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Saturday tiny style

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Hello Friends At 0500 the MHL buoy was showing a metre of E swell with a period of 11 seconds. So we have about the same energy levels as yesterday at the same time, but the swell’s not coming from the SE. Wind at report time was light and west; it’s set to go north […]

Small Saturday in Sydney, swell perks in Cali

Hello Friends, Swell seems to have faded rather dramatically in Sydney. The MHL buoy was showing about a metre of east swell at 10 seconds as of 0300. Wind was light SW at daybreak as I wrote this but the Bureau says it’ll be southerly before long – and then it’ll go SE.  Tide’s low […]

How keen are ya?

Hello Friends, You’ll need to be pretty keen this morning and you’d be best advised to take something very buoyant because the tiny east swell is struggling to deliver much above the knee high mark. And from the look of this morning’s swell forecasts, we’re unlikely to see much of an improvement until maybe Saturday […]

Sunny Monday morning

Hello Friends, A break from threatening rain clouds for Sydney this Monday morning. Swell has dropped since yesterday though. It’s now around the metre mark and coming mainly from the east at about 10 seconds apart. As of 0900 the wind was still offshore along the northern beaches. At Dee Why the conditions added up […]

Small Sunday but dribble to be had

Hello Friends, A textbook summer’s Sunday morning in Sydney. A metre of east swell is flopping in and when I checked it around 0800, the NEr was just starting to pick up. Heaps of folks in the water at Curly, Dee Why and Northy. Dee Why was the worst from a surf perspective, there were […]

On the fade

Hello Friends, Waiting for it to get light enough to take some pics. So in the meantime, a status update for you early risers. Swell has faded sharply overnight, dropping from an average of 2 metres at 12 seconds yesterday to around a metre at 10 seconds now. There are still some 13 sec sets […]