Lumpy, messy and small
Hello Friends, Wind turned SE-ESE yesterday evening and this morning was 7-11 kts as of 0730. As a consequence, the ocean was looking choppy, lumpy and disorganised as high tide arrived at 0720. Swell was 1.75m at 9 seconds from the ESE at sea. It looked bad everywhere but there were a few stalwarts chasing […]
After the deluge
Hello Friends, Hope you weathered the storms ok. RealSurf HQ’s rain gauge recorded 203mm yesterday! This morning things are very different. Only a sprinkle or two so far and wind is SW at 17-30 kts at 1000. That means surface conditions in the south corners were pretty clean for the dead south swell which was […]
Still a mess on Friday morning
Hello Friends, Still too crazy to think of going surfing in Sydney this morning. As of 0930, the wind was SSE at 16-20 kts, and swell at sea was 3.4 metres at 13 seconds from the east. It was a nice morning for a stroll along the boardwalk from South Curly to the headland at […]
Stormy seas, stormy skies
Hello Friends, The picture tells the story. 20-30 kts of ESE wind and 3.3 metres of 9-second east swell ensured that there were no surf options for even the keenest boardriders. Right now it looks as though surfing’s off the table through Friday. So, stay safe, avoid floodwaters and catch you again tomorrow. Weather Situation […]
Grey day with waves
Hello Friends, Light W-SSW breeze for the early session with more grey skies and a high chance of a shower or two. Swell at sea has come around to the east and was 1.7 metres at 9 seconds as of 0730. We had a deepish 1.8 m high tide at 0715 which is now running […]
Break in the rain and waves too, but the water looks bad
Hello Friends, Plenty of mid level cloud about as Sunday got started, but no immediate threat of rain and the wind was light. Biggest sets were into the shoulder high range at better exposures this morning and there were reasonable numbers in the water chasing them. It looked as though the lulls were pretty long, […]
Monday waves
Hello Friends, Late report as I went for a surf at the Bower first to beat the wind. There was a reasonably healthy crew on it but the sets were turning up with some regularity. The biggest ones were delivering overhead wave faces. Quality wasn’t spectacular but there were lots of smiles in the water […]
Junky options for the keen
Hello Friends, If you wanted to get in this morning, there were a few options around the place. Both the south end of Dee Why and South Steyne were offering junky but cross-offshore conditions with wave faces into the chest plus range. Swell at sea was dead south and 3.6 metres at 12 seconds as […]
Postcards from Crescent this morning
Hello Friends, At close of play last night there were still head plus sets at the point. However it was chopped up by a crossshore wind so almost no one was in the water. This morning saw a much reduced swell. You know it’s marginal when people are ekeing out little slides on ankle to […]
Swell at Crescent this morning
Hello Friends, A few postcards from Crescent this morning where the day started sunny with light wind and consistent east swell in the chest to head and a bit range. Tide was coming in, so the waves were pretty fat and therefore hard to get into a lot of the time. Still, I’m not complaining […]