Geez Ted, sounds like you got it worse than here although I am tucked away back up on the harbour, wasn't terrible here, pretty windy and rainy but not as bad as the media thought, think they got a bit excited by the anniversary of the Pasha bulker. Lots of beach erosion with the high tide, no waves anywhere up here today even inside the harbour is not lined up.

Live wind graph is interesting, we had wind all day yesterday and you didnt down there and then when the southerly came through seems you got hit harder. And now it's a NE up here?? And southerly down there??

www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/nsw4.asp


Still plenty of action in the ocean
Photo of the baths and Sydney wave bouy, 14 meters...






More photos...
www.novadays.com.au/

And today's surf report with photos.
www.novadays.com.au/



http://www.swellnet.com.au/reports/newcastle/daily

I just looked a this Ted, last 24 hours wind observations? so what 40 k's as the crow flies apart and completely different wind conditions, bit weird.

Norah head


www.weatherzone.com.au/station.jsp?lt=site&lc=61366&list=ob

Newcastle

www.weatherzone.com.au/station.jsp?lt=site&lc=61055&list=ob

swam in half a foot this morning. i made bigger waves from when i was doing the white whale jumps in front of the jap tourists

yeah its been some weird wind issues for sure!!! Sprout Daily just posted a few shots from Deadmans (just south of the Bower in Manly for those not in the know). Some big sets coming in!! Its a nasty spot that one - one false move and you will be having a close call meeting with the rocks!

In terms of size, it does not seem too big, but it's a hell of a mess.

If you know the northern beaches you would probably recognise the little boat launching bay beside the Golf Club at long reef. South swells hardly ever get in there and it's usually a millpond, not today.

There was even a tinny floating around in the middle with only 3 ft of the bow sticking out of the water.





This is what it looks like from the long reef headland looking towards DY.





This is Longy beach about 1 hour before high tide, I doubt there will be much of it left. If you look closely you can see 4 x morons (commonly known as clubies) heading out in 2 rubber duckys, I assume they would probably say it was for the purpose of practice.





There was a big crowd as DY, even the weather channel were doing a story.





Here's those idiot clubies who launched at Longy, they were outrunning waves at DY. I can't say if it's practice or play, but I do know everyone on the beach was unimpressed and more than one mention the cost to rescue them if it all went bad.

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obct said...

In terms of size, it does not seem too big, but it's a hell of a mess.

Thats an awesome shot there - pretty much tells it all , looking at the others it's got some size , thos e blokes have some cods for sure being out in that - cheers obs

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BulldogPup said...
Thats an awesome shot there - pretty much tells it all , looking at the others it's got some size , thos e blokes have some cods for sure being out in that - cheers obs

Nice work obct. That shots taken right in front of my mates place - the one who puts his fins on backwards!!!!

Yeah pup, at 8 - 10ft ft it's a great spectator sport to be sitting on the hill watching people get washed over into the pool after a missed time take off.[}:)]

Nice shots fella, Those photos of deadmans are nutz, good find ted.

And how far up is the water in the longy to Dee why shot, seems more like a storm surge with the high tide more so than a huge swell, although saying that there is plenty of swell up here.

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SP said...

Yeah pup, at 8 - 10ft ft it's a great spectator sport to be sitting on the hill watching people get washed over into the pool after a missed time take off.[}:)]

Nice shots fella, Those photos of deadmans are nutz, good find ted.

And how far up is the water in the longy to Dee why shot, seems more like a storm surge with the high tide more so than a huge swell, although saying that there is plenty of swell up here.

sh1T yeah - those 3 pics that Ted put up above are way past 8-10 foot , thats 20 isn't it easy SP ?

I'd say comfortably 12 -15 ft, up here I'd guess its 10-12ft but hard to tell no one surfing, either way, past my comfort zone,

Here's a sequence of the same photos as Teds hope it works
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.429568980410777.102892.106329019401443&type=3

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Ted the Kiwi said...

yeah its been some weird wind issues for sure!!! Sprout Daily just posted a few shots from Deadmans (just south of the Bower in Manly for those not in the know). Some big sets coming in!! Its a nasty spot that one - one false move and you will be having a close call meeting with the rocks!

Full sequence of above here.......

http://www.tracksmag.com/201206064648/Blogs/Tracks-Blog/Storm-Swell-Delivers-%E2%80%93-Mental-Deadmans-Sequence.html

Totally mutant section at the end..................

We were out in that today on the boat. It was still pretty messy but not too much wind and plenty of swell.We had to get a pilot off a big car carrier and it was rolling heaps. Kind of like a four storey building rolling on to of you.

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Thats allllllll yours mate

Classic SP - I watched them bury a whale at Merewether once - right in front of AJ's old house.

Byrons going off and so will snapper tomorrow.

hows the lines rolling in mate

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Ted the Kiwi said...

Classic SP - I watched them bury a whale at Merewether once - right in front of AJ's old house.

Yeah I can remember a few over the years, not sure if the herald has the location right, looks like it is down towards merewether more.

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hows the lines rolling in mate

red thumbs pup. Any guesses where they are coming from ?

Ha Chrispy hit me up for a 2 foot LM surf in the morning had one look at the cams and its going to be big,shortboarders only big.Byron was starting to look wild with Julian Rocks getting smashed in the background.

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62mac said...

Ha Chrispy hit me up for a 2 foot LM surf in the morning had one look at the cams and its going to be big,shortboarders only big.Byron was starting to look wild with Julian Rocks getting smashed in the background.

it was lookin alright about 4 pm Mac I am going up there to watch if it gets real big 2 moz if I dont get called into work, will get some pics

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62mac said...

Ha Chrispy hit me up for a 2 foot LM surf in the morning had one look at the cams and its going to be big,shortboarders only big.Byron was starting to look wild with Julian Rocks getting smashed in the background.

it was lookin alright about 4 pm Mac I am going up there to watch if it gets real big 2 moz if I dont get called into work, will get some pics

give us a call if you go to snapper boofy. i will take the shorty if i think i can do it. otherwise im doing the hand surfer and take pics. big snapper and a hand plane....**** yeh

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laceys lane said...

Ted the Kiwi said...

update.......the southerly has just kicked in......wind is now gusting at 98km an for or 53 knots in the old terms.....its hammering into our deck! The lights have already started to blink - could be a long night!

hey ted a few years ago, two years in a row, a day of wind over two hundred k's an hour up a charlotte in the ski season

Holly smoke - Thats farrrrrken windy....you we're lucky the roof stayed on!!!

a few roofs didn't

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boofy said...

62mac said...

Ha Chrispy hit me up for a 2 foot LM surf in the morning had one look at the cams and its going to be big,shortboarders only big.Byron was starting to look wild with Julian Rocks getting smashed in the background.

it was lookin alright about 4 pm Mac I am going up there to watch if it gets real big 2 moz if I dont get called into work, will get some pics

give us a call if you go to snapper boofy. i will take the shorty if i think i can do it. otherwise im doing the hand surfer and take pics. big snapper and a hand plane....**** yeh

Will do Chrispy if its no good there, a bunch of nutters always do towins out the front of Hastings point headland in a big southerly swell like this its good to get a coffee and watch

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BulldogPup said...

hows the lines rolling in mate

red thumbs pup. Any guesses where they are coming from ?

sad really scotty , mac & I have been hammered of late

Hey Pup jealously

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Hey Pup jealously

Go hard tomorrow Chrispy see you on 9 news for all the right reasons,I can see it now.

Crazy sb'er paddles out at d-bah heads around the corner and into a massive snapper line up,he paddles over the first three set waves and takes the four all the way to main,the reports asks how good was that and he replies how the fk am I going the get my car back

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Go hard tomorrow Chrispy see you on 9 news for all the right reasons,I can see it now.

Crazy sb'er paddles out at d-bah heads around the corner and into a massive snapper line up,he paddles over the first three set waves and takes the four all the way to main,the reports asks how good was that and he replies how the fk am I going the get my car back

that made me laugh out loud i wish. i still dont think that it will be big though imo

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Go hard tomorrow Chrispy see you on 9 news for all the right reasons,I can see it now.

Crazy sb'er paddles out at d-bah heads around the corner and into a massive snapper line up,he paddles over the first three set waves and takes the four all the way to main,the reports asks how good was that and he replies how the fk am I going the get my car back

or insert the ending in "Point Break"

Come on Dude I was on a roll