"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

Not the best looking Monday

Hello Friends, Looks like I’m not missing a thing in Sydney. Blasting SE wind and plenty of sizable swell (3 metres, from the SE at 8 seconds) with the odd burst of rain. What a day you’re having. Dark over on my part of the planet. And pretty near flat too. Tomorrow is supposed to […]

Messy Tuesday

Hello Friends, Swell is out of the SE at close to 3 metres, but the average period is about 8 seconds, so it’s not too substantial looking at Dee Why. The wind is 15-20 kts from the same direction as the swell. Blergh. Sadly, while the outlook is for a new and solid east swell […]

Southerly and wild

    Hello Friends, The MHL buoy was reporting 3 metres of mainly SE wind swell with a power setting of 8 seconds. The swell is lined up with the SE wind direction and as of 0830 wind was 15-20 kts across the various Sydney weather stations. From the shape of the forecast, the wind […]

A scruffy morning

Hello Friends, ESE 20-30 knots. Need I say more? Swell is out of the SE and up to 3 metres, but the period is only about 8 seconds so combined with the wind, the ocean is a real mess. I suppose it might be possible to get in the water in a very protected corner, […]

Late arvo wrap

… Hello Friends, Drove up to Umina to visit some rels staying at the actually quite impressive Ocean Beach caravan park. Figured I might as well use the opportunity to grab a snap of the fabled Box Head while I was there. It was utterly awful though. Close together, messy, totally wind whipped junk really. […]