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Fading, fading…

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
Anatomy of a swell
Swell is dropping fast in Sydney, although from the look of the traces those of you good folk up the coast are probably scoring still. Outlook for the swell to turn more SE and to be in the metre range on average tomorrow. If the period doesn’t get any worse, then there could still be a few little peaks to be found on Weds. On Thursday it looks like things will take a more southerly turn and we could see some okay size south windswell (6-8 sec, up to shoulder high).

Just give a bodyboarder a little space and what do they do? They get covered. Again.
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 point trying to devour another victim.
Dee Why around midday.
Dee Why around midday.
Whadya bet there's a surfer on the flight deck?
Whadya bet there's a surfer on the flight deck?
Longer period sets had some push at Dee Why around midday.
Longer period sets had some push at Dee Why around midday.
Ardea novaehollandie above the point.
Ardea novaehollandie above the point.
Set hits the point this afternoon.
Set hits the point this afternoon.
When you're ready sir...
When you're ready sir...
Point winding down but still providing some entertainment early this afternoon.
Point winding down but still providing some entertainment early this afternoon.
White-faced Heron having lunch at Dee Why.
White-faced Heron having lunch at Dee Why.

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