0715: the waits are getting longer, but we're not done yet.

Hello Friends,

All the curves headed down for Sydney last night, but this morning still sees the odd set coming through. Dee Why looked to be pretty uncrowded, actually, there didn’t seem to be very many folk in the water at all. Only a few bods at the point which, as the picture shows, is getting a wave every now and then.

Since this time yesterday, the average size of swell at sea has dropped from around 3 metres to a touch under two. The average power setting has slipped from 10+ seconds to something closer to 8. There is still some longer period (11 sec) swell showing up and I suspect it was one such set in my picture for this morning.

Swell direction, according to the MHL buoy, is roughly SSE. That’s a good thing, because it should open up a few more surf options around the place even as this swell fades away over the next day or so.

It still looks as though we might get a bit of mainly south windswell at the weekend for Sydney, but the model run for this morning are not as interesting as they were a couple days ago. It would appear that brunt of the pulse will be felt north of us.

Winds are due to slacken off today and to swing from the SW to the NW. Tomorrow should see more NW wind, but I reckon it won’t be too much of an issue until the afternoon. And the swell should still just barely be around…

Go well with your day!