A few piccies for you
1000 UPDATE: Perfect conditions wind wise and the 80% chance of rain doesn’t look like applying this morning. North Steyne to Queenscliff was knee to chest and not super consistent, but unlike Curly and Dee Why, it actually had a few banks. Dee Why beach was a riot of pretty shutdowns and the point was […]
Swell perking up this morning
Hello Friends, Glassy start to Thursday morning and as forseen by the models, we have some solid sets in the mix. Waves were into the chest plus range on sets at Manly, head high but kinda fat at Curly and wasit to shoulder with odd pluses at Dee Why. Swell was close to the 2 […]
Stormy conditions suitable only for the super keen
Hello Friends, Not a day when many folks want to go for a surf – despite the fact that there is some size around and even a few places that aren’t totally ripped to bits by the SSE wind. At 0830 there were a few folks having a go at Manly in the rather soft […]
North Steyne at 0900 (vid)
Dark grey skies and chop-inducing light easterly onshore with a high tide at North Steyne this morning when I stopped to shoot a video minute. The two metre 12-sec east swell was quite consistent and though most waves were unmakeable shutdowns, the fun ones were reasonably plentiful for the sizable crowd.
Not gone, look around and be realistic
Hello Friends, Grey and chilly as I made the run back from Manly this morning. Swell has slipped another notch down toward unsurfability, but there were definitely still a few waist plus waves to be found from Manly to Dee Why. Wind was light and swell was a touch under the 1.5 metre mark from […]
Fit your expectations to reality
Hello Friends, Winter solstice is shaping up to be a beautiful day. The swell has faded a fair amount overnight but there were still some waist high peaks here and there. I spotted one at Manly (see pic) and around at Curly there seemed to be another at the south end. Heading over the hill […]
A few more pics of a few more waves this morning
Hello again! I envy you if you were able to get in the water this morning. Conditions weren’t all time by any stretch of the imagination, but that said, they weren’t dire either. I’d call it 6/10 for being clean, waist to chest on sets but somewhat flabby thanks to an average period of around […]
Drizzly but more waves about
Hello Friends, A drippy start to Wednesday but even with an approaching high tide (0850), there were a few waist to chest wave faces at the better spots. The 0700 data from offshore showed 1.7 metres of SE swell at 13 seconds. The spectra reveals that it’s a mix of 7-8 sec east and longer […]
Definitely a few waves around from Manly to North Narrabeen
A few pictures from my Manly to RealSurf HQ run earlier this morning. Swell has come up slightly since this morning’s report and while the tide is making most places pretty fat, there are waves to be had at all the beaches I checked. Maybe as the tide drops, and if the wind holds off… […]
At high tide
Just a quick one to share a few snaps from this morning’s trip from Manly. High tide making it fat and declining swell making it inconsistent. Crowds were well down and there were waves. Manly ranged from knee to chest-ish, while Curly was more waist to shoulder-ish. . . . . .