26th of May was supposed to blow out early, but it stayed glassy until after midday and the swell was pumping under rainy skies. I took Sony’s little DSC-TX5 waterproof camera out surfing with me and grabbed a few test shots (as well as some video). Light levels were very low, so I ended up chucking out lots of blurry shots… these are what I had left… enjoy!
Dee Why point 26 May 2010 watershots – Images by Don Norris
The wind came up late and that meant there were glassy and solid conditions at Dee Why on Weds morning, tthe 26th of May. I had Sony’s ultra-slim waterproof DSC-TX5 tucked into my wettie so I shot a few stills and some high def video. The weather was rainy and grey, so the action’s not too colourful but the little camera worked quite well. I put about a minute and a bit of clips together along with a taste of a Dave Kowalski tune. Enjoy!
Hello Friends
That NW and rapidly dropping tide were not the best combo for Dee Why, but I hopped in at the point anyway for a one-hour get wet surf. Grabbed a few snaps on the way through to give you an idea what the dozen or so of us in the water were seeing on the sets. It was getting steadily junkier as the morning progressed and the wind picked up speed. Plus, more of those nasty rocks on the inside were showing their unlovely faces. Still, when one of the longer period sets came in, you could definitely feel the juice level go up. Didn’t get hurt, had fun, all good!
Hunting for the maximum juice line on a bumpy number at Dee Why point.
Froth monster chases him past the rocks.
Growl! The point tries to grab another victim.
Admirably late take off, but the stall probably not a plan.
Hello Friends,
Since the rest of the week is looking not the best for surfin’, I made room in the schedule to get some water time. After scoping Curly and Dee Why (didn’t feel like travelling far), opted for the latter. Wandered up toward the pole where I’d spotted some bods hooking little lefts. Turned out a couple of them were the ever smiling Psillakis brothers. Set waves were in the chest high plus range, but the shutdown percentages were very high indeed. Didn’t really bag any great shots with the Lumix FT1, but I’ll share anyway…
Shooting into the glare at another little No man's left.
The lefts were better than the rights.
Catching up on the picture backlog… here are a selection of snaps from a morning surf session at the point. All were shot with a Pansonic FT1
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Usual peak chasing exercise for the crew, but some fun ones on offer.
Hi all,
Didja get waves? Hope so! You had to be selective and this morning on the lower tide was better at most places than this afternoon on high. That said, your correspondent managed to jag several very fun head high plus sets at Long bombies late this afternoon. Not the easiest place to take pictures, so only got a small number.
I did a bit of shooting this morning at Dee Why and Curly, so expect galleries from those sessions in due course.
Swell was still pretty solid as Huey squeezed the last little bit of light out’ve the day. Sets at Longy were consistently in the overhead range and it looked as though it was that size all the way down the beach to Dee Why. However on high tide Dee Why was not that interesting – the beachy was shutting down and the point was crowded, inconsistent and fat. Oh, and the breeze was onshore for awhile as well.
Outlook fer tomorrow… well, I reckon it’s going to be smaller but with luck it won’t be ridiculously little. From the look of the buoy data off to the south of us, the period will probably get shorter (ie weaker waves) and the average height will drop a bit. If we have waist to chest high with WSW wind, I’ll be happy.
Have a great Saturday evening one and all.
Gliding into another bombie wave at Long Reef.
Lining up another lefthander at Longy around midday.
Hey all,
If you were in the water from about the lagoon entrance south to Longy between about 1145 and 1345 on Saturday 18 July, I might have taken your picture. Even if you weren’t, I reckon there are a few worth looking at…
Hi all,
Went and grabbed a few waves near the lagoon entrance late this morning. Had the Panasonic FT-1 water cam along again too and got y’all some snaps to look at.
(These are some of the better ones I got, but I’ll be putting all of em up on my personal site later, so if you want one of yourself, have a look there to see how to get one.)
Duck-diver at Longy
Strange beast sighted at Longy.
Another clean one to play on.
Surf photography's all about timing.
Casual stance against a Dee Why backdrop.
A few rights in the mix as well.
Lining up another lefthander at Longy around midday.
Re-arranging the 'do at Longy around midday.
Cruisy at Longy
Folks having fun and Huey sending one at the photographer.
Bledisloe tribute Longy Haka?
Mighta been crowded, but Huey always slips a few empties through...
Hello Friends,
Went for a surf late morning at the point with a crew of others. Sets were getting further apart, but every now and then a good one would come through. Happy to say I scored quite a number on the 7S. Had the Panasonic FT1 with me and grabbed a few snaps to share (see below). Wind was pretty brisk when I got out of the water and that, in combo with a high tide, was making it necessary for us to take off into blinding spray pretty close to the rocks. Makes it interesting anyway. After surfing I did a bit of camera testing on the beach. If any of the shots I took from that are of interest, I’ll share ‘em later.
Anatomy of a swell
Just give a bodyboarder a little space and what do they do? They get covered. Again.
Dee Why point trying to devour another victim.
Dee Why around midday.
Whadya bet there's a surfer on the flight deck?
Longer period sets had some push at Dee Why around midday.
Ardea novaehollandie above the point.
Set hits the point this afternoon.
When you're ready sir...
Point winding down but still providing some entertainment early this afternoon.
White-faced Heron having lunch at Dee Why.
Hello Friends,
0650: little peak wobbles into Dee Why beach
Swell pushed up overnight and there’s not much wind around. It seems to have caught the denizens of Dee Why unawares though. No one in the water that I could see a little before 0700. That will no doubt change very soon though.
The buoy data is showing a couple metres of SSE swell at about 9 seconds apart on average. There’s a little bit of 10 sec component in there as well and that probably accounts for the set wave I snapped for this morning’s picture.
Bureau says that the wind should go around to the ENE as the day goes along and get up to 10-15kts. They also expect this little pulse to gradually fade by tonight.
Tomorrow is currently looking like being smaller, but by Weds afternoon, we could see a new round of NE windswell in the chest high range at exposed spots. By Thursday it could be bigger and more around to the east. And then the models go for a big call on the weekend. They reckon a solid batch of substantial south swell – with strong SSW winds.
As usual, we shall see…
Have yourself a top old day!
A few sets around and it was still glassy when we got out of the water at 1030.
1100: Found some waves at south Avalon this morning on the incoming tide. Eventually got too fat and full, but there were some solid head high sets and it was reasonably consistent. Weirdly, it wasn’t as crowded as usual. The grey skies maybe?