Swell toyed with us in Sydney on Thursday and then, finally, right on dark, it started to come up noticeably at Dee Why. I went shooting from about 1615 to dark, so if you were in the water, it might be worth a look through the pics to see if I captured any of your startling stylings. As always I was focusing on the regular folks at their peak moments.

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Hello Friends,

A brief Monday evening update for you. Went out and about this afternoon with the intention of getting in the water. But the swell was still settling in and nothing really took my fancy. I’m sure you know the drill – you drive around looking, but you just can’t get enthused, or you run out of time or both.

Dee Why point was one of the better options in my view, but the folks I saw in the water at Curly and Manly as well may have begged to disagree. The wind was lightly onshore, so it kind of gave everything that slightly lumpy, unkempt look. Swell angle is SSE at the moment. It’s a touch over two metres at 11 seconds apart.

This afternoon, the period was mostly shorter than that, so it was farily setty. PB and I went down to Manly to see if the wind was a little less onshore. Wasn’t really much less affected than Dee Why. Went out to the Bower and watched a little group of bodyboarders playing around at Winki. Nothing much was getting around into the Bower, but every now and then someone would jag a waist high thing.

Another crunchy one courtesy of Huey.

Not exactly all time winki, but there were a few moments for the bodyboarders on it.

After tiring of watching and shooting at the Bower, we went back to Dee Why point. As I was walking down the steps for a better angle, I saw RealSurf forum identity Coops take off on a pretty reasonable one.

Fin man flying through another fin test.

Solid looking set wave gets ready to do the slab thing.

Fun cutty at the point.

...and the crowd cries out for more...

Hello Friends,

Very crowded at the super peak in Dee Why this morning. After relenting a bit over the last couple days, the crowd is back for more. Around 40 people chasing head high to overhead sets before 0700. Swell is out of the SSE at a couple metres with a very useful juice setting of 11 seconds. Wind is out of the WNW at around the 10 kt mark to begin with but, if anything, it should weaken as the day goes along.

We’re approaching a low tide at 0750 which will then rise only a bit until 1353. I reckon that should mean fun waves all day at all the spots that have been working over the last few days. If anything there could be a few more options around because the dominant direction seems to have a touch more east to it.

Here’s the Bureau’s call

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Friday until midnight: Wind: NW/NE 5/10 knots. Sea: less than 1 metre. Swell: S 1.5 to 2 metres.
Saturday: Wind: W/SW around 10 knots, turning S 10/15 knots during the afternoon, S 15/20 knots at times during the evening.Sea: about 1 metre, rising to 1.5 to 2 metres later. Swell: S/SE 1 to 1.5 metres.
Sunday: Wind: SW/SE 10/15 knots.