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Fat, full and un-fabulous early

Hello Friends, A faintly cool late summer morning with partly cloudy skies and 10 kts of SSE wind before 0700 as Tuesday kicked off along the beaches. There is a bit of swell around, but the 1.8 metre high tide at 0720 was making the already textured conditions fat and full. Swell at sea was […]

Manly snaps

Longish waits and fat too, but shoulder high faces all along the Manly stretch. Fair amount of waiting around though…

Manly going big

Sets looking impressive at North Steyne and Queenscliff this morning. You had to wait though. South Steyne was head and a bit as was the Bower.

Manly and Dee Why Beaches are closed!!

Northern Beaches Council: Manly Beach and Dee Why Beach will be closed from Tuesday morning following advice from NSW health authorities that both areas have become hotspots for community transmissions of COVID-19. Effective from Tuesday 7 April, Dee Why Beach, Manly, Shelley Beach, North Steyne and Queenscliff beaches will be closed until after the Easter long […]

A beautiful morning along the beaches

Hello Friends, Just had one of those experiences that makes you take a deep breath, look around at this wondrous world and feel profoundly grateful for being alive. It was a stunner of a morning at Manly beach. There was just a touch of cool to the light offshore breeze and the air had that […]

Queenscliff beautiful shutdowns rule

Waiting for the swell to really kick in. Every now and then something rears up briefly on the zombie but am yet to see one even feather. Meanwhile there are some photogenic moments along the beach as head plus sets stand up and throw before closing out…

Manly snaps

Not much at the Bower or South Steyne but Queenscliff was chest to head plus on the bombs at low tide. Mostly shutting down with rights much less likely to be makeable.

Waist to chest

Managed to grab a few snaps at Manly between showers. Swell is obvious out on the horizon but Queenscliff is still mostly shoulder high or less, North Steyne wasn’t of interest, less at south Steyne and knee to chest and inconsistent at the Bower. The south end was clean.

Fun for longboards

Knee to waist high little lines for mal riders on a sparkling Thursday morning at Manly.

Watching the comp at Manly

Hello Friends, Just stopped by the Surfrider stand at the Vissla comp in Manly this morning and grabbed a few snaps to share. It was clean but full early and now (1000) tide is dropping but summer is finishing up with a sunny day and plenty of NE wind. Sets down this way are pushing […]