Whip

The nor-easter has been up all night tapping at the windows and whipping up a nuggety little swell in the process. It's not particularly big at this stage but you'll know about it as you're duck-diving out into the line up. There's plenty…

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Rollercoaster

We're in for a rollercoaster of a week weather-wise. We're talking heat, wind and swell all punctuated with Fire Weather, Hazardous Surf and Marine Wind warnings. If you've got the BOM app on your phone it would have…

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Earliest

Morning! It's been a little while since the last post. Average weather, sub-par waves, other work to attend to, nasty tick bite are some of the reasons I've been MIA.  But, with all that glorious sunshine and one of the earliest sunrise's…

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Extreme

Plenty happening on the weather front today. The Bureau have finally declared a El Niño event and the effects are already in stark view. Sydney is under an Extreme Fire Danger with a total fire ban. It's hot and there's a strong…

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Heatwave

If you want to avoid the spring heat wave you'll have to be up an in to it early today. It was a rather pleasant 17˚ at 5:30am, easy comfort in t-shirt and shirts. But with the sun up and a wind from the nor'west the…

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Relative Calm

That was a pretty crazy weekend for the beaches huh?! Manly was jammed packed, Freshie was wall-to-wall and I imagine everywhere with sand and easy access to water anywhere in Sydney would have had…

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Summer Mode

Spring is about to go full summer mode as we head into the weekend. 31˚ is on the cards tomorrow followed by a run of consecutive days nudging 30 or above. I suspect the beaches are going to be popular along…

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Icarus

If you haven't glanced forward to the weather forecast in Sydney, it makes for rather pleasant reading. Sunshine and temperatures nudging up towards 30 degrees for the next 7 days and beyond. Reference that…

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Silky

Silky smooth morning out on the water today. There's something about that smokey haze that adds a special quality to the light. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to live in a world of poor air quality and health warnings…

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Smoke Haus

There's a good little band of grommets that have made the southern corner of Freshwater their own over the last few seasons. Whether it's high-tide reforms on the inside or sandy little slabs out the back, the grommets

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Low Tide Blues

If surfing was on your agenda this morning you might find yourself with a case of a the low-tide blues. There's a hint of swell hanging in there from yesterday's delightful bump but low tide just ain't giving it a chance to shine. If you've…

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Cloudy

Morning! Bit of a cloudy start to the week this morning but the Bureau's assures us we're in for a nice week of weather; warm with plenty of spring sunshine on the cards. We're going to be somewhat plagued by early low-tides…

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Cool Spring

It's the first day of spring but it felt cooler than the majority of the winter morning's out there today. That was one of the mildest winters I can remember with only a handful of cold mornings and hardly a south swell…

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No Sign

It's bright, warm and sunny out there this morning. No sign of rain as yet and my fingers are firmly crossed that any inclement weather will hold off until this evening. If the sky remains clear late afternoon today…

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One More...

I've been pretty quiet with the post's this month (i'm calling it a hibernation/sabbatical) but these winter morning's have been just so pleasant I couldn't resist the opportunity to capture at least one more. The forecast for the rest…

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Recalibrate

Nice pop of colour for the early risers out and about this morning. The sunrise's are getting earlier as winter trails off so it's probably a good time to recalibrate your alarm clock. 6am on the dot (sorry no snooze) should get you…

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Shallow

Moments of sunshine are back today so I figured I'd break my winter sabbatical and venture out into the water for a swim. It was very close chaos in the zone this morning. Boards and bodies were flying in all directions as a very…

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Mornin'

Mornin'! I just finished watching North Steyne local George Pittar surf through his heat over at the US Open of Surfing. He looked comfortable on the rip bowl lefts, it wasn't unlike an onshore summer afternoon at North Steyne…

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