It’s on again

Afternoon update:

Mid-morning: sunny skies, not much wind and waves.

Did you get in this morning? Definitely some fun ones around the place. Pretty solid at exposed spots actually. My surf destination was Longy, but it could have easily been any number of other places thanks to the SE swell direction. According to the latest data, the swell is currently averaging a couple metres at sea, but thanks to an average period of nearly 12 seconds, there are bomb sets with wave faces getting closer to the 3 metre mark. The wind has now settled into a typical afternoon seabreeze, ie out of the NE at 10-15kts or so.

If you haven’t managed to get a taste of the swell yet, I’d consider making an effort this afternoon or tomorrow morning because it looks from the swell prediction models as though it’s going to fade steadily and could be pretty much gone by the time Saturday morning arrives.

From earlier this morning:

0650: rather attractive beachy at DY

Pretty clean looking this morning. Solid looking sets at the beachy and the point too. Wind is set to be pretty reasonable too, as the Bureau puts it: Wind: W/NW 8/13 knots, tending NE in the afternoon, then S/SE change 20/25 knots at night, easing to 15/20 knots quickly.Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres, rising 1.5 to 2 metres at night. Swell: S 2 to 2.5 metres.

Postcard from Curly

Emailed this evening… a nice pic from Peter Levy…

'South Curly - Photo by Peter Levy'

TG’s Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 6 November 2008:  7 day outlook for Sydney:

The Change we need…  windwise/swellwise, there’ll be lots of it… change that is.

Fri: about 2 metres South/South East.

Saturday: 1-2 range NE , dropping.

Sun: small then 1-2 South.

Mon: about 1 S

Tues: about 1 S/NE

Wed: 1 NE

Thursday: 1-2 NE.

Water temps better at 21.

Weather from the Bureau:

Forecast for Friday
Fine day with increasing cloud. Chance of a shower or two at night. Light southeast winds tending moderate to fresh northeast in the afternoon.
Precis: Fine day. Chance late shower.

City:         Min:  16 Max:  24   Parramatta: Min:  14 Max:  26
Terrey Hills: Min:  14 Max:  24   Penrith:    Min:  13 Max:  28
Liverpool:    Min:  13 Max:  26   Richmond:   Min:  12 Max:  27

UV Alert: 8:40 am to 4:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]

Saturday A few showers, clearing in morning.

City:          Min:   18  Max:   27
West:          Min:   14  Max:   27

Sunday Fine.

City:          Min:   16  Max:   24
West:          Min:   12  Max:   27

Monday Fine.

City:          Min:   14  Max:   25
West:          Min:   10  Max:   29

Tuesday Fine.

City:          Min:   17  Max:   25
West:          Min:   13  Max:   28

Wednesday Fine.

City:          Min:   17  Max:   26
West:          Min:   13  Max:   29

Thursday Fine.

City:          Min:   18  Max:   25
West:          Min:   15  Max:   28

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Thursday until midnight: Wind: N/NE 15/20 knots ahead of a S change 20/25 knots tonight.Sea: 1 to 2 metres.Swell: S 2 to 2.5 metres.
Friday: Wind: S/SE 10/15 knots, turning NE 10/15 knots by the afternoon and increasing to 20/25 knots later.Sea: about 1 metre, rising to 1.5 to 2.5 metres late afternoon. Swell: S/SE 2 to 2.5 metres.
Saturday Outlook: Wind: N/NW increasing to 15/25 knots, easing ahead of an afternoon W/SW change 20/25 knots.
Sunday Outlook: Wind: S/SE 10/20 knots.

Evening wrap

Hi all,

Just a quick post to summarise the situation as we head to dusk…

Heaps of folks in the water at Dee Why, despite the less than optimal wind. I’d imagine the north corners would look better, but they wouldn’t be uncrowded.

Grabbed a couple snaps for you…

1730: kinda busy, somewhat junky looking but still fun.

1730: swell keeping on keeping on right up to the knocker.

Still some good waves around

Not bad this morning. S/SE swell in the 3-5ft range, and still plenty of water moving around. Wind lite offshore early. Worth a paddle. Rosco.

Disabled Surfers – Culburra Sat 9th Nov 9:30am

If you’re able, or not, you’ll be welcome. 9am for a 9:30 start, come and help put smiles on dials.

North Culburra – Ocean Street should be pretty close to the action.

More info on the dsa website.

http://www.disabledsurfers.org/

Rosco.

Mona Vale

The conditions are so good down at the beach this morning, it’s smooth and glassy, heaps of swell and nobody out. Only problem with Mona is it’s a closout. If you find somewhere that has a good bank today you’ll be sure to score some waves!

Don’t Go To Work.

Some excellent waves on offer today, check Bronte reef for a fun right and Bronte bank has a great left. Tama outcrop left will work later but not working now. Bondi has options everywhere, left in corner my pick so don’t go there until after lunch (’cause that’s when I’m going home).

C C

Fine and mild on the Central Coast this Thursday morning.  The swell smooth at 4 – 6 feet from the southeast.  There is a light northwest breeze going northeast then a southerly change later.  Low tide 0805 and high tide around 1530.  Local barometer 1003 hpa, 77% humidity, 17 degrees C.  Have a good one.