After shooting at Dee Why point for most of the morning, I wandered up to Long Reef to get a few pictures of people towing and paddling in to the bombies. Lighting conditions were perfect and I only stopped shooting when everybody got out of the water. To see the whole gallery, just click the picture below.
Hello Friends,
Swell has arrived right on schedule this morning. We’re probably looking at the peak about now and as the day rolls along it should begin to subside noticeably – but it won’t be going flat. Wind is set to be light and out of the south and southwest early before going more NE later. This is most definitely a day for experienced and fit surfers only.
The MHL site has been down since last night, so I can’t provide an objective set of numbers, but looking at the swell, I’d guess it’s around the 3 metre mark with a 14+ second period on sets.
The models show the pulse moving quickly away over the next 12 hours. With luck we’ll still have some fun shoulder to head high stuff tomorrow morning before we slip an extended period of small to flat conditions that could last for a week at least.
Yours truly plans to get out and about with the camera today, so with luck I should have some shots to share later.
Go well with your day!
Weather Situation
A strong high pressure system near the Bass Strait extends a ridge to the northwestern Tasman Sea.The high centre will move over the southwestern Tasman Sea on Wednesday and then it will move slowly towards New Zealand maintaining the ridge to the New South Wales north coast.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
Winds: Southeast to southwesterly 5 to 10 knots becoming light northeasterly during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly 2 to 3 metres. Large swells breaking dangerously close inshore.Forecast for Thursday
Winds: North to northeasterly 5 to 10 knots becoming northerly 10 to 15 knots later in the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly about 2 metres.Forecast for Friday
Winds: North to northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending north to northeasterly during the afternoon then increasing to 10 to 15 knots during the evening. Seas: About 1 metre. Swell: Southeasterly about 1.5 metres.
Decided to take the netbook with me today, so I’m filing this from high atop the headland at Long Reef. I’ve been here for about an hour shooting the people towing and paddling into the still substantial bomb sets.
According to the MHL data, the swell is still south at around three metres with a meaty 14 second power setting.
Earlier today I spent a few hours down at Dee Why shootoing the crazy people trying to catch surfable ones just north of the point. The biggest ones had wave faces in the 12-15 foot range. Not sure how great the pictures will be, but I’ll post a gallery probably in the next day or so.
Swell definitely has dropped back a few notches, but it’s still rolling in at a reasonable size. It’s kinda hard to tell from here but it looks as though the point is still offering wave faces into the 8 foot range. And while I was tapping this out, I stopped to grab a snap of the tow crew getting a very steep one…
Well whadya know, no sooner do I write those words and the tow guys call it a day. And it looks as though the last of the paddle in surfers has headed in too. But Huey’s still slinging in some big sets.
In case you’re wondering, Butterbox isn’t really doing it. When I first got here there were a couple chaps chasing waves there, but it was a lot of work for a fattish sort of pay off and they eventually gave it away.
As the swell drops back a few more spots should come into play. In the meantime, if you’re keen and don’t mind a bit of wind bump, you could have the bombies all to yourself.
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