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Postcards: Crescent morning

Hello Friends, After an overnight rain shower or three, woke up this morning to find glassy conditions and only a dozen in at the point. It was knee to waist with the odd chest high set wave, so the choice was easy – grab the mal and get out there. Water was warm and waves […]

Postcards from Saltwater and Crescent

Hello Friends, Got in the water around midday at Saltwater. Set faces were in the chest to shoulder plus range, wind was light, water was warm and it wasn’t particularly crowded. Swell was rather weak and slow, which made me glad that I’d opted for my mal… We got into Crescent around 1545 and discovered […]

Smoke pollution to start the day

Hello Friends, Taking off on surfari today, but hoped to have a pic to share of conditions posted before I took off. Unfortunately while the skies along the beaches were clear higher up, a strong inversion layer was trapping so much smoke pollution in the first 200 m or so that I couldn’t see the […]

Curses, hoped for waves this morning

Hello Friends, From nearly 3 metres yesterday morning to 1.3 metres for Sunday’s early session saw wave faces back in the knee to maybe waist high range at Dee Why. Swell was close to 11 seconds apart, but dead south and not very consistent. A couple of bods in the water at the point when […]

Swell at last

Hello Friends, Swell looks to be peaking for the early. Set wave faces are into the shoulder to head high range. At 0500 the Sydney buoy was seeing 2.6 metres of 10 second dead south swell. Judging by the reports south of us, the current peak size will only last a few hours before dropping […]

Zippo on the surf front this morning

Hello Friends, We’re still in a holding pattern. There’s a strong wind warning for later in the day, but it’s not going to improve the surf situation. Out at sea the bump is under a metre and coming from the SSE at 10 seconds. But inshore, as the pictures show, it’s in the ankle to […]

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

The Goat’s Surf Forecast Surf forecast issued Thursday 25 April 2019: Seven day outlook for Sydney: Fabulous weather for ANZAC Day and great to see ever increasing numbers taking a little time out of such a beaut day to pay their respects for those who’ve served their country at Dawn Services and later Commemorations… Water […]

Fine and waveless for Anzac Day

Hello Friends, A perfect morning for the Anzac ceremonies in Sydney. Wind was coming faintly from the west before 0800. The MHL buoy was seeing 0.8 of a metre from the east at 9 seconds apart. As the pictures show, the consequence at Dee Why was smooth but flat conditions. The forecast says we can […]

Beautiful morning but not if you want a wave

Hello Friends, Home again for a few days, and hoping for a wave like everyone else, but it looks like we’re outta luck. Ocean at Dee Why looks to be ankle to knee high – on the bigger ones. Swell is about a metre from the east at 8-9 seconds. Wind’s out of the WNW […]

On the way home

Hello Friends, Stopped in Batemans Bay and got up to find the weather clearing but no sign of any surf prospects. Headed north and checked Golf Course/Mollymook (see below), then Bendalong. No waves at the former, and small but starting to blow out at the latter. Given wind and swell combo decided to check in […]