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Plenty of swell

Hello Friends, At 0600 the MHL buoy was detecting 3.76m of 10-sec SSE swell and as you can see from the pics, wave faces were probably into that range along the beach and not far off it at the point. Plus, the Bureau is telling us to expect it to peak around midday. So, those […]

Dropped but not hopeless

Hello Friends, As of 0600 the MHL buoy was detecting 1.7 metres of 14 sec SSE swell out at sea. Along Dee Why beach that was translating into the odd waist high bump for the patient and well-positioned people in the water. Tide hits low at 0805 and will then run into a 1.4 m […]

Cleaned up and solid

Hello Friends, Swell at Dee Why point was solidly overhead on the sets at 0630, but the Bureau says it should fade noticeably by around midday. But it shouldn’t go flat. The call is for southerly wind later but it was offshore at 0630 when I checked the ocean for the first time. Low tide […]

Wild and messy morning

Hello Friends, Not really surfable looing at Dee Why this morning. Swell was close to the 5 metre mark at 0500. It was straight south and around 10 seconds apart. No one was in the water for obvious reasons, so I’m only guessing that sets are around 1.5-2x overhead on the bombs. It could be […]

Little bumps and maybe little waves

Hello Friends, Sunday started off mild, sunny and with light winds. Swell has dropped overnight and the MHL buoy is now showing about a metre from the SSE at 10 seconds apart. There were a couple of folks in the water at the point and more scattered along the beach. From what I could tell […]

Chest high sets – in the right spots

Hello Friends, Looking at the forecast last night, I wasn’t very hopeful about this morning’s prospects, but happily I was too gloomy and there are waves at spots with optimal orientation to the SSE swell. At 0500 the MHL buoy was showing 1.6 metres at around 8 seconds. Tide’s building to the high at 1130 […]

Early was cold, grey, windy but waves

Hello Friends, Chilly start with grey skies and 10-15 kts of WSW wind this morning. A few bods at the point where the swell’s not quite doing it. Sets there looked to be in the waist to maybe chest and a bit range. Up the beach it was relatively smooth and a bit bigger. Not […]

TG’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 24 August 2017: Seven day outlook for Sydney: Fairly consistent weather outlook for the week ahead… showers, cool air, and mostly Southerly type winds to make it feel even cooler and to set the scene for an up and down week surfwise. It’s coming up today, currently in the 1.7-3.6 metre […]