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PICS: Manly, Curly, DY this am

Grabbed a few snaps of the conditions at Manly, Curly and Dee Why around 0900 this morning as I was out and about. Manly was mildly busy crowd-wise, but smaller than yesterday and not as consistent. The best peaks were sort of around North Steyne, although I saw waves caught up and down the beach. […]

PICS: North Steyne, Wednesday morning 20 August

Another chilly and southerly morning, but, as on Monday, there was a window of opportunity for surfers at Manly’s North Steyne. Did a bit of shooting from just north of the surf club before the rain set in again and I had to scurry away… Click the pic to jump to the gallery!

Small but surfable many places

Hello Friends, Running a little late this morning, apologies. We still have a few scraps of knee to waist plus SSE swell showing along the beaches this morning. At 0700 the MHL Sydney buoy was recording energy from the south around to the east, but the most focuse stuff was at 131 degrees. It was […]

Manly, Freshie, Curly wander

Down to Manly for an errand again this morning, so picked up a few snaps on the way back. Manly was noticeably smaller and less consistent than yesterday, but if you were patient and happy to deal with knee high sets, it was a nice morning to be in that warm water with a mal. […]

From this morning: Manly and Curly

Had to be down Manly way this morning, so I stopped at south Steyne and grabbed a few shots of people playing around on a really fun looking tiny peak. Just perfect for some delicate longboard surfing. Glassy, knee to waist, warm… looked so fun, but I didn’t have a mal with. Went by Curly […]

A few more piccies from Manly and Curly

Had reason to be in Manly this morning so grabbed some snaps. Lots more folks in the water and a touch bigger than yesterday. However, it also seemed that the catchable ones were fewer and farther between. Plus the NE’r was just beginning to stir. Around the corner at Curly, there were only a few […]

Before 0900 at Manly & Curly

Found myself in Manly this morning, so grabbed a few snaps. Didn’t have time to post them until late though as I went for a quick little sesh at Dee Why which was roughly the same as Manly and Curly – ie knee to waist and better suited to mals. It seemed to me as […]

Piccies: Manly, Curly, Longy

Nothing too amazing going on at Manly, but there were little longboardable things to be caught mainly in the middle of the beach. Looking at it, I’d guess that as the tide swings about, those options will move around. Up at Curly there were soft and slightly bigger, but junkier peaks pretty much from the […]

Out and about

Out and about this morning and checked everywhere from Manly to North Narra. Bower was flat, Manly was scrappy but sort of do-able considering, Freshy was a case of NUP!, Curly – do you have to even ask?, Dee Why point swell not connecting, up the beach too much work for too little pay off, […]

Surf pic galleries: Gardens, North Narra, Mona Vale & Manly

First surfer picture galleries I’ve posted in absolute yonks. We finally had good shooting conditions and sizable swell on the weekend of the the 16-17th. On Saturday morning I started at Gardens, then moved up to North Narrabeen and finished up at Mona Vale. Next day, I spent an hour or so shooting between North […]