With the right equipment, Dee Why point can be ridden this morning. (0730)

Hello Friends,

The models were calling for today to be just about flat… but it ain’t. Not big or anything, you understand, but definitely not so small you couldn’t have some fun. Yesterday saw a gradual increase in size of the south swell from under a metre in the morning, to just a touch under two metres now. More importantly, the power setting has gone up from under 7 sec to just about 8 sec (with some 9 sec peak component in there as well).

The skies may be sunny, but it’s nippy enough to be keeping the crowds down. Only a couple people at the point when I checked and not many more up along the beach.  Sets look to be around the waist high mark, so that probably means a few bombs into the chest high range.

The Bureau is calling for the swell to increase later today and, in line with the forecast models, to predict 2-3 metres of south tomorrow. However, at this stage there doesn’t seem to be any obvious sign of the increase on the data from the deep south. Eden buoy is still showing only about the same size and power as Sydney.

If you need to pick a day to take off between now and the end of the week, I’d be looking at Friday. Although, tomorrow and Thursday should be interesting in the lead up to the peak. Basically, it looks from the forecast models that the massive storm system headed our way will deliver 3-5 days of solid south swell and okay WSW winds.

Should be fun, so go well!

Why we look like having waves... WAM for this Thursday.