Gloomy and tiny but you could get wet
Hello Friends, Back to the gloomy weather, but this time it’s not just smoke because there’s a 80% chance of precipitation. Yesterday’s little waves are littler again this morning. It looks to be in the knee to waist high range on the bigger sets at the point. I didn’t see anything much happening in the […]
Smooth seas and waist plus on sets this morning
Hello Friends, High cloud with good visibility and a few waves too this morning at Dee Why. Swell’s faded overnight and it looked to be less consistent than yesterday as well as smaller. I’m calling it waist to chest as of 0800 at Dee Why. The MHL buoy was seeing 1.5 metres at 12 seconds […]
Waves around, quality not so much
Hello Friends, Was hopeful for the wave prospects this morning. We definitely have swell. The MHL buoy 0600 data showed 2 metres at 9 seconds from 152-158° and wind was just stirring from the south when I looked at it between 0800 and 0845. First stop was Long Reef where it seems the action on […]
High tide at Long Reef
Hello Friends, Chucked the board in the car, grabbed the camera and went for a closer look at conditions at Long Reef just as the tide was peaking. Quite a number of people out the back on second bombie and an unusual number clustered at shitrock as well. As expected, the beach was just shutting […]
Monday grey again but waves around
Hello Friends, As of 0800 the breeze was coming faintly from the west, but surface conditions were still a little ragged looking when I took the pictures. The MHL buoy was seeing 2.1 metres of 15-second energy from 156° (SSE) at 0500, but I didn’t see anything substantial at the point. Given where the crowd […]
Messy and chest high
Hello Friends, Another grey and windblown morning with junky but chest high waves. Swell at sea as of 0600 was 2.3 metres at 11 seconds from 160° (SSE). Wind was SE at 8-15 kts and therefore, as the pictures show, not doing anything to improve surface conditions at Dee Why. It’ll only be worse up […]
Swell pops up Saturday afternoon
Hello Friends, That was unusual. Having written it off, I didn’t look at the beach again until late in the afternoon on my bike ride around the lake and out to Dee Why. There were 16 people in the water and a similar number scattered north from Kiddies toward the pole and set wave faces […]
Southerly Saturday
Hello Friends, Nup. Not happening for the early along the Northern Beaches. Wind was south at 15-30 kts with gusts to 45 kt from first light. Tide was coming into a swampy 1.94 metres at a little after 0900. Skies were gloomy and grey with a strong aroma of bushfire smoke. Exposed spots were pretty […]
Flat Friday morning for Dee Why
Hello Friends, A dangerous fire day coming up as Friday in Sydney kicks off with grey skies, light SW winds and minimal smoke haze. Swell has faded back from yesterday and as of 0500 was 0.9 metres at 14 seconds from the SSE (158°). There were a few people hanging out in the beachies north […]
The Goat’s Surf Forecast
The Goat’s Surf Forecast Surf forecast issued Thursday 9 January 2020: Seven day outlook for Sydney: How good was it to breathe clean air today if you were on the coast. You would have been lucky to find your way to the beach yesterday through the thick smoke and mist that hung around all day… […]