Patches of blue sighted
Hello Friends, Wind came around to the SW last night and as of 0800 it was 10-15kt from the WSW. Out at sea the swell was 2.7 metres at 9-10 seconds from the east. As you can see from the pics, conditions are very scrappy and messy at Dee Why. Given the appearance of the […]
You’re kidding right?
Hello Friends, It’s blowing a gale. So, no, you won’t be getting in the water this morning. To put some numbers on it, as of 0900 when I grabbed the snap between the torrential downpours, the wind was coming from the SSE at 26-38 kts. Swell was 4.5 metres at 11 seconds from the ESE. […]
Options for the keen
Hello Friends, The forecast was for E to SE 20-30 kts but at daybreak the wind was still coming lightly from the west. Out at sea the swell was 2.5 metres at a shade under 10 seconds apart and coming mainly from the SSE. The first tide of the daylight hours is the modest 1.3 […]
Cold and grey start to Tuesday
Hello Friends, An icy 8C as Tuesday morning got started. Wind was out of the WSW at 8-10 kt at 0730 and swell out at sea was 2.3 metres at just 8 seconds from 169° (SSE). First tide of the daylight hours was the 1.3 m high at 0750. It’s back to low at 1315. […]
Micro Sunday
Hello Friends, Another beautiful morning along the beaches with sunny skies and light offshore breezes. Sadly the waves are barely into the ankle to knee high range. And there doesn’t seem to be any real hope of an improvement in the near term. Tomorrow might be a touch bigger at south magnets by the afternoon, […]
Faded away
Hello Friends, Clear skies and 10-13 kts of WNW wind greeted us as Saturday morning dawned. Out at sea what remained of the east swell of the last few days was 0.6 metres at 11 seconds. Tide was high at 0530 and at daybreak was running out to the low at 1120. As the pictures […]
Smaller, weaker and disorganised but surfable
Hello Friends, A light westerly breeze and a much less energetic ocean greeted early risers this morning. Gone are the long, powerful lines and instead we have our more typical 9-ish second period stuff coming from the SSE. It was 1.7 metres at 0800, so there were definitely a few chest plus wave faces to […]
Showers and sets for Sunday morning
Hello Friends, Kinda bobbly, sectiony-looking energy this morning but we still have close to 2 metres of 14-sec SSE (153°) swell. That means sets at better exposures are into the shoulder to head high range. Weather early was showery and wind was westerly still as of 0830. The Bureau says to expect it to swing […]
Gloomy skies but swell continues
Hello Friends, The Bureau says the wind will be strong and southerly today, but at first light it was SW and comparatively smooth in south corners. Swell offshore was S-SSE at 3.4 metres with a grunty 15 second period. Tide was low at 0540 and will be back to a moderate 1.4 m high at […]
Chest to shoulder plus at magnets
Hello Friends, When I grabbed the pics it was about an hour before high tide and the waves had that fat look about them. Plus it’s cogged down since yesterday (at 1010 it was 1.6m @14sec from 163°). Set wave faces along the beach were close enough to head high not to matter. It was […]