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Grey, drippy start

LATE ARVO UPDATE:   Finally the skies have lifted adequately for me to see what’s going on from the crow’s nest atop the RealSurf wheelhouse. And what’s going on is only very slightly more than what my picture from this morning showed. There hasn’t been a tremendous improvement in the vital signs. The latest MHL […]

Windy, grey and Huey’s gone away

Hello Friends, We’re not starting out with rain this morning, but the skies are grey enough and the wind is pushing along at 15-20 kts from the south. No rain on the radar at the moment and the Bureau says we should be getting sunny breaks later, but the S to SE wind is set […]

Still flat, but now with extra grayness

Hello Friends, Overcast and dripping this morning. And more of the wet stuff is on the way. Wind is currently out of the SW around to the NW, but the call is for it to rack around to the SE and then settle into the south as it accelerates to 20-30 kts. With luck this […]

Holding pattern

Hello Friends, Sort of an interesting day for those of us who enjoy watching weather – breezy, the odd shower, the occasional sunbeam. But, sadly, where the surf’s concerned, it’s conforming to the forecasts. Once again, the MHL Sydney buoy is reporting average swell height at sea of about a metre from the SE. It’s […]

Sunny skies, no waves

Hello Friends, Precisely as anticipated, the waves have gone away this morning. There was a little something yesterday afternoon, but when Huey’s nudged the settings down to a metre at 6 seconds from the SE, well, the options are going to be limited surfwise. From the shape of the forecasts, we can expect much the […]