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Another micro Monday

Hello Friends, It may be micro at Dee Why this morning, but that will be changing very soon according to the Bureau’s summary issued this morning: A low in the eastern Bass Strait will deepen significantly during the day whilst moving away to the southeast. This should result in strong to gale force winds about […]

The Goat’s surf forecast

SURF FORECAST ISSUED THURSDAY 17 JULY 2008. 5 DAY OUTLOOK FOR SYDNEY: Little wave tomorrow, but For the weekend – FLAT… Westerlies will be a blowin’… That don’t rhyme but I don’t care. Friday: in the 1-2 metre nage but only at beaches that like dead South swell. Saturday: small remnants before heading to flat. […]

SLATER SETS PACE AT J-BAY

Heading into the business end of the Billabong Pro. Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) International Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Stop No. 5 of 11 on the 2008 ASP World Tour Supertubes, Jeffreys Bay, South Africa July 10–20, 2008 See highlights videos on RealSurf.tv JEFFREYS BAY, South Africa — Kelly Slater (USA), professional surfing’s most decorated […]

How much would carbon tax add to price of petrol

‘Burning one litre of Petrol releases 2.36 kg of CO2 (under the ‘perfect’ fuel/air mixture). I know this sounds unreasonable when one litre of petrol weighs around 0.75 kg, but the majority (over 70%) of the CO2 weight is made up of the oxygen which is consumed from the air and does not originate from […]

2008 RUSTY GROMFEST CHAMPS CROWNED

Rusty Gromfest 2008 Lennox Head NSW Australia July 11-14 2008. Lennox Head, NSW — Six champions were crowned on the final day of competition at the Rusty Gromfest today, catapulting their names, and careers, to surfing folklore. In deteriorating 1m conditions at Lennox Head competitors took the standard to another level, showing skill, poise and […]

Pretty small, but pretty

Hello Friends, Beautiful morning along the shores of Sydney. There was a cute little line coming into Dee Why when I had a look and took my daily snap. But no one was in the water that I could see. It looked as though the bigger ones might’ve been mal-able. The latest offshore data shows […]