Another lay day in Sydney

Surfing has been called off for the second day in a row at the Beachley Classic in Sydney on Friday.

With a decreasing half-metre swell lapping Dee Why beach, event director Layne Beachley opted to put the event, now in its fifth year, on hold for consecutive days.

ASP head judge David Shipley said calling a lay day was a good decision.

"It's super clean, but smaller than yesterday so a day's surfing action wasn't really an option," he said.

"Hopefully conditions will improve in the next few days."

Contest organisers are hopeful in a spike in swell by the end of the weekend, which could see competition completed on Monday.

When competition resumes, world No.8 Silvana Lima from Brazil will square off against Australia's world No.14 Amee Donohoe in the opening heat of Round 3.

Other Aussies in action will be three-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore, Sally Fitzgibbons, Chelsea Hedges, Jessi Miley-Dyer and Claire Bevilacqua.

Round 3 match-ups:
Heat 1: Silvana Lima (Brazil) vs. Amee Donohoe (Australia)
Heat 2: Chelsea Hedges (Australia) vs. Jessi Miley-Dyer (Australia)
Heat 3: Carissa Moore (Australia) vs. Rebecca Woods (Australia)
Heat 4: Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) vs. Laura Enever (Australia)
Heat 5: Sofia Mulanovich (Peru) vs. Claire Bevilacqua (Australia)
Heat 6: Coco Ho (Hawaii) vs. Paige Hareb (New Zealand)
Heat 7: Melanie Bartels (Hawaii) vs. Rosanne Hodge (South Africa)
Heat 8: Sally Fitzgibbons (Australia) vs. Lee Ann Curren (France)

Photo credit: ASP / Robertson