Hi all,
Ran around this morning and got a couple pics to share. As I write this, the swell is still ticking over at exactly the same settings it had when the day started out. So, it’s sunny and offshore and there will be waves in the waist to chest high range at spots exposed to the SSE.
Just for the record, I decided to splash about at Dee Why point. I was in the water for close to 2 hours and during that time the crowd never exceeded 6 of us. In fact, for the first 20 minutes or so I was by myself. Folks on the mals were getting the best of it thanks to the high tide, but we were still seeing sets in the chest high range. Beautiful sunny day, light offshores, city of 4 million people – and I posted a pic of the point a couple hours before I paddle out. Go figure.
First place I looked this morning was up toward Emerald St. It was pretty small, but a young RealSurf fan was on it and had every wave to himself. Meanwhile, up the beach at Northy, there were about 30 folks rustling lefts and rights that looked pretty tasty.
After almost jumping in, I decided to see how things were playing out at the other end of the beach. So I drove down to Clarke St and had a squzz. Folks were scattered along the beach from just north of there down to Collaroy. Waves were a bit smaller, but the real problem is the banks – they seem to be exclusively straight handers at the moment. Grabbed a shot, and continued south…
Checked the Longy to No Mans stretch, but the wind was kinda sideshore and making the north end of the beach a little junky. Seemed to be a crew down south of the pole, so I headed on to Dee Why. Got there and discovered there were nice looking waves up the beach in the waist to chest high range, but at that moment a little chest high wall came through the point. It was pretty much right on the rocks, but with one person out… hey, what can ya do?
