It’s summer and that’s that
Hello Friends, As expected, we’re looking at another day of rather marginal conditions in Sydney. The data from our local waverider buoy (thank you MHL) is showing a metre of 7 sec east windswell. If you find yourself up near the border with Queensland, the size is still about the same and the period’s […]
Small, that’s all
Hello Friends, Went for a bit of a drive this morning and as my earlier reports have indicated, there’s not much going on. Fortunately it is not utterly and completely flat at those spots that like a bit of east to their 1 metre, 7 sec period windswell. Overall not that many people in the […]
Fogged in morning
Hello Friends, The dense fog that developed last night seems to be lifting a little along this stretch of the northern beaches. Still, there isn’t quite enough visibility to take a picture yet, but through the swirling mist, I can see that there’s not all that much to take a picture of where Dee Why’s […]
Heat is coming
Hello Friends, Although it’s pleasant enough now, the Bureau says we’ll be sweltering by this afternoon when strong, hot NW winds bring inland heat to the coast. If only there were some reasonable waves around. There were a few folks trying to work out a way to catch the tiny, gutless lumps washing weakly into […]
Good day for, um,
Hello Friends, Another magnificent morning in Sydney. Mild and clear with a light breeze stirring through the dune grasses. The windswell has stayed about the same size as yesterday (a metre or so). It’s still mainly out of the east and the average period has increased ever so slightly to about 7 seconds. But, the […]
Oh, Sunday looks sad
Hello Friends, Yep, it’s still spring out there. Not as warm as yesterday, but the surf situation remains much the same. Swell energy continues to bounce around between 7 and 8 seconds. So too has the height at sea which continues along at around a metre from the east. So, the short version for Sunday, […]