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Freshy needs freshening

Yo one and all!       Your intrepid correspondent has made his way to the shade of Freshwater swimming club house balcony which affords him a fine view of the ever picturesque beach of that same ilk. Water looks spectacularly inviting, but not from a surfing perspective. There are little tiny things down in […]

Freshy softly softly

The old Freshy was lookin’ better yesterday morning when I checked it out around 0730. There were more people in the water for fewer waves this morning though. Dominant swell angle seems to be just missing it. But then again, since the swell, so called, is struggling hard to get into the waist high range […]

Freshie wrap

Bloke in the parking lot says it was fun out there and the water’s super warm. Reasonably busy, but not ridiculously so. Would be most fun on a fishy, lid or mat as windswell is mostly knee high and pretty gutless looking. Surface a bit choppy, but not too bad.

Little swell arrives

Late arvo update: Wind’s NNE at 10-15 kts as the sun goes down. Not quite as strong as the Bureau forecast (see below for the earlier call), but enough to make the surface pretty ordinary at Dee Why. Meanwhile, the swell is now straight south at around 1.5 metres on average. The MHL buoy is […]

Yep, still messy. Just bigger.

Nothing much has changed since this morning, except that the mess has gotten bigger. Onshore slop at Dee Why, Curly and Manly this afternoon. Just had a look at all three and there’s nothing to recommend from the Bower to Long Reef. Forecast is for it to keep getting bigger and for the wind to […]