small humps

Small humps were rearing up between the flat horizon and the rising sun this morning. There were 4 or 5 before work surfers getting their salty fix for the day. Weather is.....CLICK HERE to read on a see more pics
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flatness

Tiny surf this morning, about knee high on the full tide, nice colours in the sky gave me something to point the lens at. These were taken at the beautiful Emerald beach, not even the mal riders were having any part of it at 7am. 

Flatness

lanterns

Another golden morning on the mid north coast. Yellow-gold cylinders breaking 50 meters from the shoreline at dawn this morning and me and Johnny Craig were the only folks around. You cannot complain about the crowds around these parts

                   John Craig above the lip just before the sun came up and turned everthing golden

alive

          Great start to the day............

 

and it just got better.

Today is great day to be alive! Sun is blazing, waves are clean and the water temp is as good as it gets. Got up and went shooting with Mat, Chris and Joe who were tearing up the clean walls at one of our picture perfect northern beach  breaks.

Couldn't just stand on the beach to do my daily photos today, it looked too good not to get wet, so loaded up the housing and got some exercise.

HIGH TIDE: 4.09pm 1.1 meter
LOW TIDE:  10.28am 0.55 meter
WATER TEMP: 24
SWELL: east swell at shoulder to head high.... fun as!
WAVE PERIOD: 9 seconds
WIND: light west early, then light seabreezes in the arvo

orange

The swell is still a bit messy on our part of the coast. Despite all-night offshore winds, the surface conditions are bumpy and lumpy. Waves are around shoulder to head high on the bigger sets, but were lacking quality at the 3 beaches I checked this morning.

While the waves were a bit of a yawn, the sunrise was stunning! Beautiful orange, glowing start to the day. Just a small clear opening on the horizon concerntrated the colour under the heavy overcast skies.

 Rider of todays post : Matty Wyborn

HIGH TIDE: 11.03am - 1.33m
LOW TIDE: 5.04pm - .036
WATER TEMP: 24
SWELL: shoulder to head high on the sets
WAVE PERIOD: 12-13 seconds
WIND: light westerly early, turning light to moderate easterly

crumbling

There is some surfable waves on offer this morning, however the beaches I checked were lacking in power and quality. There is a southerly wind with us already,  so go to southern corners for the cleanest waves. Nice little light show amougst the clouds at around 7 bells. It was full stary sky at 6am, by 7am only the horizon had a gap in the clouds and now we have yet another overcast day.

Only a handful of "before work" surfers out there today. All coming in with smiles on their faces.

HIGH TIDE: 9.31am 1.48

LOW TIDE: 3.43pm 0.3m

WATER TEMP: 22

SWELL : south-east, shoulder high

WIND: south to south-east winds 10-15 knots

east swell

Good swell running today on the mid north coast. Some solid overhead waves coming in from the east... happy days. This shot was taken at one of our back beaches, all of the back beaches i checked today were a little on the fat side or a bit wonky. But later on this evening I stumbled on to some gold, hope you got an after work surf under ya belt.

fine day

self portrait shot this morning. This setting needed some human interest and I was the only human around at five past six today.

waves were fun again early, a little smaller but still big enough, water temp is lush, looks like a good beach day..... get out there! 

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messed up

East swells still up, but its still messy and unorganised at most beaches. This spot had a few, but it was really inconsistent. Should start seeing cleaner waves on Wednesday.

rock ledge

Today's pic is from deep in the archives. I haven't seen this rock ledge break for a long time, its a very fickle wave from our northern region, it only really gets surfed by a handful of locals who are well tuned into it. One advantage of this 3 months of small swells is that the sand should be building up nicely off the end of it. hopefully it will light up again this autumn.

Today is just plain flat, well it was first thing this morning on the fullish tide, chance of a southerly change either tonight or tomorrow.

summer sliders

Another beautiful morning on the mid north coast, weatherwise its been the best summer in years. Colourful mornings, warm evenings and light winds. Just missing out on the swell departmant. Its's smaller again today. 1.5 foot sliders on the sets and ankle height in between. Still beautiful in the water, so just go with it.

 

Donk and Joe getting their morning fix

The Chief!

hoax

Well I think nearly every keen surfer was up at the crack of dawn ready for some swell action, but it was nowhere to be seen. A large south swell is battering Sydney and Newcastle over the last 2 days and we are getting none of it. All reports pointed towards a 2.5 meter south swell for us, but the swell doesn't appear to be south and it's not even close to the forecast size. Its actually smaller than yesterday and now the north-east wind is playing havoc with it.

Todays shot was taken around 9.30 yesterday

waiting for the tide

Clean little swell running in at first light this morning, but the ultra low tide had most beaches looking undersized and closing out. The push of the tide should bring up the size and improve the quality. Cooler westerly winds blowing too, all the signs are pointing to a change in fortunes. The next few days might deliver.

Dan

Umm.... this is not today. surf was small and glassy this morning and I left the camera at home.

Today's pic is a friend of mine, Dan Cougle. He is one of my favourite surfers to shoot. I know he inspires a lot of surfers at my local break, mainly for his flawless style and ability to generate speed no matter how gutless the waves are. But Dan really comes into his own when the waves get solid, not many swells go by around here without him scoring the best waves. I haven't surfed or shot with Dan for over the 3 month flat spell we are currently in, but when it comes up he'll be ready

the golden hour

More sunrise shots this morning, the surf was very lazy knee high and a bit crumbly, so I worked on getting the reflected colours that only this time of day can bring..... best time of day, most humans are tucked up in bed missing the best hour of our 24 hour cycle we call a day.

Mitch & Rusty crossing the creek at prime time today.

clouds on fire

colours

Better than average sunrise colours were happening this morning, just enough clouds to give the warm tones something to work with. The swell is smaller today, but early on before the tide got too low there were a few sliders. If the wind stays away the incoming tide could have some joy for fish and longboard riders.

Donk and Willis head out for the early sess with the right equipment..... 5.55am

JC

Caught up with me mate Johnny Craig today, John has been working up northern West Oz for a good part of the last 6 months and has only been surfing a handful of times. He was stoked to get back in the water this Christmas and as always he was in some good form.

These were taken around 11am. We still have a little east swell running.

we found a nice high tide bank and had some fun

hot one

You can see by this first pic that the north-east wind is already getting stuck into the surface conditions. This one taken around 6.30am. Should be a light southerly change this afternoon (up till then...bloody hot). If your going surfing today pack some rubber thou, the bath like water on Wednesday is now more like the bottom of a christmas esky.

another pretty spot...how lucky are we?

Kangaroo poo

OK north-east swell pushing in at a few spots this morning, checked a few beaches that weren't quite doing it before finding a nice little peak to surf. The photos were taken at one of the spots that might get better later, but it had mostly closeouts first thing this morning.

How's the bend on this section? if you didn't get up early this morning, you will have to head to northern corners as that wind is starting to motor.

Kangaroo poo lefts

raining

Stormy start to the day, heavy rain clouds that produced a fair bit of lightning last night are still with us, it will probaly rain most of today. Surf is a bit junky and small, definitley a wave for the frothers..... its about chest high, with a peaky close range swell.