Abject flatness - gallery

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Craig Brokensha (Craig)
Swellnet Dispatch

A quick look around the grounds on the East Coast today reveals abject flatness (albeit Gallows at Coffs). It's now been a few days of minimal to tiny surf as the southern states continue to get battered by front after front.

The pattern should break from tomorrow as the fronts start pushing into the Tasman Sea generating pulses of southerly groundswell, but until then we're stuck admiring the crystal clear clean waters on our East Coast surfcam network.

Noosa (click here for live):

Alex Headland (click here for live):


Moffat Beach (click here for live):

Kings Beach (click here for live):

Burleigh Heads (click here for live):

Greenmount/Kirra (click here for live):

Snapper Rocks (click here for live):

Duranbah (click here for live):

Kingscliff (click here for live):

Byron Bay (click here for live):

Yamba (click here for live):

Park Beach (click here for live):

Gallows (click here for live):

Newcastle (click here for live):

Narrabeen (click here for live):

Manly (click here for live):

Bondi (click here for live):

Maroubra (click here for live):

Cronulla Beaches (click here for live):

Cronulla Point (click here for live):

Shark Island (click here for live):

Thirroul (click here for live):

Wollongong (click here for live):

Comments

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zenagain Tuesday, 4 Oct 2016 at 1:25pm

Wow, that's cool.

Like a 30 second east coast spot check.

Only thing missing is stopping off for a sausage roll and an ice-coffee (and maybe a vanilla slice).

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AndyM Tuesday, 4 Oct 2016 at 1:42pm

Short flat spells are brilliant, you get to swim around and explore all those secret little nooks and crannies, take the kids snorkelling, take some great photos etc etc.

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Rabbits68 Tuesday, 4 Oct 2016 at 2:22pm

All of the above. That's pretty awesome :)

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Blowin Tuesday, 4 Oct 2016 at 4:02pm

Get it all out of your system now Huey.

Although I'm not opposed to a flat day every now and again myself either.

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freeride76 Tuesday, 4 Oct 2016 at 4:12pm

Be interesting to map against the current chlorophyll charts....looks like a fair degree of upwelling/cool eddys off the EAC north of Coffs judging by the water clarity.

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Craig Tuesday, 4 Oct 2016 at 4:42pm

Here ya go Steve, looks more concentrated up your way though.

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GMGM Tuesday, 4 Oct 2016 at 7:46pm

Forget global warming, global flatness is the real concern!

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saltman Wednesday, 5 Oct 2016 at 8:33am

Swell drought will end Friday
The day I have my ear drilled again and will be out of the water for a few weeks

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thermalben Wednesday, 5 Oct 2016 at 8:45am

There's one more surfcam to add to the list above.. we put in a Coolum cam yesterday (Sunshine Coast, for those that aren't familiar with the area).

Still abjectly flat there too right now.


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Gary G Wednesday, 5 Oct 2016 at 8:56am

Every day is filled with Ab Flatness when you're Gary G

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benski Wednesday, 5 Oct 2016 at 11:27am

Ah gees, I dunno about these extra cams. I know we're not talking secret spots but the outer bays at coolum aren't exactly on the map of the Brisso masses.

And Ben when you're posting web-cam screen shots, nice lines at Moffs etc. I know you're building a business and it's good business to highlight the service Swellnet offers, but drawing attention to things, reminding people who wouldn't otherwise think to get out there....makes me uncomfortable. Kind of like when the lennox drone vid was taken down (after the CASA complaint). Of course everyone knows lennox is there, but remind the unthinking masses about it and it will have an effect on crowds as time goes on. This is kind of similar I think.

I don't expect a change in practice, I know you guys do think about this stuff, and I know the arguments that these things are known and you guys aren't adding any pressure to already known places, but it must have an affect on crowds on some level. And of course we'll never know, but it does bite a little bit.

Gary G....love your work, keep it up!

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batfink Wednesday, 5 Oct 2016 at 12:10pm

Don't worry saltman, I can't see Friday producing much. Not anything worth noting till mid-late next week.

As for me, 2 and half weeks of being smashed by flu and whooping cough (yep?) plus near enough to no swell for the same period will see me very underdone for a trip to Bali on 14th Oct. Will conk out about half way out on the first paddle out.

But at least there will be swell.

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adamklroberts Wednesday, 5 Oct 2016 at 1:03pm

Bacon, good week to pack the gun and camp out on the Sunny Coast?

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velocityjohnno Wednesday, 5 Oct 2016 at 8:26pm

Reminds me of the beachbreaks of Perth in summer.