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Postcard from France

Our correspondent reports from France… A nice swell has coincided with our arrival today for three weeks of surfing and wine drinking in the Basque region of France. The view from our digs at Parliamentia surf spot, Guethary, France……

Not so manic Monday

Hello Friends, Sorry, but if you wanted to go for a surf this morning, I’m afraid you’re pretty much out of luck. As the picture shows, there’s only an ankle to maybe calf-high line dribbling into the beach at Dee Why. The faint south swell is only 7 seconds apart and a metre out at […]

Everybody in

Hello Friends, Longy carpark was just about full when I rolled in for a look at the waves around 0745. Naturally enough the water was pretty crowded. Wave faces were in the knee to maybe chest high range but they looked pretty soft – a combination no doubt of the 0825 high tide and the […]

Only just barely there surfwise

Hello Friends, Southerly arrived right around dawn and by 0630 it was pushing along at 20-25 kts. Swell period out at sea was still in the 11-second range and coming from the SSE, but it’s dropped to a metre from yesterday’s 1.5 m. As you can see from the pics, the conditions were less than […]

Friday morning waves

Hello Friends, Happily surprised to see we still had waves when I climbed up to the RealSurf crowsnest for a look at conditions. Plenty of folk in the water chasing waist high sets along the beach and knee to maybe waist at the point. Skies were very hazy and wind was coming from the WNW […]

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf Forecast issued Thursday 26 September 2019: Seven day outlook for Sydney: There were waves late today, around 2ish metres on the sets from the South East.. Good for those that like dull overcast afternoons with a cool wind, choppy sea surface, water that’s not warm enough to entice me… but are keen to get […]

Little lines for the crew

Hello Friends, Looks like little knee high wavelets for the keen before work/school crew. Thursday kicked off with mainly clear skies and a light easterly fanning what is a 10-sec 1.5 metre SSE swell out at sea. Tide was high at 0600 and will hit low at 1145. From the look of the marine forecast, […]

Little bumps on tap at Dee Why

Hello Friends, Light westerly blowing at 0700 when I grabbed this morning’s snaps. Skies were sunny and as predicted yesterday, the surf energy has come up a little. Although I saw what looked to be a possibly briefly rideable bump at the point, it seems the best possibilities are along the beach. The MHL buoy […]

Sunny day but near flat

Hello Friends, Sunny skies from the get-go and light offshore wind too. But surf… no dice. As of 0600 the MHL buoy was detecting only a metre of 9 second energy from the SSE (152-166°) and as the picture shows, that meant knee high at best along the beach at Dee Why. Water quality is […]

Pretty but tiny Monday morning

Hello Friends, Stunner of a morning, but it looks like you’d be doing well to catch something with a thigh-high wave face. The point might possibly work (on the bomb sets) if you have a rescue board or something similar. But really, for all practical purposes, it’s flat. If you’re really hanging out to get […]