Sunshine Wednesday with waves
Hello Friends, Nice morning out there. Swell at sea is around the 2 metre mark this morning with average periods of 11-12 seconds and ranges from solidly overhead at North Steyne, to shoulder/head high at Dee Why (on sets). Dee Why point’s not really working with this swell direction (dead east), but the better beaches […]
Stormy seas
Hello Friends, Waited around for the rain to back off enough for me to get a picture of Dee Why through the trees. Even from a distance, the ocean looks pretty ordinary. Wind was 25 30 kts as of late morning and the rain was still coming in waves. Speaking of waves, the buoys are […]
Pass on it
Rainy and horrible across the east coast of Australia. No reason to head to the beach obviously.
Our new look
After more than a decade, we were long overdue for a RealSurf makeover. The new design aims for a less busy and more picture-centric look that will, I hope, play nicely with phones and tablets, while also loading a bit quicker overall. If you encounter any glitches or would like me to restore something that […]
Rain and wind for Sunday morning
Hello Friends, 20-35 kts of east wind driving the rain more or less horizontally across the wheelhouse windows at RealSurf HQ this morning. Looks like the swell is around 3 metres at 9 seconds out of the east. Nowhere along the coast will be out of this wind, although there might be a little wave […]
Obviously not
Hello Friends, Plainly not a day for a surf. The rain is expected to be heavy at times, the ESE wind has been blasting along at 20-30 kts all night, the water was given the ‘pollution likely’ designation everywhere by Beachwatch yesterday morning (so it won’t be better today) and the ocean is a lumpy […]
Friday’s a surf write-off
Hello Friends, ESE 11-16 kts. 35 to 50mm of rain coming our way. 2.3 metres of 8-second ESE swell. The pictures tell the story. It’s a day only for the desperate and fit. And for the outlook, may I point you to the latest words of surf wisdom from the mighty Goat. Also, a bit […]
The Goat’s Surf Forecast
The Goat’s Surf Forecast Surf forecast issued Thursday 18 March 2021: Seven day outlook for Sydney: TG wasn’t happy… Why did you wake me up for this? …Can’t you look out the window!?! …Find something else to do! I said: Can you have a closer look for me, and shoved him out the door. I […]
Grey, windy and pretty much unsurfable
Hello Friends, What a week. Another windy, showery and extremely junky day along the beaches of Sydney. Wind was 17-24 kts from the ESE at 0730, it’s been blowing like that all night and it looks from the forecast as though it’s not backing off any time soon. Throw in the ‘heavy at times’ rain, […]
SE and junky
Hello Friends, We had 12-15 kts of SSE wind and mostly cloudy skies as Wednesday got started along the beaches. As of 0700 swell at sea was 1.7 metres from 141° at 8 seconds apart. Swell is set to increase as the day goes along, but the wind’s set to turn easterly and it won’t […]