Postcard from St Jean de Luz
Today we walked along the beautiful coastal path from Guethary to St Jean de Luz; a wonderful thing to do with today’s strong swell as it gave us a chance to check out a lot of the breaks along this incredible stretch of coastline. Very solid waves at Parlementia, Guethary. Swell was 6-8 feet today, […]
Energy but messy
Hello Friends, Breezy and offshore early under mainly cloudy skies (there’s a 60% chance of a shower). Wind was out of the west at 10-15 kts before 0830. At 0600 the MHL buoy recorded average swell height at 2.8 metres from the SSE at 11 seconds apart. Tide was high at 0630 and will be […]
Postcards from Hossegor
Drove up to Hossegor this morning to check out the WSL contest currently underway there. Solid crowd on hand to witness the world’s best contest surfers take on a chunky beach break. Lots of close-outs but the odd gem on offer for those able to successfully read the conditions. Hossegor lacks the natural coastline beauty […]
Just about flat but not quite
Hello Friends, Energy levels have slipped toward flatness overnight and this morning at 0740 when I grabbed the pictures, it looked to be in the ankle to knee high range. Skies were mostly cloudy and wind was coming lightly from the NW. Tide hit high at 0540 and is dropping to the low at 1110 […]
Scrappy but surfable morning
Hello Friends, Hazy atmosphere and sideshore 10-15 kts from the SSW as of 0800. Waves at Dee Why look to be in the waist high range with the odd bigger face in the mix. The MHL Sydney buoy hasn’t reported in since yesterday afternoon, but looking at Port Kembla and Crowdy Head data, I’d say […]
Barely there morning at Dee Why
Hello Friends, Grey skies and a light NNW breeze texturing the surface for the first shift at Dee Why this morning. As the pictures show, sets were struggling to get into the surfable range. I’d call it ankle to knee with occasional waist high bombs. Low tide’s at 0850 this morning and then back to […]
Possible to surf this Saturday morning
Hello Friends, Gloomy, drizzly grey skies, mild temps and not much wind as Saturday got started. There are some waves around the place, but only a few spots are picking up the waist to chest plus sets coming from the south. The MHL buoy was seeing 2 metres of SSE swell at 10 seconds as […]
Postcard from Anglet
Went surfing today at the beach breaks of Anglet, just north of Biarritz. Morning surf at ‘Chambre d’Amour’ (lovely name of a place to go surfing) followed by a beach cafe lunch, then an afternoon session at ‘Corsaires’ (pictured below). These French beach breaks met our expectations. Shifting banks and punchy waves (and attractive spectators). […]
Small and weak but not flat
Hello Friends, Rather smal, gutlessl and inconsistent, but there were definitely little moments of energy at the Dee Why to Longy stretch as of 0630. Wind was a barely-there NW breeze and out at sea the MHL buoy was seeing 1.4 metres of 13 second bump from the SE. Water’s still on 18C but we’re […]
The Goat’s Surf Forecast
The Goat’s Surf Forecast issued Thursday 3 October 2019 Seven day outlook for Sydney: Beaut day today and enough movement in the water to keep the young kids on school hols happy. Using the cutting edge technology available to him and his gut feel, TG can confidently say to you… the outlook for the week […]