But not much to take, sadly. This is an example of the infrequent sets.

Hello Friends,

Well, as expected, the surf situation is pretty marginal. That hasn’t stopped a small fleet of super peak acolytes from attending that celebrated heap of submerged Dee Why sand though.

Sets are further apart and it’s much smaller than this time yesterday. About the biggest thing I saw was struggling to make chest high on the takeoff (trough to crest). So, it isn’t totally flat, but compared to Wed-Friday of last week, it’s, well, you wouldn’t want to compare.

I’d be taking the fish or the mal to ensure maximum fun extraction from the conditions. Because it’s so marginal, the number of surfable options around the Sydney region will not be too plentiful. And that means more chums at the few spots that are working.

Outlook is for the flat to near flat conditions to persist through Monday night, but thereafter it looks as though we could be in for some solid south swell through Thursday. One of the models is currently predicting 3-4 metres of 15sec south swell from around mid-morning Tuesday. If the Bureau’s right about the wind, then there could be interesting conditions in the morning, turning onshore in the afternoon.

Weather may not be too good for picture taking though, as the Bureau is saying we could have showers on and off from Tuesday through to the weekend.

Go well with your plans and adventures!

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Sunday until midnight: Wind: N/NW 10/15 knots, reaching 15/20 knots offshore at times.Sea: to about 1.5 metres. Swell: S/SE below 1 metre.
Monday: Wind: W/SW 10/20 knots.Sea: to 2 metres. Swell: S/SE 1 metre.
Tuesday: Wind: SW 10/20 knots turning S/SE 15/25 knots.

Seems to be quite a wait between them, but there are occasional set waves to be had.

Nippy out there (by Sydney standards) this morning. Scattered cloud about as the day gets into gear, and most important, we have a little trickle of swell for those who like their carpark suiting up on the brisk side. Happily, there is a tiny trickle of swell for the keen. It’s characterised by long waits though because the only surfable sets are those with a 12 second period. The average period is only 8 seconds, and since the primary swell direction is SSE and the height at sea only a metre, that means in between the longer period sets it’s going to be just about flat.

At around 0800, the wind was still relatively light and from the NW. However, as the Bureau forecast below indicates, it’s going to pick up this morning and be whipping along at 25-33 kts as we get to the other end of the day.

And it doesn’t look like backing off overnight. Indeed, it could be blasting along at up to 40 kts from the W by this time tomorrow. The models aren’t all predicting the same set of conditions for us. Some project the arrival of solid swell by tomorrow, while others are saying Thursday will be the day. They do agree that it’s most likely to be out of the south with a period into the 10 sec range and size at sea into the 4 metre range.

So, if you had to peg out a day for a wave, it looks like Thursday might not be a bad plan…

Go well with your day!

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Gale warning
Tuesday until midnight: Wind: W 15/20 knots, reaching 25/30 knots offshore, increasing to 20/30 knots generally this morning, then to W/SW 25/33 knots this evening.Sea: 2 to 3 metres, rising to 2.5 to 3.5 metres this evening.Swell: SE up to 1 metre.
Wednesday: Wind: W 25/35 knots, possibly reaching 35/40 knots at times. Turning W/SW during the morning, S/SW later. Sea: 2.5 to 4 metres. Swell: SE about 1 metre, increasing to S 3 to 4 metres.
Thursday: Wind: S/SW 25/35 knots, easing to 15/25 knots later.

Tight little group of folk were ready to pounce on anything remotely surfable at this tiny peak.

Hello Friends,

It’s a pleasant enough early winter’s day in Sydney, but the surf situation is pretty ordinary. About the best you can say is that at least it’s not dead south, so something does trickle in every now and again. Swell at sea is around a metre from the SSE at about 8 seconds apart. As my picture shows, this can translate into the occasional waist high bomb set. With luck, as the tide drops (it’s low at around 1330), a few more little peaks will come into play. However, there is the issue of the wind.

The Bureau says the W-NW breeze of this morning is going to be pushing along at a pretty intense 20-30 kts by dark – and then it looks set to stay that way for most of the coming work week.

According to the models, we can pretty much write off wave hopes until late Wednesday. Thursday remains hopeful for Sydney surfers, so if you can, block out a little space in the calendar just in case. Ya never know…

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong wind warning
Sunday until midnight: Wind: W/NW 8/13 knots increasing to 13/18 knots by afternoon then 20/30 knots in the evening.Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres rising to 2 to 3 metres.Swell: E/SE 1.0 to 1.5 metre.
Monday: Wind: W/NW 20/30 knots.Sea: 2 to 3 metres.Swell: SE 1 to 1.5 metres.
Tuesday: Wind: W’ly 20/30 knots.

Hello Friends,

Running behind with my contribution this morning. Wish it was because I’d been surfing. Sadly, we have a classic little (we hope!) winter-style flat spell. We have west to WNW winds and a very small, just about straight south swell. That combo will be delivering next to nothing at most places. You might spot a very tiny peak at a stretch of beach with straight south exposure. But I wouldn’t be counting on finding anything.

There’s quite an intense low deep in the Tasman at the moment, but from the look of the charts, it may not end up slinging much our way because the dominant fetch won’t get pointed in our general direction for long. When I say “much” I mean big swell of the sort we had last week. It should definitely be fun size and surfable from the middle part of the day tomorrow. How big? Hmmm… waist to chest with the odd shoulder high set at places facing south?

So, what has the Bureau to say?

Good day for a walk along the beach.

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Monday until midnight: Wind: W/NW 20/25 knots at first, easing to 18/23 knots by the afternoon.Sea: about 2 metres abating to 1 to 2 metres. Swell: S/SW about 1 metre increasing to 2 metres during the day.
Tuesday: Wind: W/SW 20/30 knots.Sea: 2 to 3 metres. Swell: S about 2 metres.
Wednesday: Wind: SW/NW 10/15 knots.

Go well!

Hello Friends,

Dull skies greeted Sydneysiders this morning. Dull skies and small, but not flat, conditions at Dee Why. The MHL data shows we have the same metre or so of SSE windswell (8 sec period) we’ve seen for the last couple days. The good news then is if you found a wave yesterday, go back there again and you should be right.

As far as Dee Why goes, there seem to be weak little lines coming in and, as late as 0800, pretty much no one in the water from the point to well up the beach from the DYSLSC.

We’re set for a few more showers this morning, before the afternoon turns partly cloudy. The light SE winds this morning should turn to the E-NE this afternoon.

I’m gonna go out and check a couple more beaches for ya, so more in an hour or so…

Not looking fabulous, but not flat at Dee Why at 0800