming from the north to NNW 5 at 7kts and out at sea the swell was 1.5 metres from 148° at 13 seconds apart. Tide was coming into the 1.8 m high at 1020. Wave were in the chest high range with the odd plus […]

Lumpy and fat early but waves again

Hello Friends, Another relatively windless start with waves but high tide fatness as well. Manly was in the waist to chest high range, Curly was chest to head and a bit, and Dee Why was a bit bigger than Manly but not seeing the same size on bomb sets. Out at sea, the swell was […]