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A Good Friday with great expectations (and greater danger) as monster swell builds

Ex Tropical Cyclone Tam is bringing huge surf into our coastline with waves expected to surpass four metres (13 foot), and even bring (smaller) 'surfable' waves into our harbour beaches on Good Friday (updated footage incorporated into story) The swell was already well and truly building by Wednesday afternoon, as Tim Marshall from @shoreshotphotos captured above at North Narrabeen (main image). https://www.instagram.com/p/DIkldBYzDlu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Weatherzone says the “fully fledged extratropical Tasman Low” has started to build the waves already coming into the east coast. “Wave heights will increase rapidly overnight into Friday, April 18, as the swell muscles into the NSW coastline. Much of Friday will feature hazardous surf conditions, with the swell expected to peak around 4 to 4.5 metres in the afternoon, with swell periods of around 14...
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Narrabeen Sports High broadens horizons into Arts

Narrabeen Sports High will be expanding its specialty subject offering to include the arts, with funding now provided for them to do so. The State...

Audit finds Northern Beaches Hospital lacking

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Forestville RSL bid for multi-storey retirement living units under review

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Police ask for community help as elderly continue to be targeted in scams, and more in this week’s Crime Watch

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Man falls to death at Mona Vale worksite

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Breaking News: Hospital operators offer to “hand back” Northern Beaches Hospital

The private operators of Northern Beaches Hospital, Healthscope have offered to “return the public component of Northern Beaches Hospital to the State Government.” Manly Observer...

New look Forestway Shops expansion plan hits traffic jam

Artist impressions detailing an extensive overhaul of Forestway Shopping Centre have been released. The $34 million redevelopment will double the supermarket space—including making room...

Fast Ferries get a fair-dinkum facelift

We already love the Manly Fast Ferry for its speed and her incredible sea-faring agility even in the wildest swell (she was the last...

Resilience Circle Store: An op shop for the ‘missing majority’

The Resilience Circle is not your regular op-shop. Not only does it allow the community to financially support the Women’s Resilience Centre (WRC) –...

Police warn of spike in number plate theft and more in this week’s Crime Watch.

Police warn Northern Beaches residents of number plate thefts after a mysterious spike over a week. Between Friday, 28 March 2025 and Thursday, 3 April...

A Chargrill Charlies for Fairlight and more in this week’s Development Applications roundup

Manly Observer provides a weekly summary of development applications lodged with Northern Beaches Council in the last week. While every effort has been made to...

‘Tar balls’ came from our own sewage network, EPA confirms

An investigation into the source of thousands of "tar balls" across the Northern Beaches shorelines has pointed the finger at "discharge events". Mystery debris balls...

Submissions now accepted for Northern Beaches Hospital Inquiry

The Inquiry into the safety and quality of health services at Northern Beaches Hospital has formally begun, with submissions now open to the public. The...

Funding comes through for Mona Vale Road West: How, Why and What’s Next?

Funding has been secured to recommence works on Mona Vale Road West two years after a change in government saw tools down for the...
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