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Almost foggy, glassy early and chest plus sets

Hello Friends, The better exposures were seeing close-together but chest-to-shoulder-high faces as Tuesday kicked off. Swell was dominated by the 8-second 2 metre easterly component, but there was also a bit of SE in the mix as well. I had to amp up the pictures to even make out what was happening at the point […]

Glassy again but those sets are even less frequent

Hello Friends, In a rush this morning, so here are the pics… Manly Dee Why Weather Situation A weak trough lies along the New South Wales coast while a high pressure system is gradually moving east across the Tasman Sea. This high will extend a ridge towards the coast and replace the trough later today […]

Glassy, shoulder high sets

Hello Friends, Small group on the point at 0930 where it was glassy and small, but with shoulder high ones turning up every 10-15 minutes; mostly single waves, not sets.. As of 1000 swell was 1.5 metres from the SE at 16 seconds apart – hence the long wait for sets to turn up. If […]

Junky Saturday morning

Hello Friends, 24+ hours of SE wind has taken its toll on surf options. There are shoulder high waves at the best exposures, but as you can see from the pics, the quality is pretty ordinary. The Bureau says the wind should move around to the NE this afternoon, so maybe, just possibly, the protected […]

Sparkling but southerly morning along the beaches

Hello Friends, Mostly sunny skies on Friday morning with 14-23 kts of SE wind battering a 2 metre, 7-second SSE wind swell. The only people I saw in the water were three super keen types trying to jag something from the dumpy shories in front of the surf club. The swell period is too short […]

Waves early, wind later

Hello Friends, Shoulder high sets at the NE magnets this morning thanks to 2 metres of 11-second NE swell, but a north wind was texturing the surface too, and the Bureau tells us it’ll be picking up into the 15-20 kt range ahead of a vigorous south change. Tide is coming off the 0615 low […]

Smooth and small for the early

Hello Friends, Looked inconsistent and around the waist high mark at Dee Why before 0800. Wind was barely NW and the call from the Bureau is for it to be light and variable this morning. Swell at sea was 1.7 metres at 11 seconds from the east. Tide was coming into the high at 1130. […]

Post-surf report

Hello Friends, Jumped in for an exercise paddle after seeing Longy looking like the above (0900-ish). The wind was coming lightly from the north and the NE swell was 1.5 metres at sea with a period of 11 seconds. Tide was coming into the rather high high at 1040. After paddling out, I discovered that […]

Another hot and tiny one

Hello Friends, Another sunny morning with knee to waist high sets along the beach at Dee Why. Swell at sea is around 1.4 metres at 9 seconds from the east to NE. Tide hits a swampy 1.87 m high at 0950. Wind was NW at 0730, but it’ll gradually swing around to the NE as […]

Another warm one with minimal surf

Hello Friends, The Dee Why SLSC overflow car park looked to be full by 0900 on what promises to be another very warm and sunny day. As the pictures show, surfwise it’s only a notch above absolute flat. You might get the odd little knee high set wave, but the waits will be long. Wind […]