Hello Friends,

Gonna pop up a few piccies later, but since I’m working off my netbook from the lovely surrounds of the sth Curly carpark, thought I’d give you the skinny first.

As anticipated last night, the swell has definitely pushed right up. It’s pretty raw and at first light this morning there wasn’t much in the way of quality when I checked Dee Why. Mate Barry and I were equipped to go, but in the end the grey skies, and crumbly sectiony junk just couldn’t deflect us from a coffee. There were one or two in the water, but it was a struggle to even get a takeoff. About every ten minutes there was a bigger set and by the time we left the coffee joint, they were arriving reasonably often. Sadly I can’t tell you that the peak had improved.

Watching Curly right now and there are half a dozen in waiting for something vaguely catchable. Not a classic by any stretch of the imagination. Longest ride I’ve seen was maybe 4 seconds. Keeness required.

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: SE 10/15 knots tending E/SE. Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: S 2.5 to 3 metres.. Dangerous surf conditions
Thursday: Wind: SE 5/10 knots turning E 10/15 knots. Sea: about 1 metre.Swell: S 1.5 to 2 metres.
Friday: Wind: E/NE 5/15 knots

Hello Friends,

Well, it’s awful tiny this morning around the northern beaches. I was up for an early and ended up going for coffee instead. Need a few more waveless days before I’m ready to go out in anything I guess.

First spot on the checkout list was Dee Why at daybreak. Watched it with mate Barry for quite awhile before we decided the sub-waist high dribble just wasn’t going to tempt us. After a restorative coffee, I headed over the hill to see if there was something to surf at Curly.

Again, no dice. There were a couple bods up the north end, but the waits were exceedingly long and when they came, the sets were barely waist high – and then only for a second or two before they subsided into a bit of froth.

Took a flyer and headed north for a squizz at the Gardens-Narra stretch. There were a few folks in at Northy (always are) but as with elsewhere, the waits were very long and the payoffs very ordinary. You know when there are only half a dozen in there that it’s pretty dire. There were a couple similarly flabby, but slightly smaller peaks way down the beach too. If I still had my air mat, I mighta gone one of ‘em.

Surf outlook for today is basically more of the same. About the best I think we can hope for is maybe a small uptick for the late at those spots out of the expected NE’ly.

Tomorrow morning is pretty doubtful looking for the early. The current forecast is calling for a south change before lunch and with it an increase in the energy levels as the dominant swell direction swings to the south. With luck Weds will see decreasing S-SE’ly wind and continuing swell. Right now, midday Wednesday at south swell spots appears to be the pick of the week. The models currently project the south energy hanging around through Thursday before we’re back to quite small in Sydney – just in time for the weekend.

Go well with your day!

Tides: L @0900, H @1500
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Monday until midnight: Wind: N/NW 10/15 knots freshening to N/NE 15/20 knots in the afternoon and reaching 20/25 knots later.Sea: about 1 metre rising 1.5 to 2 metres in the afternoon. Swell: NE 1 to 1.5 metres.
Tuesday: Wind: W/NW 10/15 knots ahead of S’ly 20/25 knots change later in the morning. Sea: about 1 metre rising to 2 to 3 metres behind the change.Swell: S/SE about 2 metres.
Wednesday: Wind: S/SE 15/25 knots easing.

Hello Friends,

Went out for a look at the beach situation mid-morning. Started at Warriewood-Mona Vale and can tell you it looked like a pretty good morning to fly your powered hangglider lazily along the beaches. There were little waves in the knee to waist high range showing here and there along the stretch Mona Vale to Warriewood. It was/is a case of pick your peak, lower expectations to the minimum and wait.

There’s a contest going on at Northy, so the biggest and most interesting looking peak I saw this morning is off limits for the likes of you and I. Again though, there were occasional little peaks dotted along the beach immediately south of there, so it wasn’t as though you couldn’t find a little something (see below).

Went through Dee Why on the way to see what was what at Curly. It was pretty small along the stretch. But again, there were a few little peaks being carefully attended by the super keen. Waist high woulda been a bomb.

Over the hill at Curly it was curiously unoccupied in the middle stretch, with small crowds at either end. I reckon at a lower tide (around 4pm) there should be a few peaks showing. Of course, as with elsewhere, it was very minor.

Go well with your day!

Hello Friends

Sorry, I’m late because I went down for a surf at 0630 and have only just got back. Don’t get excited though. It was so inconsistent, weak and gutlessly tiny at Dee Why that we ended up going for coffees instead. The picture I got afterwards was easily the best wave I saw. Maybe as the tide drops it’ll smarten up and the spots that don’t mind a touch of NE wind will start to come good.

After coffee, I headed over the hill to see if Curly was any better. As the picture shows, the answer was firmly in the negative.

Not prepared to give up, I looped up for an inspection of the situation along the Collaroy-Narrabeen stretch. Northy was busy as usual because at least it sort of had a little peak in the high tide conditions. But it was very slow and inconsistent. Maybe a fat fishy would be the go.

Finally I stopped for a look at Gardens. Fair number in, but as with everywhere else, the watchword was gutless. Good for paddling practice and working on your low speed game I guess. Water looked inviting too… but by then I’d squandered my time allowance. Dontcha hate that?

Outlook for the next few days is not too brilliant. From the latest run of the models it would seem that tomorrow is likely to be a touch smaller than today and that Friday through Sunday will be really tiny to flat most places.

There is some reason to be hopeful about early to mid next week according to the models. It seems that we might get another dose of s-sse swell from maybe late Monday-early Tuesday. Way too early to lock it in as a done deal, but might be worth bumping your appointments away from that part of the week… if ya know what I mean!

Have yourself a fantastic day!

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: N/NW 8/13 knots early, becoming NE 15/20 knots in the afternoon. Sea: around 1 metre, rising to 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: E/NE around 1 metre.
Thursday: Wind: NE/NW 8/13 knots early, becoming NE 15/20 knots. Sea: around 1 metre, rising to 1 to 2 metres. Swell: E/NE around 1 metre.
Friday: Wind: N/NW 10/20 knots. Late S change 15/25 knots.

Hello Friends,

Swell is on the fade and there were lots of folks in the water at Manly and Curly bidding it adieu.

I think the pictures pretty much tell the story – they’re both set waves.

(above: Sth Curl Curl, below: Manly)