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

First light

Hello Friends, Not enough light to grab a snap just yet. But going out to do so very shortly. So, here is the situation according to the data. Overnight the swell has turned more SE and is now around the 2 metre mark at about 9 sec apart. That’s pretty similar to yesterday morning on […]

Norfy & Gardens

Northy was looking a mite busy this morning. Well, it is a Saturday, so I guess that comes as no great surprise… Lots of waves heaving about, but SE is not generally the optimal direction for that place. There were a few lefts trying to happen, but they often seemed to fat out shortly after […]

Interesting prospects

Hello Friends, Now there’s something I like to see; the latest data from the MHL Sydney buoy showing 2 metres of SE swell with a period of 9 seconds. And the good thing is that it looks like the period tendency is still upward. Throw in light N-NW wind, and you have pretty good prospects […]

Well, we have some swell

Hello Friends, As anticipated, we have a little swell this morning thanks to all that wind yesterday. At Dee Why, the point is pretty busy. The sets seem to be smaller and less consistent than over in the beachy, but the latter is getting its share of shutdowns. Biggest set I saw at the point […]

Busy but waves

AFTERNOON UPDATE: Got back from a pleasant session at Dee Why point to find that our server spat the dummy at roughly the moment I’d gone out the door. Sigh. Oh well, these things happen. Anyway, the waves at Dee Why were in the chest to head high plus range. The quality was around 3 […]

Getting smaller, but not flat

Hello Friends, We have a bright morning with light NW winds and a couple metres of SE swell. The before-work crew were on it and while the average size is down a fair amount from yesterday, it’s definitely not flat. The outlook is for the wind to remain out of W-NW and not to blow […]