Not much for Sydney today…nor So.Cal
Hello Friends, As of 0100 swell was SE at about 8 seconds apart and maybe a metre offshore at the MHL buoy.Next tide is a high at about 0950. Although Saturday looks like being about as small as it gets for the next week in Sydney, it’s not likely to pick up much at all […]
Another Real Surf… and little waves
Hello Friends, Checking out the coast south of Los Angeles and just north of San Diego when we came across another Real Surf in the surf town of Oceanside. Owner Shawn Ambrose knew all about us too. If you want to see what he’s doing, check out his online shop at realsurfshop.com. And, if you […]
Southerly going before daybreak
Hello Friends, As of 0430 the south wind was blowing 20-25 kts along the Sydney coast. The MHL buoy was reporting a lacklustre metre or so of 7-sec period ENE wind bump. And the tide was incoming to this morning’s high at 0820. The weather radar was showing only a few isolated dots of precipitation, […]
Quiet on the wave front
Hello Friends, According to the MHL buoy off Sydney there wasn’t much energy out at sea as of 0200. It was detecting 1.4 metres of 7-sec period NE wind bump. I’d be surprised if there’s really much of anything for the early sesh. Plus, the high tide is at 0735. Smallness and fatness in other […]
NE’r day
Hello Friends, Wind was north to NNE and close to 10kts at daybreak. Swell was still around the 2 metre mark at 12 seconds from the SSE. The Bureau says the wind’ll just get stronger until it’s in the 25 kt range from the NE this afternoon. Unfortunately, the swell is set to weaken gradually […]
Biggish and onshore most places
Hello Friends, If only we had a little of Sydney’s swell energy here. Still, from the look of the live data, it’s not shaping to be too spectacularly interesting along the Northern Beaches. As of 0800 there was 2.8 metres of 12-sec SSE swell but unfortunately it’s NE’ly already, so options are going to be […]
Post frontal Cali, sizable Sydney
Hello Friends, Dropping tide in Sydney, 3 metres of SSE swell at close to 10-seconds as of 0600, WSW wind (going SE later), low tide around 1050 and sunny skies means the morning session is on at lots of places this morning. Exposed spots should see overhead wave faces and even the smaller places should […]
A little late
Hello Friends, Sydney beats SoCal by a nose. Santa Barbara was knee to waist at the best spots and kinda gutless with increasing sideshores, while Sydney looks to be maybe waist plus thanks to nearly 1.5 metres of 11-sec SSE swell. Wind was light at 0900 from the WSW to WNW, but the Bureau says […]
Postcard from Cali: better in Sydney
Hello Friends, Sydney looks like kinda lumpy waist to chest high as the day got started. Wind was light N-NW early, but’ll go NE later. Scrappy south swell was still hanging in there, but the Bureau says it’s gonna fade as the day goes along and the wind comes up. First low tide is 0715, […]
Postcard from Cali: you ain’t missin’ a thing
Hello Friends, Well, no waves this side of the pond. Looks like light SW to begin with in Sydney. Unfortunately the Bureau says it’ll be going onshore soon and later it’ll be NE. Which might not be a bad thing if the forecast south swell arrives. From the cams it looks like swell’s currently pretty […]