Long period ahoy
Hello Friends, This morning kicked off with clear skies, 10-15 kts of westerly wind and 1.3 metres of 17-second SSE swell (that energy’s traveled a long way to reach us). Tide was low at 0620 and at daybreak the air temp was a bracing 12 at RealSurf HQ. Made a quick loop around the edges […]
Monday morning waves
Hello Friends, Chilly tinge to the air at 0730 but wide blue skies overhead and 2 metres of 10-sec SSE swell rolling in for the first shift. Sets at Dee Why point were around the chest mark and similar, if not a bit bigger along the beach. Wind was a 10kt westerly and tide dropping […]
It’s here
Hello Friends, Swell started to kick in just after dark yesterday and as of 0600 this morning the MHL buoy off Sydney was picking up 4.2 metres of 13-second period south swell. Wind was WSW at around 10-12 kts. Tide’s coming into the high at 1040. As the pictures show, there is some size but […]
Lots of waves around early
Hello Friends, Plenty of surf options this morning as long as you aren’t too picky. We have close to 2 metres of 10-sec ESE swell and light winds early. Wind is set to come up from the NE but it looks like it might be okay all morning. Surface a bit textured and given the […]
Waves to be had this morning
Hello Friends, Conditions were pretty reasonable this morning at 0700. We had light westerly wind, a dropping tide (low’s at 1015) and nearly 2 metres of 9-second east swell. Set wave faces were around the chest high mark from Dee Why beach to No Man’s and similar if a bit less consistent at the point. […]
Smaller, but not small
Hello Friends, Light SW wind and a high tide at 0730 combine with the slowly fading swell to deliver chest to head plus conditions at Dee Why this morning. Swell’s SE and around the two metre mark at sea with an average period of about 10 seconds. There were waves at the point and along […]
Fun Sunday morning
Hello Friends, At 0700 the MHL buoy was showing 1.7 metres of SSE swell at 13 seconds. Water temp was sitting on 19 offshore and wind was NW at 4-6kkts. Tide was high at 0615 and will be all the way out at 1210. Bureau says the wind should be northerly through the day before […]
Waves for the early and more to come
Hello Friends, The Bureau’s hoisted a warning for large and powerful surf conditions later today. As of 0630 the swell was showing from the SSE at a couple of metres with an average period around the 10 second mark. Wind was light offshore for the dawn patrol and set wave faces at Dee Why beach […]
A few pics from Monday at Dee Why
Monday morning saw some residual SSE swell in the chest plus range at Dee Why, so I grabbed the camera and went shooting until the wind finally messed it up too much. If you were in the water around 0900 and you caught a wave at the south end or the point, there’s a good […]
Sunny morning and fun waves
Hello Friends, A couple of days of surf coming up for Sydney. This morning sees some fun looking waist to chest plus south swell showing at Dee Why. Winds were light SW (and set to stay from that direction) under sunny skies with a low tide coming our way at 1040. Dee Why point was […]