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SSE wind friendly spots only

Hello Friends, Steady 10-15 kts of SSE wind was working over the surface conditions at Dee Why beach when I checked for the first time this morning at about 0815. Quite a crew in trying to make something of the very choppy and messy chest to chest plus sets. Tide was heading toward low and […]

Sunday smooth early but tiny

Hello Friends, High tide’s at 1055 this morning, so from that perspective, the early was ok. But from the perspective of actual, rideable waves, well, it was not so ok. According to the MHL specra from 0400, we had about 1.5 metres of 7 second period NE wind bump. For Dee Why this meant knee […]

Weak and tiny but maybe possible

Hello Friends, Light northerly breeze and a weak but not totally and utterly hopeless little 7-sec period NE wind swell lapping in as Thursday paddled into position. Apart from the lack of real size (think maybe waist plusses on the bombs), Thursday’s 0915 high tide wasn’t helping the morning crew. And, by the time it’s […]

Might be a little something

Hello Friends, Another marginal surf day coming up. Looks like the best shot is to head to beaches with a bit of east exposure because we have a short period one metre ENE wind swell lapping in. At Dee Why there were the occasional waist high bombs, but for the most part it was more […]

Are you patient? Really patient?

Hello Friends, A run of warm days coming up apparently. Warm days and not much surf, if the Bureau has it right. From the crows nest at 0615, Dee Why could be seen to be hosting half a dozen hopeful participants out in front of the SLSC. After a very long wait, I finally got […]

Guess what? Still micro.

Hello Friends, If you’re back to work today, then at least you can console yourself that you aren’t missing anything at the beach. There is only the faintest of faint SE wind swells flopping weakly in to our beaches this morning. The numbers tell the story. A metre at sea and not quite 8 seconds […]

Clear skies, light winds early, but very small

Hello Friends A warm one coming up, but sadly not a surf one. Look, you might get a leeedle something at places that like a metre or so of 9 sec SE wind swell. If you jagged something waist high, I reckon it’d all be good. Tide’s dropping to a midday low (@1225) and the […]

At least it was glassy early

Hello Friends, Not much wind around as the day got started, so the surface conditions were quite smooth. Swell was around the metre mark from the SE at 10 seconds apart – which just wasn’t enough to get anything going at Dee Why. Couldn’t make out anyone in the water as of 0615. Sets looked […]

Little Monday

Hello Friends, Clear skies, lightly offshore but only knee to waist high little remnant wind waves coming in at the moment. Wind’s going SE’ly this afternoon and as that happens, the swell should perk from the south. As of 0200 the MHL data was showing a metre of 7 sec period NE wind bump. So […]

Aw Huey

Hello Friends, Strong southerly greeted your correspondent when he opened the hatch to RealSurf’s crows nest. Grey and hazy atmospheric conditions, lots of south wind and maybe waist high little south bumps showing at Dee Why beach. The MHL spectra for Sydney shows the main energy coming from the SSE at 11 seconds apart and […]