Hello Friends,

Well, it’s awful tiny this morning around the northern beaches. I was up for an early and ended up going for coffee instead. Need a few more waveless days before I’m ready to go out in anything I guess.

First spot on the checkout list was Dee Why at daybreak. Watched it with mate Barry for quite awhile before we decided the sub-waist high dribble just wasn’t going to tempt us. After a restorative coffee, I headed over the hill to see if there was something to surf at Curly.

Again, no dice. There were a couple bods up the north end, but the waits were exceedingly long and when they came, the sets were barely waist high – and then only for a second or two before they subsided into a bit of froth.

Took a flyer and headed north for a squizz at the Gardens-Narra stretch. There were a few folks in at Northy (always are) but as with elsewhere, the waits were very long and the payoffs very ordinary. You know when there are only half a dozen in there that it’s pretty dire. There were a couple similarly flabby, but slightly smaller peaks way down the beach too. If I still had my air mat, I mighta gone one of ‘em.

Surf outlook for today is basically more of the same. About the best I think we can hope for is maybe a small uptick for the late at those spots out of the expected NE’ly.

Tomorrow morning is pretty doubtful looking for the early. The current forecast is calling for a south change before lunch and with it an increase in the energy levels as the dominant swell direction swings to the south. With luck Weds will see decreasing S-SE’ly wind and continuing swell. Right now, midday Wednesday at south swell spots appears to be the pick of the week. The models currently project the south energy hanging around through Thursday before we’re back to quite small in Sydney – just in time for the weekend.

Go well with your day!

Tides: L @0900, H @1500
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Monday until midnight: Wind: N/NW 10/15 knots freshening to N/NE 15/20 knots in the afternoon and reaching 20/25 knots later.Sea: about 1 metre rising 1.5 to 2 metres in the afternoon. Swell: NE 1 to 1.5 metres.
Tuesday: Wind: W/NW 10/15 knots ahead of S’ly 20/25 knots change later in the morning. Sea: about 1 metre rising to 2 to 3 metres behind the change.Swell: S/SE about 2 metres.
Wednesday: Wind: S/SE 15/25 knots easing.

Hello Friends,

Everybody in! Hot day and at least it’s not totally flat. We’re set for the usual NE wind as the day gets going, but for the early risers conditions were smooth everywhere. Only two problems. First, the swell has faded away to a weak, short period, waist high NE windswell. And second, the catchable ones are not arriving too frequently. Lots and lots of waiting for the healthy Sunday crowds.

Like yesterday, the best hope for this afternoon will be the semi-protected North corners. I’d be taking whatever you like to use for weak and small conditions.

The latest run of WAMs does not offer much hope for waves this coming week in the Sydney region (there could be a little something up north though). About the brightest spot on the data is Weds-Thurs when we could pick up a little south swell activity at the usual spots. If it gets to shoulder high on the sets, we’ll be doing well.

Enjoy your Sunday!

TIDES: H @1345, L @1945
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Sunday until midnight: Wind: N/NE 15/20 knots increasing to 20/25 later in the afternoon.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: E/NE about 1.5 metres.
Monday: Wind: N/NW 15/20 knots increasing to N/NE 20/25 knots in the afternoon. Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres. Swell: E/NE about 1.5 metres.
Tuesday: Wind: S/SE 20/30 knots change.

Not looking too big this morning at Dee Why.

Hello Friends,

Swell faded pretty abruptly yesterday and this morning sees small to very small conditions. It’s looking like waist high with the odd bigger one at Dee Why beach. The little windswell is coming out of the NE and the breeze was light early, so there just may be spots with better exposure that are a bit bigger.

Tide notwithstanding, the plan is to go asap because a S-SE change is coming through soon and once that happens, I’d say the surf options will diminish pretty severely across the middle part of the day. The change may bring some improvement to size at beaches copping the brunt of the wind, so there could be some messy onshore wind waves for the late.

Although surf quality is only so-so, the water’s warming up nicely and for that reason alone it’s worth just going for a paddle.

Have yourself a great day!

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Friday until midnight: Wind: NW 10/15 knots inshore and 15/20 knots offshore, ahead of a S/SE change 20/25 knots early to mid morning, easing to SE 15/20 knots later.Sea: 1 to 2 metres, rising to 2 to 3 metres for a period during the day. Swell: E/SE 1 to 1.5 metres. Possible thunderstorms.
Saturday: Wind: Variable 5/10 knots at first, becoming E/SE 15/20 knots in the afternoon. Sea: less than 1 metre, rising to 1 to 2 metres in the afternoon. Swell: SE 1 to 1.5 metres.
Sunday: Wind: N/NE 15/25 knots.

No one visible in the water at 0800.

Hello Friends,

I was up in plenty of time to write my report for you, but the computer gods decided we need a poke apparently. Anyway, we’re back now, so I can now tell you that it’s very small and weak. Swell’s out of the NE at about a metre with an average period of just 7 seconds. The longer period component that was still hanging around yesterday morning has now vanished, so I wouldn’t be expecting any bomb sets.

Outlook is for the wind to build up from the NE as the day goes along and to eventually get up toward the 30kt mark. If that happens then we just might see some okay windwaves near dusk at those semi-exposed NE favourable locations like Curly and Northy.

Have yourself a top old Friday!

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Friday until midnight: Wind: NW/NE 10/15 knots, increasing to N/NE 20/30 knots during the afternoon/evening. Sea: 1 to 2 metres, rising to 2 to 3 metres later. Swell: NE 1 to 1.5 metres. Possible afternoon thunderstorms.
Saturday: Wind: Early S change 15/20 knots, becoming SE/NE 15/20 knots in the afternoon.Sea: 1 to 2 metres. Swell: NE 1 to 2 metres. Possible thunderstorms.
Sunday: Wind: NW/NE 15/25 knots. Late S change 20/30 knots.

Just before 0700 and Dee Why still as it was.

Hello Friends,

Just as the early-rising Rob reports, the waves are just as they were yesterday morning. I saw the Goat yesterday evening and he hasn’t changed his view about our prospects for this weekend and the week ahead. In a word, his call is for weak.

This morning’s microness at Dee Why is exactly what you’d expect to see given the data coming from the MHL buoy. It’s showing a very slight improvement over yesterday however, so I’m hoping that will mean a little windswell wave this afternoon after the NE’r blows for awhile. Right now it’s a touch over a metre out at sea with an average period of 7 seconds. The Bureau is still saying that it expects the wind to be up into the 20-30kt range late this afternoon. That should bump things up a little and with luck there could be the odd thing in the chest high range at the most exposed spots.

Have yourself a top old day!

31 Jan 2009: ABC 702 surf report by Don

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ARVO UPDATE:

Midday little cruiser near the lugga.

Had to run an errand or two so, as usual, took a camera with me (Pansonic’s solidly built TZ-2) and grabbed a snap at Longy. Very tiny conditions but the water sure looked like a nice place to be on such a hot day. Only a few people scattered along a smattering of peaks from Longy to just past the pole. Nothing any bigger than the shot I’ve posted with this update. Wind is still out of the NW in Sydney, but it looks as though the change is heading this way because it’s now out of the SW down at about Moruya. Stay cool!

Hello Friends,

0730: catching the odd tiny wave

After a dull grey weekend, Sydney wakes up to sunny skies and a steady NW breeze of around 8 knots. Down at the seashore the little SE windswell of yesterday has moved around to the NE and become both smaller and closer together. A few bods in the water at Dee Why catching the odd little waist high peak (mostly they’re smaller than that), but they don’t appear to have much on them. Hardly surprising really as the average period is bumbling along at 7 seconds and it’s only around a metre out at sea.

The WNW wind is set to build to 20-25 kts ahead of a late afternoon south change of similar strength. Once that happens we should see the swell come around to the south and start build up overnight. The Bureau says the S-SE wind should ease through the day on Tuesday, but the swell should stick around and be generally from the south for the following few days. The long period stuff showing in the models late last week is no longer there. Oh well.

Yesterday evening I had a look at the models to see where in the world it might be good today (because it was looking marginal for Australia) and came up with a few links for those interested in a bit of a web surf. If you’ve found a great surfing-related link, why not pass it along via the form below.

Have yourself a top old day!

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