After shooting at south Narrabeen, I went around to see if there was much doing at Dee Why. I got there a little after 11 and shot until about noon when the sea breeze really began to take a toll on the conditions. If you were in the water in front of the SLSC, have a squiz, cause I might have got some of you. As always, if you see one you want, just double click on the picture to bring up the full size version and then use the add to cart button top left. Easy-peasy.

Dee Why beach Sat 12 June 2010 – Images by Don Norris

Here are some snaps in the order I grabbed them this morning:

Looking way better than it actually was at high tide.

Some sizeable sets crunching down just south of Carparks this morning.

The Gardens are long gone, but the waves still come.

Weaker, smaller at Dee Why beach and not as good as elsewhere this morning.

Quick sections this morning at south Curly.

Glassy and fun-size waves at North Steyne for a good size crew.

Surface getting choppier, sets further apart, but still waves to be had at North Steyne.

Junky Dee Why beach, but not small

Hello Friends,

Grey, murky, the odd shower and a baleful SE wind make for a less than appetising picture this morning in Sydney.

There were a few bods in the water at the point, but as the picture below shows, the quality wasn’t a patch on yesterday. Up the beach, a lone bodyboarder (pic above) found something with a bit more on it. But as you can see, the quality was not astounding.

Overnight, as expected, the swell has decreased. It’s currently out of the SSE and averaging about two metres out at sea on a reasonable 10 sec period. Wind is around the 15kt mark and coming from a blergh-inducing SE’ly direction.

The models are sticking with the call for a gradual weakening trend in swell size, but not a decline to unsurfable flatness until Sunday-Monday. But it currently looks as though the juice could kick back up again around Tuesday…

Here’s the Bureau’s marine forecast for the next four days:

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Thursday until midnight: Wind: SW/SE 15/20 knots, turning SE.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: S/SE about 2 metres, decreasing to 1.5 to 2 metres.
Friday: Wind: S/SE 13/18 knots, gradually turning S/SW.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres. Swell: S/SE about 2 metres.
Saturday Outlook: Wind: W/SW 5/15 knots.
Sunday Outlook: Wind: W/SW 15/25 knots.

Finally, a word about the last three days: sorry!

Happily, thanks to Ross, we now have resolved our hardware issues and the site seems to be going damn quick. BTW, we’re aware that IE6 users are getting an ugly effect from the top corner logo right now. It’s on our script guy’s to-fix list. I might respectfully add that upgrading from IE6 would be a good idea because the bad guys have lots of exploits for it these days. IE7, the latest Safari, Opera, and my fave, Firefox, are all safer browsers than creaky old IE6.

Have yourself a top old day!

0720: ordinary looking at the point