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Grey start but waves still

Hello Friends,

1020ish and a set comes through the inside at Longy...
1020ish and a set comes through the inside at Longy...
Just ducked out to run an errand and had a look at the situation mid-morning. Pick spot seemed to be an inconsistent Longy. But there would be waves for desperates along the entire Dee Why stretch and ditto north from about Marquesas to Northy.

0800: lines stacking in at Dee Why.
0800: lines stacking in at Dee Why.
Skies are grey and our swell has weakened overnight from around four metres on average yesterday to around 2.5 metres this morning. The period is still sitting on 10 seconds and it’s still dead south. Wind at around 0800 was out of the ESE but only lightly so. What this meant for Dee Why was somewhat junky and inconsistent conditions. Set waves along the beach are head high plus, but they’re shutting down with great regularity. The point is less consistent and smaller and as usual, it really wants a touch of east in the swell to get working. There are some chest high sets coming through for the crew, but overall it’s definitely smaller than the beach.

The Bureau expects the wind to swing around through the eastern quarters and to pick up from the NE and get to 13-18 kts. The swell should hang in there through the day, and I’m hopeful that it’ll be around for us again tomorrow. The NE wind should, one hopes, offer improvement for the north corners.

(Should have pics up later when Ross gets a chance to take a spanner to the gallery…)