"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

Southerly day

Hello Friends, SSE wind at 15-25 kts from before daybreak. Not good. High tide at 0950 too. Throw in grey skies and the odd sprinkle in those gusting winds, and you’re not looking at an ideal beach day. The Collaroy-Narrabeen stretch was micro at the south end and chest plus but ripped apart at the […]

Tiny but not totally and absolutely flat

Hello Friends, Very small to almost – but not quite – flat this morning at the Dee Why to Longy and the Collaroy Narrabeen stretches. There’s a wee little NE wind swell of about a metre at 5 seconds apart. This translated into knee to maybe waist on the best sets at the best spots. […]

Rainy start to Tuesday

Hello Friends, It’s all not happening this morning. Had a look at Curly, Dee Why and Northy and all up I spotted a total of four people in the water. One each at Northy and Curly and the other two at Dee Why centre. This is not surprising however. The combination of grey, periodically rainy, […]

Oceaneye – Autumn rocks!

Photo: Squat Barrel – Narrabeen Some nice smooth hollow waves this morning. As I report the wind has swung onshore, but the swell is still there and your normal reefs should have something to keep the punters interested this afternoon.

Pull the doona up

Hello Friends, I’d stay in bed if you’re up early! 20 knots of ESE wind making a complete hash of the ocean for us this morning in Sydney. I very much doubt that there is anywhere out of the wind that also has waves. Swell at sea is around the 2.5 metre mark. It’s coming […]