light show

epic little sunrise happening this morning.. click here to see the full days post

steam

Frosty land temperatures triggered some billowing steam  off the ocean surface this morning. With the water temps hovering around 19 degrees, there was a big difference to the 5 degrees land temps we had at 6.30. Cold, clear starts normally mean perfect blue winter days and today is no different. Take a look...... click here to read more and see all the pics
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colours

It was great to see some colours back in the mix at dawn this morning, the last 3 or 4 days have had a muted tone of grey, which I don’t mind, but there’s nothing like seeing the sky change from one colour to the next as a new day begins. The colours were definitely the highlight this morning because the wave..... CLIK HERE to see more - read more
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glassy

Really glassy conditions first up this morning. A nice sunrise at 6.10am gave way to overcast skies. The swell from the weekend is still hanging in there, although it is a little smaller and weaker. Anywhere with a good low tide ba...click here to see more from this morning
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colour change

Just the right amount of cloud for a pretty sunrise this morning. A gentle north-west wind blowing across our coastline at 6am meant nea.... CLICK HERE to see more pics
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southerly

A southerly change crossed our coast about an hour before this pretty sunrise this morning. We should see an increasing swell with it over the next few days, but there was only knee to waist hig....CLICK HERE to read on and 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

dropping

Well our run of east swell looks like its coming to an end this morning, these pics were taken at one of our town beaches around 7am and compared to the last week they were fairly average. The full tide probably wasn't helping matters, so still a chance of some improvement later in the day.

Billy Tolhurst having his morning slide before hittin the shaping shed

HIGH TIDE: 5.53am - 1.57 meter
LOW TIDE:  12.35pm - 0.37 meter
WATER TEMP: 24
SWELL: hip to shoulder high east swell
WAVE PERIOD: 10 seconds
WIND: light to moderate northerly

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

sou wester

East and south swells in the water this morning. Fun waves in protected corners out of the strong southerly winds. Tide coming in really fast this morning, hide tide shorey bank anyone?

south wester blowing the tops off. 6.30am

morning hack

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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blazing sunrise

amazing colours for the first 10 minutes of today, the surf on the other hand, looked a little messed up, we had light winds but it hadn't really settled. No problems on the size however, overhead waves with some power where crashing into the beach breaks. Plenty of swell for the rest of the week too.

Macauleys at "6 bells" pretty sky..... ugly surf

smooth

6am this morning

Almost flat today. Perfect glassy conditions with a very short range 0.5-1 foot wave. Hard to get a log into a decent trim today. Looks like small surf all week.
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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!

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.

sun & the sea grass

Well not much happening with the waves this week on the mid north coast. Monday and Tuesday had tiny east swell, bout 1-2 foot at best on the open beaches.... It been too long!

Come on Huey come back from your long service leave

sloppy north-east wind swell today. maybe try a back beach that get it from this direction.

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

worm tracks

A glimpse of light before a grey and stormy day came along. The shots today were taken between 5.30-6am the sky looked more impressive than the surf hence the heavy composition towards the top half in most of these photos. A strong south-east wind is making a mess of the surface conditions at all of our town beaches, even the protected corners aren't spared.

Only sign of life at Coffs most popular beach 5.30am

we had colour today.... for about 3 minutes

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.

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