Hello late evening visitors!

Hope Sydney surfers all got in for a wave at some point during the day. The NE swell was pumping at exposed places. Sets were into the overhead range (solidly) and it was pretty consistent.

I did a fair amount of shooting too. Started this morning at Northy on a kind of full tide and with cloud making the colours dull. But there were some nice waves being ridden by the good size crowd.

Next stop was Bungan where word had reached my shell like ears that there were a few tasty ones. It wasn’t quite in Northy’s league, but sets were almost into the same size range and there was enough juice to snap at least one board.

Finally I pulled up at Mona Vale where it was very definitely firing. Again, got a few snaps that I hope captured people having fun in the crunchy, high quality waves.

After all that shooting I figured it was my turn, so I got in the water at Longy down toward No Mans. Good crowd on it, but it was consistent and while not as big as the other three spots, we still had a few pretty fun sets and I scored a few nice ones.

The swell is set to last into tomorrow morning but to be on the decline through the day. Plus it looks like we’ll have a bit of wind with it.

Friday looks to be changeover day as we switch from NE to S swell. Latest run of the models are calling for a very substantial spike arriving Friday. From Friday arvo through to Saturday morning could be rather impressive. Some estimates are calling for 3-4 metres of south swell and the Bureau says we’ll have SW to NW wind. I might be shooting a few more pics.

See ya in the morning!

Thr TIDES: H @0945 L @1540
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Gale Warning.
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: Northwesterly about 25 knots.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres increasing to 2 to 3 metres later in the evening.Swell: Northeasterly 2 to 3 metres. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms possible.
Thursday: Wind: West to northwesterly 25 to 30 knots tending west to southwesterly during the morning then becoming southwesterly 25 to 35 knots by early evening.Sea: 2 to 3 metres.Swell: Northeasterly 1.5 to 3 metres decreasing to about 1.5 metres during the evening. Tending southerly 1.5 to 3 metres during the evening.
Friday: Wind: Southwesterly 20 to 30 knots tending south to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots around midday then decreasing below 20 knots by early evening. Winds southerly up to 10 knots later in the evening.
Saturday: Wind: West to northwesterly 5 to 15 knots tending north to northwesterly during the afternoon then increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the evening.

Hello Friends,

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Okay, important stuff out of the way, now some more important stuff. My first morning back on the northern beaches, so I had a bit of a drive around to see what was what.

First stop was Warriewood. No one in the water there because the swell is just too weak and small. There were a few bods in the water at Cooks and another few up at Mona. In both cases the quality was okay, but it was struggling to make waist high. The sort of waves you go for when there’s pretty much nothing else on the to do list and you fancy getting wet for the exercise.

Next stop was over the hill at Northy. A touch better than the previous two, but nothing extraordinary as the small crowd confirmed.

Last stop was Longy where I got a snap of a couple standups messing about near the lagoon entrance and spotted a cute empty set wave down toward No Mans. There were maybe half a dozen bods between there and Dee Why, but as with elsewhere this morning, it’s inconsistent and bumping along at just above flatness.

If they have it right, the latest run of surf forecasts call for on again-off again 1-2 metre south swell. Nothing too great though because a lot of it is going to be short period stuff. Tomorrow arvo looks the best shot for south spots atm…

Have a great day!

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Monday until midnight: Wind: West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots inshore reaching 20 knots offshore, tending southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon. Winds freshening to southerly 15 to 25 knots later in the evening.Sea: Below 1.5 metres rising up to 2.5 metres offshore in the evening.Swell: East to southeast to 1 metre. Isolated thunderstorms possible.
Tuesday: Wind: South to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon.Sea: 2 to 3 metres.Swell: Southeasterly to 1 metre tending southerly 1.5 metres in the evening.
Wednesday: Wind: South to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots, possibly reaching 30 knots in the afternoon.

Hello Friends,

Short version: get out there.

Longer version:
Swell is still close to dead south but has surprisingly jumped up to 2 metres at 9-10 seconds. Strangely, despite those numbers, it really wasn’t that big when I checked out the Dee Why to Longy and Collaroy Narrabeen stretches. The average wave looked to be in the waist to chest high range which, given the buoy data, is about two-thirds of what I would’ve expected. Never mind, there are heaps of waves to be had so I’d be getting out there.

TIDES: L @noon, H @1800
Here’s the dope from the Bureau:

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Saturday until midnight: Wind: Northwesterly 10/15 knots tending north to northeasterly in the afternoon and northwest in the late evening.Sea: about 1 metre.Swell: Southeasterly about 1.5 metres.
Sunday: Wind: Northwesterly 10/15 knots increasing to 15/20 knots in the afternoon then tending west to southwest in the evening.Sea: about 1 metre rising 1 to 2 metres. Swell: Easterly about 1.5 metres.
Monday: Wind: West to southwesterly 20/25 knots decreasing to 15/20 knots during the morning then becoming southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.

Hello Friends,

Not too flash out there this morning. SSE wind is pushing along at a surf destroying 20-30 knots. The outlook is for it to slack off this afternoon and to go more SE, so who knows, maybe some of the south corners will come into play. But you’d have to say it’s not exactly looking like being all time. Swell at sea off Sydney is averaging around the 3 metre mark from the south. It’s coming in at around 8 seconds apart, so there isn’t a lot of power. Waves are messy and unattractive – to put it mildly – and as a consequence, I wasn’t surprised not to see anyone in the water.

I’m intrigued to see the Eden buoy showing an average period of around 11 seconds. There’s no guarantee we’ll see that make its way this far north, but the latest run of the wave forecast models is calling for our average period to jump into a similar range this afternoon. Should that happen, we might get a little more energy getting into the corners.

The Bureau says we’re set to have SE wind into Saturday, so the best hope for a wave will probably be the early (when the tide, sadly, is full).

Ah well, Huey will come to the party eventually, so keep on smilin’ and go well with today’s adventures.

TIDES: H @0620, L @1300
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Thursday until midnight: Wind: S/SE 20/30 knots, easing to SE 15/20 knots in the afternoon. Sea: 2 to 3 metres, abating to 1.5 to 2 metres in the afternoon. Swell: S increasing to 2 to 3 metres.
Friday: Wind: S/SE 15/20 knots. Sea: 1 to 2 metres. Swell: S/SE 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Saturday: Wind: SE 10/20 knots.

Hello Friends,

At least it’s not raining and overcast. Apart from that though, there’s not a lot to get excited about for Sydney surfers. The wind swell is still coming from the SE as it has the last few days, but it’s only about 1.5 metres out at sea and the period is on average about 7-8 seconds. There’s some longer period component in the mix, but I wasn’t convinced I could see it when I checked out Dee Why to Longy and the Collaroy-Narrabeen stretch.

Wind is SE 10-15 kts as I write this a little after 0800. It’s set to work around to the NE but to stay at about the same (chop-inducing) velocity.

The models are still showing an influx of longer period south swell from late tonight. It’s currently expected to last through Saturday morning, but as I indicated yesterday, it’s really not looking like doing anything very spectacular for us.

Ah well, at least we’re heading into the best time of year for surf!

Have yourself a top old day.

TIDES: H @1110, L @1720
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: E/SE 10/15 knots, becoming NE later. Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: SE 1.5 metres.
Thursday: Wind: NE 10/20 knots. Sea: 1 to 2 metres. Swell: S/SE 1 to 1.5 metres.
Friday: Wind: N/NE 15/25 knots.

Hello Friends,

With the forecast calling for south wind this morning, your correspondent decided to make an early start on the day. I checked the Warriewood to Mona stretch first. Not super fabulous, it has to be said. The little windswell is mostly in the knee high range but here and there, depending on the current state of the tide, you might find a little peak focusing. However, the southerly isn’t going to do a lot to help things, surface-wise. Judging from the buoy data coming in from down at Eden and Batemans Bay, there is reason to think that we’ll also get an uptick in the south swell over the course of the day.

About the best I saw early was a sort of complex of peaks from carparks North. Quite a few bods on it, but as we got closer to 0900, more and more folks had to peel off to attend to other obligations. I sampled a few myself and can report that the water was beautiful.

On the way back to the office I swung into Longy for a squizz at happenings. No south swell energy apparent, but the wind was chopping up the knee high froth for a couple mal riders up the north end. From there south to the single surfer waiting hopefully in front of the DYSLSC there was not another person in the water.

Ok, gonna post this and then have a look at the latest run of the models for ya…

TIDES: L @1030, H @1622
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong wind warning.
Tuesday until midnight: Wind: W/NW 8/13 knots ahead turning SW early morning then S’ly 20/30 knots during the morning.Sea: about 1 metre rising to 2 to 3 metres behind the change.Swell: Increasing to S/SE 2 to 2.5 metres.
Wednesday: Wind: S/SE 10/15 knots tending E/SE.. Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: S 2 to 2.5 metres.

Thursday: Wind: E/SE 5/15 knots.