thinking out loud

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28 June 2007 and Dee Why point was firing. We’d had great swell all month, but this was something out of the box. Plenty of people in the water, but it was incredibly consistent. I spent about two hours in the water, during which time I captured close to half an hour of clips. These are the highlights.

The video was made with a Canon PowerShot S1 IS in a water housing. The moody soundtrack comes from Dave Kowalski. Editing is all my fault.

Nice looking at Dee Why beach this morning.

Hello Friends,

Energy levels have definitely gone down, but it’s not flat, so there should be some fun performance surf for the Snowy McAlister contest at Manly. My guess is they’ll be up the north end of the beach though, because the swell is south at around 9-10 seconds and 2-3 metres at sea.

Dee Why, like everywhere else, is distinctly smaller this morning. Only a few bods in the water at the point when I looked at around 0700. There’s more activity up the beach where it’s more exposed to the primary swell direction. It’s ranging from waist to chest high for the most part, but there are a few sneaker sets around the place, so it’s not beyond the realms of the possible that you could find yourself dropping into something around the head high mark.

Wind as I write this is WNW at around 5-10 kts, but the Bureau says this will push up to 20-30 kts out of the SW as the day goes along.

Outlook is for the swell energy to gradually decline through Sunday but with luck to not go quite flat. At least one of the models is showing a brief east pulse on Monday, but right now it doesn’t look like being too spectacular. However, Tuesday through Thursday are looking pretty ordinary. Could be the first flat spell we’ve had in a month.

Enjoy your day and go well!

Hello Friends,

Swell angle has swung to the south overnight but it’s bigger out at sea. Yesterday it was averaging around 2 metres at 12 sec, but now it’s 4 metres at 11 sec. The direction change has seen the average size at Dee Why drop distinctly from yesterday. Plus, we have stronger winds (around 20 kts out of the west).

Size at the point is averaging around shoulder head high with a few bombs in the mix that are approaching twice that. Surface conditions are not looking as clean as yesterday when I was swimming about out there with my camera shooting video for your eventual entertainment.

I was up late trying to finish the aforesaid highlights reel for you, but I kinda flamed out near midnight. The rough cut is around the 8-9 minute mark because there were so many “keepers” - particularly of the charging bodyboarders at first rock.

From the look of the long range forecasts, I should have time to catch up on video editing next week. The models seem to agree that we’ll have small to tiny conditions next week. Looks like Huey’s put all his effort into the most extraordinary June I can remember.

Swell should fade through the day, but I reckon we’ll still have surfable stuff through the weekend.

Go well and have yourself a top old day!

(below from my upcoming video about yesterday at Dee Why point)