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Hello Friends, WSW wind and 3 metres of 9-second south swell were producing waves of a sort at Dee Why this morning. On the Friday morning a couple weeks ago when I was hobbling up the beach following my tussle with the rocks at the point, I noticed that a distinct peak had formed north […]

Only an update cause it’s Anzac Day, and we’ve got a man down still by the look of things. First … today started out OK with an uptick from yesterday’s small conditions, light wind, sunshine. Was looking pretty good till the southerly picked up. Then things just went bllrrgh or something like that.  Keensters stayed […]

Two kids find the only wave at a secret surf spot in Sydney and have it all to themselves… Dark clouds loom from the south, possibly with some wind too. Water still stained from the Hawkesbury runout to sea but I guess their young immune system a can handle it. TG

Surf forecast issued Thursday 18 April 2024: Seven day outlook for Sydney Well I suppose it had to happen sometime, lamented TG… The change of season time has started to bring cooler weather, more showers and some dullness to proceedings. Water temp is around the air temp or better at times, but a cool breeze […]

Hello Friends, Apologies for the gap in reporting since Friday. Add my name to long list of Dee Why rock off casualties. On Friday morning when swell was pumping, I decided it would be more fun to go for a swim with my camera at the point rather than try to mix it with fit […]

Hello Friends, What a morning! Get out there if you can (but only if you’re an experienced rider). Sets at Dee Why were solidly overhead thanks to a 3 metre, 11 second ESE-SE swell. At 0800, the wind was still coming lightly from the west and tide was coming into the 1105 1.4 m high. […]

North Steyne riders on a sunny Thursday morning, with 7-10 kts of WSW wind, an hour or so before a 1.5 m high tide. Swell was dead south, 3 metres at 9-10 seconds apart. High res files suitable for big prints are available, just email me via don [at] realsurf [dot] com. images

Surf forecast issued Thursday 11 April 2024: Seven day outlook for Sydney Looks like a nice weekend ahead, with some sunshine and light winds forecast. Top marks to the BoM yesterday for their first Dangerous surf warning indicating swell direction (“large and powerful surf conditions along south facing coasts…”), but no dangerous surf warning at […]

Hello Friends, Swell was pounding in this morning at Dee Why and yet weirdly the Bureau hasn’t hoisted the large and powerful surf warning. Definitely a day for the fit and experienced riders only. Conditions look pretty raw and lumpy it has to be said. Sets were big enough to max out the point, and […]

Hello Friends, Skies were mostly overcast at 0745 when I grabbed the snaps from RealSurf HQ. They’re a bit soft because the 17-26 kt SW wind was blowing my camera rig around. It was also producing lumpy conditions in the corner at Dee Why where set waves were in the shoulder to head plus range. […]