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The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 13 April 2023: Seven day outlook for Sydney Current swell on Thursday night is about as dead South as you can get it at 178 degrees, so although it’s nearly 3 metres with a 10 second period most was going straight past points today… That might change tomorrow but there’ll be […]

More than

A touch more new south swell than forecast and probably breaking better than I expected close to the 6:42am high.  Around 3ft sets at Manly with a cold offshore back to less spring-like temps.  Today I can join the late starters for a mid morning session on the dropping tide before a bad wind change […]

Just about flat everywhere

Hello Friends, What a corker of a morning. Shame about the utter lack of waves. Wandered around the joint for a look at the direness and I can tell you that you will need to ramp up the keeness to hysterical levels if you’re going to talk yourself into chasing waves. It looks like a […]

Grey morning for Duke’s Day

Hello Friends, I’ve found myself a little corner of the Freshie SLSC to tap out an abbreviated report before I go beach cleaning with the Surfrider crew. Surf situation is similar to yesterday, only glassier. The swell is 1.5 metres from the east. The period is starting to ramp up though and as I write […]

The Duke’s Day and Surfrider Beach clean-up at Freshy Sat 15/1/2011

The organisers of the Duke’s Day say it will be a combination sustainability expo and fun events celebration and fundraiser for the Freshy SLSC. Surfrider Foundation will be on hand to conduct a beach clean up from about 0800 to 1000, so if you’re out and about on the day, say hi.

PICS: Queenscliff, Freshy, South Curly Friday arvo.

When the lighting is as good as it was this afternoon, a photographer finds it very hard to resist getting out and about with a camera. Yours truly went first to Manly on the off chance the touch of east in the swell was letting it get into the north end of the famous stretch. […]

At larger

Hello Friends, Had to drop my old tractor, er, car, in at mechanic’s for rego, so found myself fetched up in lovely Brookvale. Happily mate PB was free to give me a ride home, so we took the long way and checked the beach. There were a few bods in the water up toward the […]

Running around the beaches

Hello again Friends, Wandered around the landscape on your behalf this morning and gathered a few snaps to share… Started at Manly where the crowds were surprisingly modest for a sunny Saturday morning. Guess that cold wind is keeping a fair number of us out of the water for the early. Sets were into the […]