Hello again Friends,

Wandered around the landscape on your behalf this morning and gathered a few snaps to share…

Started at Manly where the crowds were surprisingly modest for a sunny Saturday morning. Guess that cold wind is keeping a fair number of us out of the water for the early. Sets were into the chest high range, but waits were pretty long. Clean and amusing looking though.

Around to Freshwater next, and there the crowds were equally uncrowdy early. Swell was more consistent, but the shutdown factor was very high when I watched it a couple hours after high tide.

Curly was quite well attended with people scattered from one end to the other of the beach. Sets were into the overhead range and the folks were doing a lot of peak and section chasing. Looks like a good workout and there were a few juicy specimens on offer. Probably the biggest waves I saw.

Over the hill at Dee Why things seem to be about the same as when I reported earlier, ie, inconsistent and smaller at the point, then shoulder to head high up the beach from just north of the clubhouse to the Lugga entrance. Crowds were crowdy too.

If you can’t find yourself a wave somewhere, you aren’t trying very hard!

Little peak didn't go unanswered this morning.

SUPster slides into section at Manly this am.

Gentleman glides stylishly into one.

Morning at Freshy

Curly stands one up

Moment of weirdness captured at mid-Curly this am.

Bodyboarder skims swiftly across a Dee Why wall.

Custom wave for just this rider.

Hi All

When everyone else was heading to the beach, I was driving to Mt Colo, 100 kms to the west (family thing). But it looks like there should be waves all day, so I may yet add my name to the cast of thousands enjoying Sydney’s beaches today. Places with any size, eg Curly and Dee Why were very well attended.

I agree with earlier reports that there is a fair amount of fatness to the swell, but if you could find something bowling, well, a bowl’s a bowl, id’niit? Fun to be had for sure.

I started my look around with a scan of the Collaroy-Narra stretch. Not much happening at Collaroy but from around about the south Narra surf club on north there were lots of little peaks keeping lots of folks entertained.

Not as big as more exposed beaches, but offering a few fun ones, particularly to fishy shapes.

Bet the bloke on the shoulder's glad he wore a helmet

Crowd free section at the old DY late this morning.

Dee Why pretty busy late Sat morning.

Traffic in Dee Why mirrored the crowd levels in the water. Some sets into the head high range, but a fair number of multi-person takeoffs, and the super peak seems to be the former super peak.

Over the hill at Curly land there were many more people having a cut at half a dozen different peaks. The north end was just not coming together that much, so the real action and crowd density was from about the middle of the beach right into the south corner. A few head high plus sets on offer. Pretty sectiony – which kind of helps break up the crowd.

The gallery paddles out as he pulls into a tasty one at south Curly

One of the bigger ones at south Curly.

Picking off a nice one.

Tomorrow the weather won’t be so nice, but the swell should begin to ramp back up as it heads toward bigness for Monday (though not as huge as it looked it might be last week). Models are agreeing with the Bureau (or vice versa) and currently saying we could see S to SSE swell at 3-4 metres at 14 sec apart. That’s big and juicy.

Here’s the Bureau’s take:

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Saturday until midnight: Wind: S/SW 15/20 knots, increasing to 20/25 knots during the evening. Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres, rising to 2 to 2.5 metres in the evening.Swell: S 2 to 2.5 metres.
Sunday: Wind: SW/SE 15/25 knots, easing to 10/20 knots later.Sea: 1.5 to 2.5 metres, abating to 1 to 2 metres later. Swell: S 2 to 3 metres, increasing overnight.
Monday: Wind: SW/SE 5/15 knots. S/SE swell 3 to 4 metres

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Hey all,

Just checked Collaroy-Narrabeen stretch and it is firing ahead of the southerly. I’m guessing around 150+ people are on it, but there are so many peaks that it could be twice that number and not be too crowded at any given place. This won’t last long, so I’d be getting to just about any beach right now ’cause there should be waves everywhere until the southerly kicks in (and it’s gonna kick in hard).

Marquesas madness around 0715.

Stalls back for a quick cover.

After surfin’ at Dee Why, I headed north. The camera battery was fading, so I only got a few snaps at far north Collaroy (about Mactier St). It looked as though there were again heaps and heaps of very fun, good quality beachy peaks from well south of there all the way up to Northy. I’m sure hundreds of folks will have fond memories of the abundant quality. I thought yesterday was around 8 to 9 out of 10. From what I saw, today looked more in the 7-8 range. But hey, that’s just me!

Here’s a couple of shots from around 1115 or so.

Looks like water's in all the right places - around 1115 near Mactier St.

Tide was a bit high at this stage, but I don't reckon he'd be complaining.

When I got to Dee Why, I was getting pretty keen for a wave. I watched the beachy for awhile. It was way more consistent than the point, but it was pretty busy as well. Not that it really mattered much because I got lots of waves in the crowded conditions at Gardens yesterday morning. But a set came through the point and though they looked to be few and far between, I sort’ve felt like a wave over nice steady rocks rather than shifting sands. Dove in and had quite a reasonable time. Crowd was typically around the 15 mark, but it bounced up to 20 at one point and then dropped briefly to around 8 of us. Some good sets came through and lots of shacks were had over suck rock. Really good surfing going on as well. Kinda cool that in the course of the session I saw great waves being had by shortboard riders, bodyboarders, kneelos (there were three in the water at one point) and a friendly bodysurfer. All good.

0810 – 1040 (included a surf!)

The wave that made my mind up to jump in...

Dee Why point

Bodyboarder sizes up the optimal line at Dee Why point.

Dee Why point, naturally!

Hello Friends,

Should be a few fun ones to be had at spots with exposure to the SSE. Swell has perked up slightly since this time yesterday, so if you had waves on Tuesday, Wednesday’s looking promising as well.

Dee Why was already reasonably busy looking at 0620 when I checked. But there seem to be a number of a-frames along the stretch, so I don’t think jagging one was too much of a problem. Set wave faces were a touch overhead, so we are talking very fun looking conditions indeed. Given the SSE swell angle and the reasonable 9 sec period, I’m sure there will be many surf options around. Looks as though the wind should be good too (see below).

High tide is a mild one right on noon.

I think you can expect a few more pictures from me later today…

Go well!

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: W/NW 5/10 knots, gradually increasing to 15/20 knots, then turning SW 15/20 knots in the evening, reaching 20/25 knots offshore.Sea: around 1 metre, rising to 1.5 metres during the day, reaching 2 to 2.5 metres offshore. Swell: E/NE around 1.5 metres.
Thursday: Wind: SW/SE 10/15 knots, turning NW/NE 10/15 knots during the afternoon. Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: E/SE increasing to 2 to 2.5 metres.
Friday: Wind: SW/SE 10/15 knots.

0630: lotsa very nice peaks for the early risers this morning at Dee Why.

Hello Friends,

Definitely smaller this morning. But there were a few folks in the water at Dee Why beach rustling up some waist to chest high sets. The MHL data shows the swell is just a touch off SSE at a bit better than 9 seconds apart and averaging around two metres. Wind is out of the south at about 10 kts to start.

Here’s the latest call from the Bureau:

Tuesday until midnight: Wind: S/SE 15/20 knots.Sea: 1 to 2 metres.Swell: S/SE 2 metres.
Wednesday: Wind: S/SE 10/15 knots. Sea: to 1 metre. Swell: S about 2 metres.
Thursday: Wind: Variable 5/10 knots, tending NE 10/15 knots during afternoon.

BTW, if you’re near a tv at 0800 or so, Sunrise may have an interview with Mick Fanning who is currently posting the odd tweet about his activities and has just said he’ll be on at about that time. Reckons it’s pretty cold down that way as well.

(If anybody down that way wants to get a bit of exposure for their website in exchange for eyewitness reports on RealSurf, lemme know via the feedback form.)

Here’s a pic…

Not spectacularly powerful looking or anything, but still surfable.

Hello Friends,

My traditional late start for Sunday has been made an hour earlier thanks to daylight savings finishing. How good is that? Anyway, you should get yourself organised this morning because it looks as though we’ve got some fun ones around at south exposed spots.

As of 0815 there wasn’t much wind around, and what there was, was coming from the WSW. Swell is chugging along from the SSE at around two metres with an average period of just over the 9 sec mark. It looks to me as though there’s still some east in the mix as well. That’s a good combo for lots of spots in Sydney.

So what does the Bureau have to say for today? Glad you asked, ’cause here it is:

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Sunday until midnight: Wind: SW/SE 5/15 knots, tending E/NE during the afternoon. Sea: about 1 metre. Swell: E/SE about 2 metres.
Monday: Wind: NW/SW 5/15 knots before a S’ly change 20/30 knots during the morning. Winds easing to 15/20 knots late.Sea: rising to 2 to 3 metres during the morning, abating late.Swell: E/NE 1.5 to 2 metres.
Tuesday: Wind: S/SE 15/25 knots.

And the tide? Next one up is a low at 1115.

I might shoot out and shoot another pic or two…

Dee Why beach looking pretty acceptable on sets this morning.

Much less consistent at the point than along the beach but clean ones to be had.

Hello Friends,

Heaps of people in the water at Dee Why this morning. Haven’t gone out for more of a look around just yet, but I’d bet that’ll be the trend most places.

The big weather news this morning is of course TC Hamish which is now one of the strongest Australian storms apparently. Here’s a page of the BoM stuff I threw together on the latest situation.

Meanwhile, down our way the MHL buoy is showing a couple metres of SSE swell at 9 seconds apart. The SE’r is light now, but due to pick up, so those southern corners will be

Here’s the latest from the Bureau

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Sunday until midnight: Wind: S/SE 10/15 knots freshening to SE 15/20 knots in the morning. Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: S/SE 2 to 3 metres decreasing.
Monday: Wind: E/SE 15/20 knots easing to 10/15 knots later. Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres.Swell: SE about 1.5 metres.
Tuesday: Wind: E/SE 10/15 knots.

Heaps of folks in the beachy as well. More consistent than the point.

Sunday starting out rather busy

Okay, I’m off to have a look around. Will probably file another video report as well. You’ll be able to see it here.