"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

Messy but sizable

A few postcards from torn up but biggish Manly for you. Low tide plus light but steady ne wind was making for treacherous conditions. Lots of one turn wonder waves and unmakeable chaotic shutdowns. The crowd was undeterred.

0830 looking fun – with waits

Got a park at Queensie and grabbed some snaps for you. Swell quite inconsistent but North Steyne was picking up head high sets between the lulls. Nothing showing at the Bower and Queensie end touch smaller than middle of beach.

Hints of things to come?

Hello Friends, Stopped by Manly a little after 0900. Tide was pretty fat and full, the SE wind was bumping it up, but as I sit here typing it’s wandered around to the SW – and the swell is definitely bigger than it’s been over the last few days. I’d call it knee to waist […]

Manly minor mumbles

Tide was near the 0825 1.68 m high when I grabbed the snaps from Manly this morning. It was fat and full, but given how tiny it was, I’m not sure tide was the biggest issue. Waves were weak and struggling to make thigh high on the biggest ones. Plus, it was inconsistent and there […]

Manly minor on Tuesday morning

Very quiet surf morning with only a comparative few in the water at Manly. Average catchable wave looks to be in the knee high range and very weak. Ocean kinda choppy looking too.

Glassy little waves at Manly

School’s back and that means the occasional run to Manly. It was glassy with soft little knee to waist plus waves at a couple of points along the generally tiny conditions.

clean and crowded

At 0900 there were around 60 people in the water chasing waves between Queensie and North Steyne. Waves were chest to head plus and fairly consistent.