Posted in: Dee Why.Tags: ESE-1m-7s.
Hello Friends,
Looks like a good day to duck along to your local Australia Day breakfast. Dee Why is probably a reasonable approximation of what you’ll find at most beaches across Sydney this morning. The metre or so of 7 second period ESE windswell will be struggling to deliver much of anything in the surfable range. You might spot the odd waist high bomb set, but the waits will be long and the energy levels low.
General outlook for the week ahead is not too terrific. The last of school hols is likely to be very small to nearly flat along most of the NSW coast. If you’re up north, the models suggest you could see some little something late in the week.
Have yourself a great Australia Day!
Tides: L @1207, H @1750
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Tuesday until midnight: Wind: Variable 5/10 knots, tending E/SE 10/15 knots during the afternoon, then tending S’ly in the evening.Sea: to about 1 metre. Swell: E/SE less than 1 metre.
Wednesday: Wind: S/SE 15/25 knots, easing to 10/20 knots.Sea: 1.5 to 2.5 metres, abating to 1 to 2 metres.Swell: S/SE about 1 metre.
Thursday: Wind: E/SE 10/15 knots.
Posted in: North Narrabeen, South Narrabeen.Tags: ESE-1m-7s.Hello Friends,
Gee, I wish I had some exciting news for you on the surf front. But sadly, I don’t. Just had a look the Collaroy-Narrabeen stretch and can report that you will need to be exceptionally keen to attempt surfing. There were a few bods in the water up toward Northy chasing sub waist high sets. Down toward the Gardens the only person I saw in the water appeared to be riding an airplane wing of some sort (see pic). The light ENE sea breeze was adding its special touches to the generally lacklustre conditions. Still, the sun is shining, so it’s a pretty enough day out. Should be a pleasant evening too methinks….
Outlook for tomorrow morning will be more of the same I think. The weak little one metre windswell could be more around to the east and north east, so maybe there’ll be something just barely catchable at exposed stretches.
Have yourself a top evening!
Huge water toy required.
Oh so small that there's almost nothing there at all.
Posted in: At large, Curl Curl, Dee Why, Freshwater, Manly.Tags: 3/10, ESE-1m-7s.Hi all,
For those of you who haven’t checked out the video update, I’m here to tell ya that the general conditions are just as ordinary everywhere as I thought they might be when I filed my first report.
That said, it is kind of weird how uncrowded everywhere was. Sure the conditions are maybe 3 out of 10, but I’ve seen worse with a lot more folks in.
I started with a look at Mactier St. The wind was coming straight onto it, and it was very messy. But I did see a couple set waves that would’ve measured 1.5 metre trough to crest.
High tide pretty ordinary but not flat at Mactier St
Went past Collaroy and then looped down into the Longy carpark for a look-see at the conditions. Again, no one in the water, generally awful, but not micro conditions. Did get a shot of a SUP’er getting one down toward the Dee Why end of the beach…
Not the meatiest wave ever, but he is up and riding at DY beach.
Lovely junky straight handers. Where are the keen people?
Went right on by Dee Why – looked like everywhere else, really – and pressed on to Norfcurly. Same deal. No one in the water, junky, windy, but… there were peaks with more than a metre of face. And this was right on high tide too.
Seems to be some energy, albeit of an ultra junky flavour.
I skipped past Freshy and went on to Manly to see what might be happening there. Hardly anyone in the water from one end of the beach to the other, but there were a few beginners messing about in the mess at the Queensy end. It was weak and fat, but big enough to catch, particularly if you were using a mal. Made me wish I’d tossed the 7S in before taking off on this adventure. I mighta gone out to flop around with ‘em.
Catching fat junk burgers at Manly, but having fun.
Last stop was the aforementioned Freshwater. A couple bods were just getting out of the water when I arrived. They were it. No one else in the water after they got out. Took the opportunity to file a video report summary of my travels and then grabbed a snap for you…
Weak and small, but you could've mal'd 'em if you were so inclined!
Posted in: Big Picture.Tags: ESE-1m-7s.Hello Friends,
I’ll run out and look for a few more pics, but from the appearance of Dee Why at 0715, I probably shouldn’t be overly hopeful.
Wind is out of the NE at around 10-15kts and according to the MHL data, the windswell is a metre from the ESE at around 7 sec apart. Stats watchers will know that those are not what one would call a beautiful set of numbers.
As you can see from the pic, at Dee Why this means very small to nearly flat surf conditions, spiced up by a large dollop of chop from the steady NE’r. And to make it extra special, it was right on high tide. Oh boy.
Next tide is the low just before 2 pm.
Around 0715 the scene was not one to set hearts racing...
Here’s the morning call from the Bureau:
Tuesday until midnight: Wind: E’ly 10/15 knots.Sea: about 1 metres.Swell: SE 1.5 to 2 metres.
Wednesday: Wind: E/NE 10/15 knots reaching 15/20 knots at times. Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: E/SE 1.5 to 2 metres.
Thursday: Wind: NE 10/20 knots.
Okay, back in a bit with a couple more pics. Might file a vid report whlist I’m out too…
The vid report page is here.
