The Goat’s Surf Forecast
Surf forecast issued Thursday 21 March 2024: Seven day outlook for Sydney There was still some size this evening at places open to due South, but the low period meant there wasn’t a lot elsewhere (no wave refraction). However the onshore wind made it look most unattractive, and TG only saw desperate after school kids […]
South exposures early
Hello Friends, Contrary to the Bureau’s forecast, wind was light westerly at 0730, so the surface conditions were smooth at spots picking up the dead south swell. The buoy data was showing average swell height at sea in the 3.5 metre range with periods around the 9 second mark. So, while there were some solid […]
Waves early on Wednesday
Hello Friends, Heading for another warm one (27) with showers and a late south change. At daybreak the wind was NNE at 9-14 kts and swell was 1.9 metres from the east at around 9 seconds apart. Tide was high at 0600 and will be back to a 0.58 low at 1300. There weren’t many […]
Almost foggy, glassy early and chest plus sets
Hello Friends, The better exposures were seeing close-together but chest-to-shoulder-high faces as Tuesday kicked off. Swell was dominated by the 8-second 2 metre easterly component, but there was also a bit of SE in the mix as well. I had to amp up the pictures to even make out what was happening at the point […]
Glassy again but those sets are even less frequent
Hello Friends, In a rush this morning, so here are the pics… Manly Dee Why Weather Situation A weak trough lies along the New South Wales coast while a high pressure system is gradually moving east across the Tasman Sea. This high will extend a ridge towards the coast and replace the trough later today […]
Glassy, shoulder high sets
Hello Friends, Small group on the point at 0930 where it was glassy and small, but with shoulder high ones turning up every 10-15 minutes; mostly single waves, not sets.. As of 1000 swell was 1.5 metres from the SE at 16 seconds apart – hence the long wait for sets to turn up. If […]
Junky Saturday morning
Hello Friends, 24+ hours of SE wind has taken its toll on surf options. There are shoulder high waves at the best exposures, but as you can see from the pics, the quality is pretty ordinary. The Bureau says the wind should move around to the NE this afternoon, so maybe, just possibly, the protected […]
Sparkling but southerly morning along the beaches
Hello Friends, Mostly sunny skies on Friday morning with 14-23 kts of SE wind battering a 2 metre, 7-second SSE wind swell. The only people I saw in the water were three super keen types trying to jag something from the dumpy shories in front of the surf club. The swell period is too short […]
The Goat’s Surf Forecast
Surf forecast issued Thursday 14 March 2024: Seven day outlook for Sydney Ah the variety of weather available to Mother Nature, means that she can do what she likes! You humans can try to predict what she might do, using your fancy computer modelling stuff, but she’ll make up her own mind. The Big Swell […]
Waves early, wind later
Hello Friends, Shoulder high sets at the NE magnets this morning thanks to 2 metres of 11-second NE swell, but a north wind was texturing the surface too, and the Bureau tells us it’ll be picking up into the 15-20 kt range ahead of a vigorous south change. Tide is coming off the 0615 low […]