Posted in: Click! Pics for folk, Don's surfin' pics, Top stories.Tags: 7/10, Curl Curl, SSE-1.5m-11s.
Going for some air at Curly around 1350
I went shooting at mid Curly from about 1350 to 1415. The gallery below contains a few of samples of the conditions. I’ll publish all the pictures I took on my personal site very soon.
Conditions were pretty good with a metre and a half of 11 second SSE swell turning into shoulder to head high plus sets along the beach at Curl Curl.
I was stationed in the middle of the beach so that I could get shots across a reasonably wide arc. I was using the professional grade Nikon D3 with a 200-400mm zoom.
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Posted in: Curl Curl, Dee Why.Tags: 6/10, SSE-1.5m-11s.
Getting some acceleration happening this morning.
Hello Friends,
Wagged my magazine proofing this morning and grabbed a few snaps, along with a few waves at the point. Only out for an hour, but durning that time the sets seemed to be getting more frequent and juicier. You had to be patient though. According to the latest MHL data, the swell height increased slightly since my first report and the average period has stretched out a touch as well. With luck the period will get a little longer and the consistency will improve too.
Longer period sets packing a little punch.
Swell just starting to show at Dee Why 0900-1000.
Dee Why point mid-morning.
Posted in: Dee Why.Tags: 8/10, SSE-1.5m-11s.Hello Friends,
I think that is just about the quickest turnaround I’ve seen in many a long year. Utterly and completely flat at 1100 this morning when mate Barry and I were walking out along the rocks at the point. We were within two metres of the water and in no danger of a rogue splash. I just watched a set with a good solid 6 to 8 foot of face (trough to crest, not back) wall into Dee Why beach and hone left for a hundred metres. Four hours ago you couldn’t have caught anything even with a SUP at that same spot.
The MHL buoy tells the tale. Swell ramped from less than a metre at 6 seconds to nearly 2 m at 11 seconds. At the same time it swung a little east so that it should be lighting up lots of spots – not just DY.
Might go for a closer look to see what else is going nutty just at the moment.
1445: this was unsurfable micro 3 hrs ago!
