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.
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.
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.
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!
