Hello Friends,

Just a quick evening wrap.

I spent the day shooting – but not surfing – lots of waves (have a case of bronchitis underway, so it seemed smart not to get in the water). Started out by driving up to Palmy for a look. There were some fun waves to be had, but it was too inconsistent to make setting up the camera worthwhile, plus, I knew that there were definitely photographic prospects back down the peninsula.

Ended up at Avalon for the day’s first shooting session. I was there for an hour and a half or so in the late morning. Sets were impressive and it was pretty consistent. I’d say the biggest wave faces were comfortably over the old ten-foot mark. Anyway, here’s a shot from the sesh:

After a sustaining coffee (thanks Rog and Annette!) I headed south. There were some fun looking and rather busy big things at Newport but everybody was sitting so far outside, I decided to keep going. Ended up stopping briefly south of Mactier Street where there were a few folks chasing makeable ones amongst the shutdowns at South Narrabeen. It wasn’t too consistent though, so after getting a few snaps, I resumed my southward wander… here’s a sample shot though:

Next stop was Long Reef. There were a few people out on the bombies getting the odd very big left, and there were a lot more people out in front playing cat and mouse with the makeable ones amongst the big shutdowns. Dee Why looked better though, so I continued on…

That peak was still doing its thing, but the point just didn’t seem to be all that interesting. I set up where the lifeguards sit during the summer months and shot people picking up on the left (while occasionally grabbing a snap of the point as well). It was extremely busy, but that didn’t seem to be discouraging anyone! Here’s a piccy:

It looks like the Bureau thinks tomorrow will start out big but start to fade from lunch time. Well, fade from 2-4 metres to 2-3 metres. The models are still predicting very long period (18-19sec in one case!!) swell. However, as of 1845 Saturday evening, there wasn’t any sign of that kinda stuff. Pretty much everywhere was sitting on 12-14 seconds.

Said models have also decided that maybe Monday afternoon will see the swell at peak size… And they reckon it’ll keep pumping through Tuesday before taking a breather Weds and giving us another serve Thr-Fri.

Assuming I don’t get any more crook, I’m planning to be shooting again tomorrow! Have yourself a great evening.

Winds
Sunday 10 July Marine Forecast from the BoM
Westerly 15 to 25 knots increasing to 25 to 30 knots around midday. Winds increasing to westerly 30 to 40 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
Up to 2 metres increasing to 2 to 3 metres around midday then increasing to 4 metres by early evening.
Swell
Southerly 2 to 4 metres decreasing to 2 to 3 metres from midday.
Weather
Large swells breaking dangerously close inshore.

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TIDES:

Hello Friends,

A little evening update for ya. Well, as predicted the wind shifted around to the SW and backed off to 10-15 kts as we got toward dusk. The swell got a little more east to it and according to the MHL data, the average period jumped dramatically to 12 seconds. It was around the 2.5m mark on average, so there was enough energy for it to wrap around into the more favouarbly oriented south Narrabeen to Whiterock zone.

A small crew were chasing the usual short rides at Whiterock. Looked to maybe be into the shoulder high range on the sets. At Collaroy it was roughly the same size, but slower and pretty busy. Up the beach there were a few bods chasing clean, mostly shutting down sections south of the Marquesas. North from there the swell is bigger, but the wind is sideshore and the shutdowns and rips rule.

By tomorrow morning the models are saying the swell will still be from the east, but smaller. Wind is expected to be 15 to 20 kts from the SW. Tide will be high ar around 0920 and skies will be clearing as we head into a sunny Friday. Could be fun at east spots.

Go well!

Hello Friends,

Interesting little late afternoon pulse yesterday but no real sign of it this morning at the Dee Why end of the beach. Swell is running at around the metre mark and is coming out of the SSE at 10 seconds apart. In theory, a little more should be showing at the aforementioned southern end, but there was just one person on a SUP having a poke around near the point. Otherwise the beach was empty from there to around half way to No Mans.

The good news is that latest run of forecast models for our part of the world have once again confirmed expectations for a reasonable size south pulse (up to about the 3 metre mark on faces at exposed spots). It’s still looking as though we’ll have to wait until Friday for it to get started. And in a spot of good news for weekend warriors, the peak energy currently seems most likely to occur overnight on Saturday and into Sunday morning for Sydney.

Certainly sounding hopeful, and that’s never a bad thing!

On another note, just thought I’d share the following from Scott. Always stoked to be able to help mate!

A big thanks to Phil at Raine & Horne Dee Why for valiantly trying to locate the owner of a board (me) accidently left at Curl Curl this week. A colleague of his spotted my posting on Real Surf & put us in touch with each other.
Thanks Don. -Scott

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong wind warning.
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: Westerly 15 to 25 knots, reaching 30 knots at times, decreasing to 15 to 25 knots during the morning then decreasing to 15 to 20 knots around midday. Winds west to northwesterly 20 to 30 knots by early evening.Sea: 1 to 2 metres increasing to 3 metres by early evening.Swell: Southeasterly 0.5 metres.
Thursday: Wind: Westerly 25 to 30 knots.Sea: Up to 3 metres.Swell: Southeasterly about 1 metre. Isolated thunderstorms.
Friday: Wind: Westerly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 10 to 20 knots during the afternoon.