Morning pic round-up: Freshy & Curly

Freshy seemed a bit better than yesterday. But again, it was tending toward closeouts much of the time. As usual, if you were in the right spot, at the right time, a wave there was as fun as a wave anywhere else!

Curly was strangely subdued. There were plenty of folks in the water, but the middle of the beach which had been pretty fun looking yesterday was afflicted by a lull that outlasted my picture taking patience. Got a snap anyway to give you an idea of how it looked from the south end. Though judging from wozthatyou.com’s contribution, the north end was a different story.

That'd have to be a happy camper at Freshy (a little before 0800)

Around 0800 it was looking like this near the middle of the beach.

Morning pic round-up: Manly

Hello Friends,

Another bout of picture taking by yours truly… started at Manly around 0730 and took pics for about 20 minutes. It was pretty consistent, but not quite at the pace of yesterday. Size was down too, but it was still clean and pretty fun looking – if a wee bit soft. Seemed to me that fishes and mals were had the edge overall. Didn’t take a close look, but it appeared that there were a number of folks hooking waves out at the Bower as well.

Nice use of a little stall to set up the section, midway between Queensy and North Steyne this morning.

Goin' for a reo halfway between Queensy and south Steyne.

Again, there were some zippery sections on the inside at Queensy.

Looks like they had a few fun ones out there this morning.

Between north and south Steyne.

Morning run around, Freshy to DY

All pretty fat and full along the southern end of the peninsula this morning (as those of you who checked out the vid broadcast from the beach).

Here are a few snaps to give you a feel for the conditions.

Corner had the most juice at 0900

Tiny Freshy section gets a whack.

Not looking the very best at the north end.

South Curly was weed free and small

Took this with a standard lens on the Sony a900 DSLR.

Doing the run around

Lotsa waves around this morning. Nowhere truly mindblowing, but there are heaps of opportunities for fun all up and down the beaches. I saw perfectly surfable waves at the following:

The executive summary:
Northy: 6/10
Dee Why beach: 4/10
Dee Why point: 4/10
North Curly: 7/10
Freshwater: 5/10
Queenscliff: 6/10
North Steyne: 6/10
South Steyne: 7/10
Bower: 6/10

Down the beach from North Steyne there were some fine moments for the crowds.

Not as consistent as the beach, but clearly waves at the Bower for the crowds.

North Curly had a solid crowd chasing the odd set like this.

Dee Why point pretty torn up and weird but sections to be had.

Looks like everyone's in at Northy.

Empty grinders, no one out.

Pretty messy but some solid sections at Dee Why.

Not as consistent or as big as at other spots, but some perfectly catchable ones.

Quite busy in the water, but fun size.

Everyone’s in, where are ya?

It’s the last day of kid cricket season and I really need to be at my daughter’s final game. But what about you? I’m pretty sure 90 percent of people who can surf, or would like to, were in the water this morning. I checked Manly (including the Bower), Freshy and Curly and certainly at around high tide, Manly was the pick – the very crowded pick – of the pack. Freshy had a few okay ones in the south corner and was good for learners up the north end. Curly had some size, but it was pretty fat and disorganised when I checked it around 0920-0930.

Anyway, here are a few snaps to give you a rough idea of how it all was looking…

Lotsa folks too...

South Steyne looking perfectly fine.

Around 0845 it was all happening at Manly.

The Bower not really producing much at high tide.

Not much wind around 0900 at North Steyne.

Over a hundred people in the water, but somebody has to catch 'em in the end.

Having fun near the rocks at the south end.

Chasing sections on high tide.

North Curly around 0930

Getting busier, but the tide keeping things pretty fat and full.

Runnin’ around on Weds am

Hello again Friends,

Okay, we’re really covering the (northern) beaches for you this morning. PB’s made the run all the way to Whaley and I’ve gone all the way to Manly.

The executive summary from moi:

Long Reef (near lugga) 3/10
Dee Why centre 2/10
North Curly 4/10
South Curly 2/10
Freshy 3/10
Queensie 5/10

And here are some pics:

Have a mal, will travel at Long Reef

Around 0800 a few peaks right on the sand at Curly.

One second away from getting shutdown, but having a hoot.

Another one lines up for lucky surfer at Queensie around 0820

Picking up an insider at Manly

You'll see the Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) around most settled regions in Australia

Running around

Hello Friends,

Went for a loop from Manly to Northy this morning. Places with any exposure to the windswell direction were showing a little line. But being windswell, it almost always looked better than it really was. Of course coming off a high tide at around 0700 probably wasn’t helping much either.

Manly and Northy were the busiest, although on a wave quality scale they were only a little above Curly which had less than 10 folks in the water from one end of the beach to the other. Had to do a fair amount of waiting to get a snap of anyone on a wave. Dee Why and Freshy were pretty micro.

So, here, for what they’re worth are a few of the snaps I picked up on my wanderings this morning…

A couple seconds of speed at Curly.

Not far from Dee Why SLSC

Offerings particularly paltry at Freshy.

Not a lot of power south of Queensy.

Typical little one at high tide.

Late morning round up

Hello Friends

Well, as those of you who checked out the vid report will know, I didn’t spot much of anything that could accurately described as surf. Nevertheless, I have come back with a few pics. Here’s the executive summary:

Long Reef/lugga: 2/10
Dee Why: 1/10
South Curly: 2/10
Freshwater: 1/10

...it's only a hoax at south Curly.

Can't be too overgunned for these conditions, that's for sure.

It's lake Dee Why folks...

Pretty exciting eh?

Some northern beaches on Weds am

Hello again friends,

Spent an hour and a half wandering around looking for pics this morning. Here’s the short version:
Long Reef, northern side breaks: 0/10
Long Reef, bombies, lugga: 3/10
Dee Why centre/No Mans: 4/10
Dee Why kiddies: 3/10
North Curly: 4/10
Mid Curly: 5/10
Sth Curly: 3/10
Freshwater: 4/10
Queenscliff: 2/10
North Steyne: 3/10

Here are a few snaps…

The session about to begin

Not many as good as this... done well son!

Near the lugga at Dee Why this morning.

Another angle on the little ones at the beach formerly known as Harbord.

Sand patterns at Freshwater

Mid-Curly cutty for a Weds morning.

Monday morning wrap

Hello Friends,

Was out and about on errands this morning, and grabbed a few more snaps for the photo album. Pretty small and inconsistent everywhere, but for those with a measure of patience, there is the odd rideable one…

All on his own this morning at south Curly.

Little Tern (Sterna albifrons) working the inside section at south Curl Curl.

A few reflections going on at south Curly pool.

Another day at the office, Dee Why style.

On a morning of gutless tiny ones, this made an appearance at Dee Why beach.

0930 or so, little sets every now and again at Freshwater.