thinking out loud

Hello Friends,

Looks like a great day for east coasters to catch up on non-surfing pursuits. It’s mighty tiny from stem to stern kids. At Dee Why there were a few extra keen types out rustling ripples with their mals. Out at sea off Sydney the MHL buoy is showing a low swell (touch under a metre) with a power setting of just 7 seconds on average. To the extent it matters, the primary direction is a generally useful SE. Useful, that is, when there’s something in the surfable range.

Things kinda got away from me yesterday, so there wasn’t time to come up with a report on how the forecast models are looking. With luck I’ll be able to get on to that today.

On a more serious note, I know that many of you have been following the news on Daz Longbottom (aka Longbum) on our forums. After checking the idea out with a couple of his close mates who are closely involved with coordinating things on his behalf, I whipped up a quick little web site for them to use if they want. You’ll find it at catdaz.com.

Have yourself a top old day!

Hello Friends,

Pretty small this morning at Dee Why. And yet, when you look at the MHL data, it’s not _that_ much smaller than yesterday at this time. Swell height is maybe 0.3 metre smaller than this time yesterday when there were shoulder high sets. Period is down from a touch over 9 sec to better than 8 seconds - so no significant change there I wouldn’t have thought. Direction is still a favourable SE. But, the best set wave I saw while waiting to grab the picture this morning, was maybe waist high. And it looks as though the beachy is not a lot bigger. The final clue is that there are very few people in the water. A couple at the point and a couple up the beach from kiddies were pretty much it at 0730…

The trend looks to be for a steady decline in the Sydney region toward flatness across the weekend. But you folk living the good life in Queensland may finally have some sort of energy to play with (if you like wind). This from the Bureau’s summary:

“A trough is expected to develop off the south Queensland coast on Friday. A Low is expected to develop within this trough on Sunday. This will increase the winds on the far north coast on Sunday, possibly reaching gale force. “

Sounds interesting… and if it persists as presently foreshadowed in the models, then we might have some fun little ENE swell in Sydney early next week…

Have yourself a top old day and may all your fine plans play out to your satisfaction!

Hello Friends,

Swell has kicked on overnight, so this morning sees conditions not dissimilar to yesterday’s good-enough-to-bottle swell. Average height at sea is a modest 1.5 metres from the SE and the period is still around the 9 sec mark in the Sydney region. It looks as though these conditions should last through the day too.

So, what about the wind situation? Ah, glad you asked. Would you like light and variable all day? Done. You’ve got it. Go surfin’ when your schedule permits. There should be heaps of alternatives to choose from.

Get out there if you can and go well with whatever comes your way!