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Drizzly beginning

Hello Friends, Wind went SSE to ESE right after daybreak, so although the swell has perked up noticeably, there aren’t going to be too many surf options around the place. The MHL spectra chart shows the main energy coming from the east at two metres and nearly 11 seconds apart. If only it was sunny […]

Worth a look around

Hello Friends, At 0700 the wind was light but already starting to move around to the NE. The Bureau says it’ll be 20-25 kts by lunch time and then25-30 kts by dusk. The East swell is around the 2 metre mark with an average period of 11 seconds. At Dee Why this was taking the […]

Swell, but southerly due before lunch

Hello Friends, Swell was still happening this morning. The settings are not much changed from yesterday. It’s still east at a couple metres, but the period has bumped up a touch to 11 seconds. Wind was light early, but the southerly was already chewing into spots south of Sydney as of 0700, so it’ll be […]

Late wrap: Northy

Hey late evening crew! Just on dusk, whilst my daughter was at singing lessons, I dodged over to Northy for a quick 20 mins behind the lens. Quality was not outstanding due to the sideshore and general choppiness, and there was quite a crew on it, but I did manage to get a few snaps. […]

Evening all, Went out for one last look at the surf situation this evening. The Bureau is calling for the swell to build from the east tonight, but it was apparent from this morning that the period was increasing. It’s now averaging around 11 seconds, and though it’s also an average of 2 metres at […]

More pics from this morning

Hello again, After watching Manly for half an hour or so, I headed north to see what the swell was doing elsewhere. Freshy wasn’t super crowded, but for whatever reason, it just wasn’t my cuppa tea. Once again Curly just didn’t look interesting enough to stop and watch. The situation at Dee Why was looking […]