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Windblown and junky

Hello Friends, Late start for your correspondent, so by the time I got to the beach at 1000, things were looking half-past ordinary. The wind had settled to the south (it’ll go SE later). Although it was 1.7 m from 165°, the windswell period was a shade under the 8-second mark. So, weak and gutless […]

Clean little waves this morning

Hello Friends, Nice morning and nice, if soft, little windswell making for short rides at the few magnets picking up the energy – such as it is. Wind not a factor before 0700 and skies were mostly sunny. At 0600 swell off Sydney was coming from the SSW (190°) at 6 seconds. The fact that […]

Should be a little something somewhere

Hello Friends, Swell’s faded away pretty dramatically this morning compared to 24 hours ago. Wind was out of the north at 9-10 kts under sunny skies. As of 0600 the MHL buoy off Sydney was showing about 12 seconds of 1.4 metre SSE (158-164°) swell. As the pictures show, this meant the point was too […]

Sunny skies and nice lines

Hello Friends, Sunny with light NW wind and clean looking lines at Dee Why this morning. Sets looked to be into the shoulder high range at both the point and along the beach. At 0600 the 2 metre swell was coming from 156-160° at 11 seconds apart. Wind is set to come around to the […]

Smooth, grey and lightly raining early

Hello Friends, More light rain for this morning – which is a good thing for parched gardens but makes the small to micro swell conditions less inviting. Wind was lightly offshore but waves were struggling to reach the waist high range. I’d call it ankle to knee with the odd waist. The MHL buoy data […]

Glassy early

Hello Friends, At 0700 the weather radar was showing showers just off the coast when I took the pictures this morning. Down at the beach it was looking smooth and glassy with the occasional waist plus wave face just north of the club. There was one person at the point chasing soft and weak looking […]

Misty Monday Morning

Hello Friends, Definitely a little more activity wavewise at Dee Why, but misting grey skies and somewhat chilly temps were combining to keep the punters to a minimum as of 0745. Wind was 10-15 kts down at North Head and tide was just reaching the 1.45 m high when I grabbed the snaps at 0745. […]

Sunday not showing much in the morning

Hello Friends, Hazy, mild and breezy (SW 10-12kts) morning under a bright but mostly cloudy sky for Sunday. There seemed to be a small line at the point, but as of 0740 there didn’t appear to be anyone in the water there or along the beach to No Mans. The MHL Sydney buoy hasn’t reported […]

Clean and tiny Saturday

Hello Friends, Another beautiful morning along the beaches. Skies are clear, winds were light and offshore at 0630 and there is a tiny south wind swell delivering the odd waist high wave face at magnet spots. Water’s around the 18C mark,. Tide was high at 0635, which probably didn’t help much, but as the pictures […]

Another barely there surf day

Hello Friends, Not much of anything to be seen at Dee Why this beautiful morning. Couldn’t see anyone in the water, nor any reason for them to be there for that matter. Swell was sitting on 1.2 m at 9 seconds from the south (162-164°). Tide was high at 0555 and is now dropping to […]