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,

Everybody in! Hot day and at least it’s not totally flat. We’re set for the usual NE wind as the day gets going, but for the early risers conditions were smooth everywhere. Only two problems. First, the swell has faded away to a weak, short period, waist high NE windswell. And second, the catchable ones are not arriving too frequently. Lots and lots of waiting for the healthy Sunday crowds.

Like yesterday, the best hope for this afternoon will be the semi-protected North corners. I’d be taking whatever you like to use for weak and small conditions.

The latest run of WAMs does not offer much hope for waves this coming week in the Sydney region (there could be a little something up north though). About the brightest spot on the data is Weds-Thurs when we could pick up a little south swell activity at the usual spots. If it gets to shoulder high on the sets, we’ll be doing well.

Enjoy your Sunday!

TIDES: H @1345, L @1945
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Sunday until midnight: Wind: N/NE 15/20 knots increasing to 20/25 later in the afternoon.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: E/NE about 1.5 metres.
Monday: Wind: N/NW 15/20 knots increasing to N/NE 20/25 knots in the afternoon. Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres. Swell: E/NE about 1.5 metres.
Tuesday: Wind: S/SE 20/30 knots change.

Hello Friends,

Not fabulous quality, but there are definitely waves around the place.

The numbers look good: SE swell at a couple metres with an average period of close to 10 seconds and no wind to speak of. But the low tide reality this morning along the Collaroy-Narra and Longy-Dee Why stretches is not matching the stats. It’s still rather messy and junky, so don’t go expecting anything wonderful in the way of quality.

Wind was not a factor early, but by midday it’s set to be pushing along at 20 kts out of the NE. So, if like me you have obligations this morning, your surf options will obviously be limited to northern corners that like a high tide.

I’ll try to get a few more pics later on and maybe to duck back with a few thoughts about the outlook for the week ahead.

TIDES: H @1250, L @1900
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Saturday until midnight: Wind: N/NE 10/15 knots, freshening to 15/20 knots in the afternoon and reaching 20/25 knots in the evening.Sea: About 1 metre rising to 1.5 to 2 metres in the afternoon. Swell: E/SE 1.5 to 2 metres.
Sunday: Wind: N/NE 15/20 knots increasing to 20/30 knots in the afternoon and evening. Sea: about 1.5 metres rising to 2 to 3 metres in the afternoon. Swell: E/NE about 1.5 metres.
Monday: Wind: N/NE 15/25 knots.

Had to run an errand, so stopped for a look to see if the afternoon wind change had done any good. Comparatively glassy but very lumpy and 99 percent shutting down along the south Narra stretch. Still okay size though. Around at Longy there were lots more people in the water and though smaller, there were also more options for catching one. Quality is strictly average, but on a warm summer afternoon, it’s pretty tempting nonetheless…

Hello Friends,

Pretty bad case of morning sickness along the northern beaches as we get started. I daresay it’s the same for you folk along the eastern suburb shores too. As the pictures show, the surface conditions are very choppy and junky thanks to 15-20 kts of ESE wind.

Swell is around the 1.5 metre range, coming from the SE and about 8 seconds apart on average. So there are the makings of waist to chest high sets and as the wind swings to the NE this afternoon, there could be an improvement in the quality at the north ends.

Several riffs on the WAM data are projecting a swell increase toward this afternoon and in particular an increase in the average period. However, there’s nothing obvious showing on the actual buoy data from along the NSW coast, so I’m not overly confident that we’ll see any dramatic change to the basic swell settings today. Be fantastic if I’m proved wrong though.

Swell energy levels look like gradually fading over the weekend, but with luck we won’t drop into the completely, unsurfably flat range.

On other matters, I’d encourage all fans of our ever sunny Byron reporter team Ben and Yoko to check out their site. They lost a bunch of expensive camera gear to thieves and are putting out the word for some help to recover. You couldn’t meet a sunnier, more positive couple, so I hope all the positive energy they’ve put out will come back to them in the most practical way.

Tides: H @1210, L @1820
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Friday until midnight: Wind: E/SE 10/15 knots tending E/NE 10/15 knots in the afternoon.Sea: about 1 metre.Swell: SE 2 to 3 metres.
Saturday: Wind: NE 10/15 knots, increasing to N/NE 15/20 knots later.Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres.Swell: E/SE 1.5 to 2 metres.
Sunday: Wind: N/NE freshening to 15/25 knots.

Hello friends,

Coming up on high tide and everywhere I looked was fat. However, there’s enough juice in the swell, that when people got a wedgy one, speed wasn’t an issue.

Started by checking the Collaroy-Narra stretch and as with yesterday, there were peaks to be found from the north end to Marquesas. It was dead glassy and shoulder high on the sets.

TIDES: H @1000, L @1620

Next stop was at Longy and there too, the situation was much the same. I.e., really high tide, inconsistent, dead glassy and shoulder high plus on the sets.

The wind’s due to get up soon from the SW and be into the 20 kt range by this afternoon at exposed spots. From the look of the energy levels off to the south of us, I’m pretty confident that the swell’s not going to fade away today.

Hello Friends,

Had a look at the Collaroy-Narrabeen stretch around 1530. Fair number of people scattered along the beach chasing little knee to waist high faced windswell. Not as much wind as had earlier been anticipated, so aside from the water quality, it didn’t look hopeless on the low tide banks.

I reckon it’s come up a touch since this morning and the latest model run suggests that it should last through tomorrow. As I write this, another band of rain is headed toward the coast, and the Bureau says:

Forecast for Saturday evening
Showers. Chance of thunderstorms. Moderate east to southeast winds,
tending northeasterly.
Precis: Showers. Chance thunderstorms.

Forecast for Sunday
Rain at times and the chance of thunderstorms. Light to moderate
northwest to northeast winds freshening near the coast in the
afternoon.

So that water quality’s not about to improve. Outlook for midweek remains hopeful for something into the shoulder-head high range from late Tuesday to Thursday. Fingers crossed!

Go well with your Saturday one and all.

Hello Friends

Sorry, I’m late because I went down for a surf at 0630 and have only just got back. Don’t get excited though. It was so inconsistent, weak and gutlessly tiny at Dee Why that we ended up going for coffees instead. The picture I got afterwards was easily the best wave I saw. Maybe as the tide drops it’ll smarten up and the spots that don’t mind a touch of NE wind will start to come good.

After coffee, I headed over the hill to see if Curly was any better. As the picture shows, the answer was firmly in the negative.

Not prepared to give up, I looped up for an inspection of the situation along the Collaroy-Narrabeen stretch. Northy was busy as usual because at least it sort of had a little peak in the high tide conditions. But it was very slow and inconsistent. Maybe a fat fishy would be the go.

Finally I stopped for a look at Gardens. Fair number in, but as with everywhere else, the watchword was gutless. Good for paddling practice and working on your low speed game I guess. Water looked inviting too… but by then I’d squandered my time allowance. Dontcha hate that?

Outlook for the next few days is not too brilliant. From the latest run of the models it would seem that tomorrow is likely to be a touch smaller than today and that Friday through Sunday will be really tiny to flat most places.

There is some reason to be hopeful about early to mid next week according to the models. It seems that we might get another dose of s-sse swell from maybe late Monday-early Tuesday. Way too early to lock it in as a done deal, but might be worth bumping your appointments away from that part of the week… if ya know what I mean!

Have yourself a fantastic day!

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: N/NW 8/13 knots early, becoming NE 15/20 knots in the afternoon. Sea: around 1 metre, rising to 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: E/NE around 1 metre.
Thursday: Wind: NE/NW 8/13 knots early, becoming NE 15/20 knots. Sea: around 1 metre, rising to 1 to 2 metres. Swell: E/NE around 1 metre.
Friday: Wind: N/NW 10/20 knots. Late S change 15/25 knots.