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Very small but clean and sometimes catchable

Hello Friends, High cloud and only a hint of a line trickling in along the beaches as Saturday kicked into gear. The lulls are long and the sets are struggling to make the thigh high mark at the most exposed spots. On the plus side, it was dead glassy for the early risers. Tide was […]

Little waves about for the keen

Hello Friends, Beautiful morning along the beaches. At 0830 there was a light WNW wind just texturing the sea. Tide was just on low (high’s at 1500) and the MHL buoy was showing 1.2 m of 13-sec(!) SE. Kinda odd that nothing was really showing at the point given the data, plus the beach was […]

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 28 September 2017: Seven day outlook for Sydney: First really cloudy day with a cool breeze I’ve had in quite some time, and already I’m looking for some blue sky… And I Do Not like that cold water! Such a woos I know, but I know what I like.  Yeah yeah […]

North ends the go

Hello Friends, Another very small day, but if you’re really keen, it should be possible to find a little something at a north end. Sets will probably not get much above the waist high mark on the bombs. Tide was low at 0715 and is coming into a 1.4 m high just before 1400. The […]

Marginal at best

Hello Friends, Light ENE wind ruffling the surface by 0800 – and it’s going to pick up as the day goes along. As of 0700 the MHL buoy was showing 1.5 m of SSE (162°) swell at 9 seconds. As the pictures show, it’s not doing any favours for the point or up as far […]

Hot and micro for Sunday

Hello Friends, The Dee Why to Longy stretch is missing out on the metre or so of 7-sec NE wind bump lapping into our stretch of coast this morning. From what I could see at 0730 this morning, Dee Why was maybe knee high on the biggest ones. For such a hot and sunny Sunday […]

So, what else ya got on?

Hello Friends, Well, this is easy. It’s going to be a really hot day, so of course the wave prospects are dire. As the pictures from dawn at Long Reef show, the sub-metre SSE swell isn’t doing anything for surfers. I suppose it might possibly be a tiny bit bigger on sets at a better […]

Small and tide-affected early

Hello Friends, Yesterday’s juicy pulse has faded overnight and at 0645 the incoming tide (high is 1.6 m at 0930) isn’t helping. At 0500 the MHL buoy was showing 1.6 m of 11-sec of SSE (162°) and as the pics show, that was translating into knee to waist plus along the beach and probably a […]

Goat’s over-the-horizon edition

(The Goat’s on the road, but he’s pulled over and examined the entrails for our surf prospects from afar) TGs Surf Forecast Surf forecast issued Thursday 21 September 2017. Seven day outlook for Sydney. Warm weekend ahead, then a bit if a cooler change for the start of the NSW school holidays. Qld kids have […]

Down from yesterday morning but not flat

Hello Friends, As of 0600 Sydney was seeing 2 m of 10 sec SSE swell (158°). At Dee Why that was showing as waist to chest high at the point and similar along the beach. Wind was coming lightly from the WNW at 0700 when I grabbed the snaps. It’s expected to swing to the […]