Glassy, but barely-there waves
Hello Friends, A few optimists in the water at the point around 0830 this morning, but in the time I watched, nothing came through for them. You’ll want to be walking up the beach toward Longy where there’s a wee bit more swell showing. At 0600 the MHL buoy was detecting 1.7 metres of 9-second […]
South exposures early
Hello Friends, Contrary to the Bureau’s forecast, wind was light westerly at 0730, so the surface conditions were smooth at spots picking up the dead south swell. The buoy data was showing average swell height at sea in the 3.5 metre range with periods around the 9 second mark. So, while there were some solid […]
Waves early on Wednesday
Hello Friends, Heading for another warm one (27) with showers and a late south change. At daybreak the wind was NNE at 9-14 kts and swell was 1.9 metres from the east at around 9 seconds apart. Tide was high at 0600 and will be back to a 0.58 low at 1300. There weren’t many […]
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. […]