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Cool, grey morning with waves

This entry was posted by: Don on August 11th, 2010

Hello Friends,

The expected ENE swell has arrived and there’s enough of it to get Dee Why into operation. Sets at the point and beach are pushing into the shoulder high range. It looks relatively clean under the dull grey skies.

But Dee Why is not usually the first spot one checks given the swell direction. I’d expect it to be a bit more interesting looking at places like Manly, Curly, Northy, Mona, Bungan, Av and Whaley. Should be a few options about!

 

According to the Bureau, the energy levels will be dropping steadily through the day. So the best tip is to get in early for the maximum size. However, it shouldn’t drop to flat or anything, so if you need to leave things until later in the day, there should still be energy around.

According to this morning’s MHL data off Sydney, the swell is ENE at an average height of around 2 metres with an average period of about 9 seconds.

By tomorrow morning the prospect is for it to be around the metre and a bit mark.

The wave forecast models have been bouncing around quite a bit over the last few days. Yesterday they were relatively ho-hum about the outlook for the next week. Now they’ve brightened a bit with an expectation that we’re going to get some solid south swell (think 3 metres) from Friday through Saturday in the Sydney region. And then they reckon we’ll be in a steady south swell regime into next week.

Looks like we should be surfin’ over the next few days kids!

Go well with your day and get amongst it if you can.

TIDES: H @0900, L @1445
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: West to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots, reaching 30 knots offshore later in the afternoon.Sea: 1 to 2 metres reaching 2.5 to 3 metres offshore.Swell: Northeasterly 2.5 to 3.5 metres decreasing to about 2.5 metres by the evening. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms possible.
Thursday: Wind: West to northwesterly 20 to 30 knots tending west to southwesterly around midday and reaching 35 knots offshore in the afternoon.Sea: 1 to 2 metres reaching 3 to 3.5 metres offshore.Swell: Northeast 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Friday: Wind: Southwesterly 25 to 35 knots decreasing to 15 to 25 knots by the evening.

PICS: Small but perfectly formed Nth Narrabeen at dusk

This entry was posted by: Don on August 1st, 2010

A tiny but very clean little east swell combined with a low tide, offshore winds, and nice late afternoon light to create a good picture-taking opportunity.

 

Lotta bods in the water, but there were some surprisingly good looking waves. As usual, if you see yourself in one of these high res shots and want to get one without the watermark, just double click on it and look for the add to cart link to check out the ultra reasonable pricing!

North Narrabeen Sat 31 July 2010 (dusk) – Images by Don Norris

A Saturday with waves…whadya know

This entry was posted by: Don on July 24th, 2010

Hello Friends,

Since I have Canon’s schmick 5D MkII and a 100-400mm lens to test (good being a photo mag editor!) at the moment, I wandered around looking for waves to take pictures of. Found some at Cooks Tce where a small group were basically risking board and limb to get into some very crunchy sections. Shutdown percentage was very high, so even after 45 minutes, I didn’t have all that many snaps to show for my efforts. The light went flat and the shutdowns seemed to be around the 9 out of 10 mark, so I came back to the office to process the results. Here’s a sample from what will eventually be a gallery…

EARLIER I WROTE:
If you were up for the early this morning, you were in with an excellent chance of scoring something at your favourite SE spot. Basically if you got waves there yesterday, go back again because Huey’s pretty much left the settings unchanged since yesterday. At Dee Why that means somewhat setty conditions but the big ones are getting into the shoulder high range at least. And while there was a shower headed toward it while I looked, the wind wasn’t a factor.

As the Goat’s forecast noted, we should see the swell gradually run out of puff over the next 24 hours. Go now if you can because it currently looks as though we’ve got a week of marginal conditions coming up.

Have yourself a good one!

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Saturday until midnight: Wind: South to southwesterly 5 to 10 knots.Sea: Below 1 metre.Swell: Southeasterly about 2 metres.
Sunday: Wind: Southeast to southwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending northwest to southwesterly around midday then becoming southwesterly 10 to 15 knots later in the evening.Sea: Below 1 metre.Swell: Southeasterly 1.5 metres.
Monday: Wind: South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending west to southwesterly up to 10 knots during the afternoon then tending west to northwesterly during the evening.

Waves this morning

This entry was posted by: Don on July 23rd, 2010

Hello Friends,

We have waves again this morning. Swell has moved more around to the SE and while on average the settings are about the same as yesterday (ie 2 metres at 8 sec), there are a few 11 second interval waves in the mix. Those longer period sets were delivering the occasional shoulder to head high wave faces at Dee Why for the early risers.

The wind was west to NW as Friday got started, but the Bureau says it should move around into the southern quarters as the day unfolds. Tide was high early and will bottom out around noon. So, all and all, not a bad looking recipe for finding something to surf this morning.

Have yourself a top old day!

 

 

TIDES: H @0630, L @1150
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Friday until midnight: Wind: South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending southerly 10 to 15 knots by early evening.Sea: Up to 1.5 metres.Swell: Southeasterly 2 metres.
Saturday: Wind: South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing below 10 knots around midday then becoming light later in the evening.Sea: Below 1 metre.Swell: Southeasterly about 2 metres.
Sunday: Wind: Light winds tending west to southwesterly up to 10 knots during the morning then tending south to southwesterly during the evening. Swell: Southeasterly 1.5 metres.

Once more waves for the early

This entry was posted by: Don on July 9th, 2010

Hello Friends,

We seem to have waves again this morning. Swell’s gone more SE, is a couple metres at sea and the average period is around the 8 second mark. But the MHL buoy was showing some quite long period (15s) swell in the mix, so that probably accounts for the chest to shoulder high sets I saw when I looked at Dee Why for the first time this morning.

The wind is due to come around onshore as the day goes along, so as with yesterday, it looks as though the keen who got up early scored best. Swell does not look too powerful, so maybe take your more bouyant surfing object…

Have yourself a great day!

 

 

TIDES: L @1130, H @1810
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Friday until midnight: Wind: South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly later in the evening.Sea: Below 1 metre.Swell: Southeasterly 1 metre.
Saturday: Wind: East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending north to northeasterly around dawn then tending northerly 15 to 20 knots by early evening.Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres.Swell: Southeasterly about 1 metre.
Sunday: Wind: Northerly 15 to 20 knots early tending north to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots

Clean little swell around this morning

This entry was posted by: Don on July 6th, 2010

Hello Friends,

Tuesday starts out with about 1.5 metres of SE swell. Huey’s put the power setting at around 9 seconds, so that means exposed spots are picking up the odd chest to shoulder high set. Weirdly, despite the school hols, the surfer count at Dee Why for the early was not too high. Wind is light and offshore to begin, but the Bureau says we can expect it to swing northwest and pick up as the day goes along.

From the shape of the forecast, we should be able to count on something in the way of swell all day. It’ll range from flat at the protected zones to maybe head high on bombs at the SE spots. There’s even the prospect of a slight improvement to size because average periods off to the south of Sydney are closer to the 10 second mark at the moment.

Latest run of the models suggest that our region will continue to get waves into the surfrable range for much of the coming week. There might possibly be some east swell up north in a few days, but it looks unlikely to get down as far as Sydney. A low may form above NZ next week, so we’ll be keeping an eye on those models to see if it will arc back into the upper Tasman to sling some juice in our direction in 10-12 day’s time…

Have yourself a top old Tuesday!

TIDES: L @0850, H @1530
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Tuesday until midnight: Wind: Northwesterly 5 to 15 knots tending south to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon.Sea: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 2 metres in the afternoon.Swell: Southeasterly 1.5 metres. Chance of morning thunderstorms.
Wednesday: Wind: South to southwesterly 20 to 25 knots.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: Southeasterly 1.5 metres.
Thursday: Wind: South to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.

PICS: Curl Curl, Tue 1245-1345

This entry was posted by: Don on July 6th, 2010

Around midday the skies were blue and we had a steady SE swell producing chest to head high sets in the middle of the beach at Curl Curl. Only a small crew was on it, but I set up the big lens and grabbed a few shots. if you were out (or know somebody who was), I bet I got at least a few of you. As usual all pics are for sale. Just double click the one you’re interested in, and look for where it says add to cart.


Curl Curl Tue 6 July 2010 (1245-1345) – Images by Don Norris

Got wet too

This entry was posted by: Don on June 29th, 2010

Joined a reasonable size crew at Longy around midday for what turned out to be a fun, if lully, sesh. Mostly it was in the waist high range like this morning, but every now and then we’d get a more substantial set. I’d put that down to the 10 sec average period. Even the old guy got a few of the bigger ones. That wind was damn chilly though!

Shooting from the water in beach breaks is not always that productive. Although I had the Canon PowerShot D10 on board, I only got a couple vaguely worthwhile shots to mark the occasion. The D10 produces a clean image and is pretty straightforward to use. I’d like it to have a burst mode and a better zoom range would be good as well. I found shutter lag and shot to shot processing times made getting more than a couple shots in the few seconds a beachbreak wave lasts something of a challenge.

PICS: Longy 0900-0930

This entry was posted by: Don on June 29th, 2010

Stopped by Longy on an errand this morning and ended up sticking around for half an hour to get a few shots of the crew having fun on a few peaks. Average wave was around the waist to chest high mark on take off, but as you’ll see, there were a few bigger than that as well. Air was bitterly cold, especially with the offshore breeze. Bet everybody out there had numb fingers, ears, toes, etc!

 


Long Reef Tue 30 June 2010 (0900-0930) – Images by Don Norris

Sunny sunday south swell showing

This entry was posted by: Don on June 27th, 2010

Hello Friends,

 

When I checked it on dusk last night, I was worried that we might be waking up to more of the same this morning – ie grey, sideshore and messy. But we have a glorious sunny Sunday morning and comparatively tame winds for the brisk early. Fair number of bods on it of course. Patience is definitely required as the swell is pretty straight south at a couple metres with a 9 second power setting and therefore only the optimally aligned sets are pushing the bar up into the shoulder high range.

 

Wind was lightly out of the west as things got started this morning, but the forecast is calling for it to swing around to the s-sw later. With luck, that should mean reasonable surf conditions through to lunch time at south swell spots.

Latest run of the wave forecast models doesn’t look too cheerful for our region. There should be small waves around for a couple more days, but the trend is predicted to be downward toward flatness around midweek. Here’s hoping they prove to be unduly pessimistic.

For now, it looks like a day to be a weekend warrior. Enjoy!

TIDES: H @0850, L @1420
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Sunday until midnight: Wind: South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots reaching 25 knots at times.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: Southerly about 1.5 to 2 metres.
Monday: Wind: South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending west to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning.Sea: Up to 1.5 metres.Swell: Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Tuesday: Wind: Westerly 10 to 15 knots.