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Evening post

Hello Friends, A brief Monday evening update for you. Went out and about this afternoon with the intention of getting in the water. But the swell was still settling in and nothing really took my fancy. I’m sure you know the drill – you drive around looking, but you just can’t get enthused, or you […]

Morning turn

Hello again friends, Just back from a tour of the beaches south from south Narrabeen. Here’s the executive summary: South Narra: big, messy, no one out Collaroy: small, not as messy, only one or two chasing waist high things Dee Why: didn’t see anyone in the water, but didn’t watch for very long either. Big […]

Morning pic round-up: Manly

Hello Friends, Another bout of picture taking by yours truly… started at Manly around 0730 and took pics for about 20 minutes. It was pretty consistent, but not quite at the pace of yesterday. Size was down too, but it was still clean and pretty fun looking – if a wee bit soft. Seemed to […]

Out and about midday Sunday

Sorry about the daily pic gallery showing yesterday… a new bug to chase down, oh joy. Anyway, lotsa average quality waves around for the Sunday crowds. No such thing as a decent uncrowded wave from Northy to Fairy Bower. In fact, I’d guess the same applies up to Palm Beach and I’m pretty sure the […]

Doing the run around

Lotsa waves around this morning. Nowhere truly mindblowing, but there are heaps of opportunities for fun all up and down the beaches. I saw perfectly surfable waves at the following: The executive summary: Northy: 6/10 Dee Why beach: 4/10 Dee Why point: 4/10 North Curly: 7/10 Freshwater: 5/10 Queenscliff: 6/10 North Steyne: 6/10 South Steyne: […]

More pics

You know how it is with swell and not great conditions – you keep wondering if maybe it’s improved someplace… the pressure got to RealSurf and so late this morning made a run down to see if the Bower was cleaning up and if by some fluke there was something getting in on the north […]

Mid-arvo: rain, wind, building swell

Hello Friends As promised I went out to see if I could grab a few pics for ya. Not the most photogenic conditions unfortunately. First stop was the Bower and it was looking just plain crazy out there. Lots of water in motion, sets in the 2x or bigger range and only a couple mad […]

Curly to Manly

Hello Friends, Not even worth taking a picture at Curly as it was – predictably enough – blown out junk. So it was on to Manly. Like Curly, the Queenscliff end of the beach was just a write-off. Sadly, the situation as Big Al has already noted, was little better at the south end. There […]