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I’m sure the buzz around the place right now is all about today’s conditions – and spectacular sun rise – but Sunday delivered some pretty awesome conditions...
Surf Photos of You ::::: There were a few nice fun waves at South Narrabeen this morning 5th May 2012 between 8 – 9 am Although I was told that it was heaqps better about...
Surf Photos of You::::::The Curly MalJam Pro was held at North Curl curl in small but clean conditions. Check my Surf Gallery for some great pics of a well organised Longboard Comp...
Queenscliff popped nicely between 12-2pm on Sunday arvo with plenty of action taking place from the edge of the rock pool (more like cess pool – have you seen it lately?!) half...
The swell that started arriving mid last week continued right through the weekend much to the delight of all the punters who stayed in Sydney for Easter. Not only did we experience...
It’s time to take a look back to the most popular shots for the month of March 2012, in Byron Bay today. This year March began as a month already straining under the weight of much...
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Surprise, In Byron Bay Today.
Posted on May 18th, 2012 in Byron.Just when it was looking like the entire south swell would pass us by, Huey dished up a nice surprise, in Byron Bay today. It wasn’t that big and was lacking in power. But a gentle shift in wind direction enabled a fraction more swell to find its way past the cape,,, in Byron Bay today.
One more day in Lennox
Posted on May 17th, 2012 in At large.
Hello Friends,
Another slightly cool, but basically sunny and pretty day with light offshore to sideshores in Lennox Head for the morning session. Swell seemed to have perked slightly over yesterday and it was definitely cleaner, but the low tide shutdown issue still prevailed. It looked as though there were much longer rides to be had at the point, but it was from a tightly defined and well populated take-off zone too. So, making that old calculation (ie, do we surf crowded and better or uncrowded and worse), we again opted for the choice we’d made yesterday.
There were a few head high wave faces and a few makeable ones, so after a couple of hours, we both had logged at least a few reasonable waves. The water was as warm and clear as yesterday, but the sets had a little more oomph so paddling out had its moments.
Outlook for the swell up and down the east coast continues to be for a steady decline and my expectation is that tomorrow could well be the last of our opportunities for a wave on this excursion. Oh well, at least we didn’t totally strike out!
Looking ahead to next week, the models are showing the lull in action continuing for at least a week. At this stage the indications are that there will be a fair amount of southern ocean energy, but for the next 7 days at least it’ll be deflected toward New Zealand by high pressure. A good week for keeping promises perhaps.
Go well!
Crept Down
Posted on May 17th, 2012 in Manly.Swell has crept down to only 2-3ft now. 5:42am high means a bit fat and backwashy. There’s a couple of shoulders at the end of closeouts mid beach and sth ends but pretty crowded considering. Should get better for a moment as tides drops but if you know somewhere that was good yesterday go there
Small But Sweet, In Byron Bay Today.
Posted on May 17th, 2012 in Byron.Well there was lots of talk in the usual places about a swell arriving from the south, in Byron Bay today. Late last weekend there were forecasts calling that it would reach four metres plus. Yet it never really came to be, at best we saw a small increase in a few slow lines earlier in the week. By the time we got around to today, there was little more than ,,,, in Byron Bay today.
On the road: Lennox Head
Posted on May 16th, 2012 in At large.
Hello Friends,
Another north coast wrap for our evening visitors.
This morning dawned bright and clear and rather cool on the far north coast. We didn’t rush out the door, figuring that it might be a plan to let the school kids and workers have their go first. Started by checking Lennox and discovered pretty much in line with expectations, that it had weakened overnight. Lots of people were on the very top of the point where waves were still chest to shoulder high on sets. Some of the better ones went a ways, but mostly it kinda looked like a good beachbreak in terms of ride length. And down the point toward the trees it was too small to attract any takers. We’re very familiar with the entry/exit from Lennox and given the crowd and wave quality, we decided it wasn’t worth the risk of getting pranged.
So, around to Boulder we went in search of something a bit more attractive. When we pulled up the carpark was full and there were half a dozen people standing on the headland, watching. Seeing all the cars and people, we thought there might be some waves of interest – albeit crowded.
In fact, there were only 5 people in the water. So the rest of the carpark musta been fishers. It was extremely inconsistent and weak looking. Again, it basically looked like a beachbreak peak with a rocky shore. Oh well.
So, back to Lennox and out to the reefs for a semi-peaky section that was delivering the odd quick little right in the waist to chest high range. Only the two of us out, so it was definitely worth doing but you wouldn’t call it epic or anything.
Water was pleasant, though not particularly warmer than Sydney was last week. Lotsa people up this way are in steamers too. It’s probably those chilly morning winds.
Outlook up this way tomorrow is for the swell to drop another cog, so not sure where we’ll end up. It looks a bit more hopeful for those of you in Sydney.
Have a good one!
Downward trend.
Posted on May 16th, 2012 in Dee Why.A little smaller this morning at around 3 – 4 foot SE swell. Straighter than yesterday and some are shutting down. Still a beautiful day and if you can get out there you should,as it will be smaller from here on. Enjoy and subscribe to Surf Photos of You.
Dropped
Posted on May 16th, 2012 in Manly.Swell dropped to around shoulder high along the beach an the increased number of longboarders back out to cement the drop in size. The usual cold offshore wind and the odd shoulder but I didn’t see too many exciting ones. Maybe some bigger and better ones elsewhere.
The Switch, In Byron Bay Today
Posted on May 16th, 2012 in Byron.The Switch, In Byron Bay Today. No doubt about it, winter seems to have well and truly arrived, in Byron Bay today. The swell is too south to really get in and the wind has a little too much west to keep it clean. There’s a chill in the air and logs everywhere as the banks take on their log friendly winter form. It’s not unusual for the banks to shape up this way at this time of year. In Byron Bay Today.
On the road: Arrawarra to Lennox
Posted on May 15th, 2012 in At large.Hello Friends,
Got up this morning in lovely Coffs Harbour and hit the road… but not for long… to Arrawarra point. Keen to get wet having missed out yesterday, we didn’t need any convincing to jump in. The swell was largely going by, but some waist to chest high sets were coming in. It was the usual deal for this place, ie relatively slow, and better suited to the longer equipment. Happily we brought both short and long boards, so we hauled out our 9’2″s and had ourselves some fun with the other dozen or so participants. Haven’t been on the long board for awhile, so it was fun to get re-acquainted with the technique over the course of 100m + rides.
After a couple hours it was time to look for something to eat and then to head north. We ended up finding a funky cafe in Grafton for the latter (nice spot too with an old fashioned country town streetscape of awnings out over the street).
There’s a stupendous amount of road building between Coffs and Ballina, so we were stopped on numerous occasions and required to drive at construction zone speeds a fair amount of the way. Which was fine by us. We’d surfed, it was a beautiful day and we weren’t sticking to a schedule.
Toward dusk we finally found ourselves in Lennox with nothing more demanding than finding a place to stay and something to eat. We had a look at Lennox to see how the swell was doing hereabouts and it would seem that there should be something tomorrow… Nothing special really, but there were windswelly chest to shoulder high sets coming around the top of the point at Lennox. The wind was going pretty hard out to sea though, so it may not be too amazingly clean tomorrow.
It’ll be what it is – and we’ll thank Huey.
Go well!
Still with us.
Posted on May 15th, 2012 in Dee Why.The south continues this morning all but a lot cleaner and a slight drop in size. Although the conditions yesterday were out of control around midday, this morning its still 4 – 5 foot. AQgain bigger on the Bombies. Enjoy. Surf Photos of You.
