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Over the horizon

Hello Friends, It was still dark in Sydney as I wrote this early on Wednesday morning. Wind was lightly out of the SW and the next tide was a low at 1050. The MHL spectral data was showing a fair amount of south swell – up to 3 metres – with an average period of […]

You could surf this morning

Hello Friends, Swell ramped overnight. It’s raw and scrappy looking at semi-exposed south spots like Dee Why and cleaner at more protected spots like south Narra. The MHL buoy is showing an average height of 3 metres at sea with an average period of close to 9 seconds, but inshore the wave faces are mostly […]

Saltwater fun

Pulled into Saltwater a little before 2 and ten minutes later, having negotiated the dragon’s teeth low tide rocks, we were soon amongst it. Sets were into the head high range on takeoff and although the swell was quite south, it was at least doing something. I won’t exaggerate the quality, but light offshores, consistent […]

Waves about and that’s a good thing

Hello Friends, The swell forecast models were caught on the hop. There’s more activity this morning than predicted. Swell is scrappy, but coming from the south at an average height of 3 metres and with an average period of nearly 9 seconds. Wind was out of the WSW at around 10 kts as we got […]

PICS by Don – my shots from sth Narrabeen Sat 10 Sep

Here’s a selection of pictures from South Narrabeen on Saturday morning the 10th of September. I was up the beach north from Marquesas from around 0820-0930. Some nice waves were had before the tide started to swamp it. As always, click on a pic to go to the gallery. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G000090WlDlfyltw’ g_name=’SNB-Sat-10-Sep-2011-0820-0930-HIGHLIGHTS’ width=’600′ f_fullscreen=’t’ bgtrans=’t’ […]

PICS by Don: two Dee Why galleries from Saturday

Shot at Dee Why a couple of times on Saturday – which means I’ve got two galleries to share! Surf was sizable, and so were the crowds of surfers. To check ’em out, just click the pics below… (above) Links to gallery of pictures taken between 1000 and 1100 on Saturday morning 14 May at […]

Curious lack of size

Hello Friends, Now, here’s a mystery. According to the MHL Sydney waverider buoy, the swell is dead south at a respectable three metres with an okay period of close to 9 seconds. And yet it’s only about waist to chest high at best along the Dee Why to No Man’s stretch. There were a couple […]

Rain but the keen are on it

Hello Friends, Usual leisurely start for yours truly this morning. The steady rain on the roof lulled me back to dreamland a few times… meanwhile, the keen were chasing chest to head high sets in the murky waters of Dee Why. Wind is out of the SSW at around 10-15kts and the south swell is […]

Full early, but some size around

Hello Friends, High tide and south swell is not perhaps the ideal combo. Having peaked during the dark hours, it was averaging around the 3 metre mark out at sea with a period of about 9 seconds. Some energy was getting into the south end of the Collaroy Narrabeen stretch, but by the time you […]

Running around: Curly, DY, Sth Narra

Hello Friends, First stop this morning for me was at lovely south Curl Curl. Bitterly cold at 0700 and already well populated, it was nonetheless quite consistent and, as it turned out, the biggest spot I looked at. Set wave faces were well overhead and despite a kind of raw look, there were some longish […]