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Surf flicks on Northern Beaches

Tim Bonython’s wrapping up his ASMF Big Wave Project show with a final swing through the Northern Beaches and he’s got a pair of tickets to give away. To be in with a chance, use the form below to send me a picture of any of the northern beaches (that’s the skill part) and I’ll […]

0830 signs of swell at Curly

It was flat at Manly but Curly looked to be picking up waist to chest high sets. The banks situation could be better because mostly it was shutting down but the low tide has to be a factor as well. 

Icy start with minimal waves

Hello Friends, Steady and very brisk 15-20 kts SW wind smoothing the sea at Dee Why as Friday kicked off. No obvious sign of the expected swell, but it’s on the way if the Eden buoy is any guide. It’s over the two metre mark down there, so I’d say the Bureau’s call is not […]

Longy headland

Just a hair too small to surf at Burrterbox and Makaha. Maybe a sup or mal…

Lazy afternoon at Dee Why

Taking a bike break so cycled to the beach  Beautiful conditions. Flat most of the time but every now and then a just catchable wave appears. Waiting… Then one wave wanders in

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 29 June 2017: Seven day outlook for Sydney: An interesting, “vigorous” outlook.  Background from the BoM: “Weather Situation A cold front will bring vigorous southerly change along the New South Wales south coast tonight extending to Sydney Waters Friday morning and to the far north coast in the afternoon. A low […]

Small to micro morning

Hello Friends, No one in the water this morning at Dee Why from what I could see. Wind was coming from the SW to WSW at less than 10 kts under overcast skies. The MHL Sydney buoy’s been off the air for a few days now, but the Bureau’s call for southerly swell at around […]

Very small and inconsistent but not zippo

Hello Friends, Cloudy skies, glassy seas and a tiny south swell combining to deliver the occasional waist high take-off for the patient folks bobbing around at the point at 0730. In between the one or two wave sets it pretty much looks like a lake. Tide was low at 0545 and is heading back to […]

Whadya know not quite flat

Hello Friends, Good to be wrong about my expectations for this morning. The waves aren’t consistent and they aren’t very big, but there was a little line trickling in at Dee Why as of 0800 Tuesday morning. Sets looked to be into the waist high range but mostly it was smaller than that. Surface conditions […]

Bike ride to Northy

Didn’t surf today so hopped on the pushy to see how long it’d take to get to Northy. As you do. About 20min as it turns out. About 20 in the water getting knee to waist plus softish rights and lefts. Not many makeable ones. Took some pics with the phone…