PICS: Manly Wed morning and pumping
It was a beautiful morning with lashings of solid ESE swell and from Queensy to South Steyne there were peaks aplenty for the frothing punters. I rocked up with the shooting rig and spent over an hour pointing the lens at very photogenic waves. As always my goal was to get shots of typical surfers […]
PICS: North Narrabeen Tues 22 Mar 2011
Solid east swell lit up North Narrabeen and I was there to catch some of it with the camera in the morning and again in the afternoon. I’ve put all the pics into a gallery for anyone who may have been in the water! Enjoy, and remember, it’s easy to buy a high res version […]
Energy levels bumping up…
Hello Friends, Southerly will limit the surf options this morning, but if you can find a protected corner, there should be enough east swell to provide something of interest. Sets at Dee Why were making an effort to get to chest high, while around at the more protected Collaroy you needed every cm of length […]
Gale warning, heavy rain expected
Hello Friends, As I write this, the expected gale has not yet arrived. But the leaden skies and occasionally heavy rain have turned up as expected and as a consequence the beach isn’t looking too attractive at all. The swell has picked up a bit though and that should mean places with a wave last […]
Swell is coming
Hello Friends, Since around midnight the swell period setting has started to shoot upward. As of about 0900 it had increased to nearly 10 seconds. The same pattern is showing on the buoys north of us. Average period up at Byron is getting close to 11 sec. Size of the swell at sea is still […]
Bower sesh
Hi evening folk, Hope you got a wave or two today. I had one of those will-I-won’t-I days. Finally gave into that familiar itch. You know the deal, I’m sure. You know there are waves and you could go… but for whatever reason you put it off. But the antsy feeling finally wins out and […]
Dropping tide
It got overcast and cold, but for the hardy few who were willing to snap a board if they got in the wrong spot, there were waves to be had on the dropping tide. Ah, winter time.
Not gone, but going?
Manly still has a few decent sized sets coming in although the consistency and quality is notably less than yesterday. Decent crowd on it early with the occasional 4 foot sets hitting the beach. Sadly the banks are still in a terrible state which seems such a pity with such perfect conditions. Well worth a […]
A dozen from Northy this morning.
Before heading off to the Bower for a surf, I went down for a closer look at Gardens and then Northy (where all the pictures in this post come from) Gardens was not looking as good as it had an hour or two earlier when I took the first set of pics this morning. There […]
A few snaps from the Bower at midday
Hello Friends, Jumped in the water at the Bower for a bit of the swell. Had a waterproof Panasonic camera (the DMC-FT1) to play with, so I grabbed some piccies for you… Anyone who’d like a high res, just use the feedback link in the top menu to let me know. I was having issues […]