"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

Rain to start the day

Hello Friends, Light but steady rain this morning along with light westerly wind. There was a little wave activity, but it looked weak and disorganised at Dee Why. The MHL data from 0600 showed 2.3 metres of 9-sec swell from the south (160-162°). The radar was still showing a fair amount of precipitation as of […]

Little wind swell bumps

Hello Friends, Back from my adventures talking to pollies in Canberra about climate bipartisanship (hey, one can dream). Surf situation has not improved in my absence. Stopped by Collaroy for a look and then wandered past Long Reef before heading back to the RealSurf wheelhouse to check in. As the pictures show, there are only […]

Far from a flat sea

Hello Friends, Your correspondent has fetched up in our nation’s capital to join in some Citizen lobbying, so I’m utterly reliant on remote sensing data for news of the beach today in Sydney. Looking at the WRL pic from earlier this morning, it’s obvious there’s nothing going on at east to NE spots. And the […]

How keen are ya

Hello Friends Down in Canberra this morning but I can see that the 1.5 metres of 6-8 sec north-NE wind swell is producing knee to waist plus at magnets. Water’s a chilly 16C and the light early morning north breeze is going to ramp up into the 15-25 kt range as the day warms. Late […]

Grey, still and small this morning

Hello Friends, Barely a breath of wind at 0700 under overcast skies this morning at 0700. A tiny set rolled through the point when I grabbed the pictures this morning. It looked too small to be rideable and up the beach there was only the barest suggestion of a line. I think we can call […]

Still on hold at Dee Why

Hello Friends, A cool and steady 5-10 kt SSW breeze when I climbed aloft for the morning pictures. Skies were sunny but hazy. But we’re still waiting for swell. The MHL data from 0600 this morning was showing 1.6 metres of 7-second wind bump from the S-SSE (168-172°). Tide is running into a 1.6m high. […]

Minimal surf options at Dee Why this morning

Hello Friends, Another mild and breezy morning along the beaches. Wind was coming from the NNE at about 10 kts a little before 0800. There didn’t appear to be much of anything in the way of surf at Dee Why. No one was in the water when I grabbed the snaps and I’d say it’s […]

Can you dial the expectations down any further?

Hello Friends, Swell perked up into the two metre range at 9 seconds from the SE yesterday afternoon, but it faded away overnight. As of 0400 it was back to 1.3 metres at 8 seconds from the south. From the look of Dee Why you’d be doing well to find something in the knee high […]

Postcard: Nice beach day in the Netherlands

Not a lot happening surf wise at Den Haag Zuidstrand. .The Hague South Beach. .but a few tried hard. Lots of people having fun at the beach. The entire cafe on the sand is dismantled every year before the Winter storms. TG