Hot today
Lovely morning.. currently 29 but the NW breeze is bringing that back to a comfortable 24. Forecast 37 later. Right now surf is very small but there are a few takers for the 1 metre NE swell. Low tide still to come at around 10.40. Enjoy
Cloudy but at least not windy
Cloudy morning but at least the howling cold southerly wind of yesterday has gone. Waves around 2 metres or so at South magnets. Water surface is clean and smooth but it’s currently crowded before people go to work or school (they’re late now). Max of 22 . Mid tide coming in. Have a good one […]
Today
There are waves around today… with nice conditions. Currently in the 1-2 metre range from pretty much dead South. Wind is light and from the North, expected to go NE later. Best in north corners of longer beaches or at South swell magnets befoe the wind gets up.Watch out for blueys… there were several along […]
Saturday surf
The overnight Southerly from a Low down in the Tasman has brought some waves which are in the 3-4 metre range offshore. The Low is heading off quickly and is expected to be over NZ’s South Island by tonight. With the swell from due South, most of it is going straight past and up the coast, […]
Friday
1 metre or so rideable now lots of lines at places open to dead South to de
Midget
Very sad news. He was a good mate. Only heard yesterday he was back in hospital with stomach cancer. An all round surfer short board, long board, surfboat sweep… he was a champion in many respects. Humble, quiet, a very knowledgeable person. He surprised me one day by saying he ( re) joined a surf […]
Saturday
Flatter than a steam rolled pancake… and not expected to be any different all day. Wind is gusting from W WNW to get up to 45 kph today… so hang on to your toupee Good day for a swim – water temp is 20. See TG’s forecast… (and the Bureau has just put a warning […]
Saturday
Nice to see blue sky after the rain… Currently the air temp is about 9 on the coast and the wind is a light offshore WNW which will start to smooth off the bumpy surf at some locations. The Sydney buoy is showing 2.3 – 3.8 metres of SE swell, while those to the south […]
Today
11.20..waves are around 1 metre or less starting to break more with the dropping tide. ..but the air temp on the coast is still only 10..with apparent temp of 7. Weak sunshine..with rain on the way for most of the rest of the week. No whales seen today…ocean is pretty quiet inshore but horizon is […]
today
Very fresh morning..currently about 8 or 9 on the coast with the WNW 20kph windchill making it 3 or 4! Keen omes are in the water already of course. Waves mostly around 1.5 metres but sets are head high at beaches open to the South. Hardly anything elsewhere, like at Manly. Offshore conditions are ideal… […]