Hello Friends,
(The usual caveat applies: this was prepared late last night, so your mileage may vary!)
I wish the situation for surfers looked at least ambiguous. Then we’d have something to pin our hopes on. Sadly, all indications are that Saturday will be what Simon Marnie of the weekend show likes to call a “doona day”. At dark on Friday the nor’easter was blowing around 15-20 kts and the sea was dull grey.
Saturday morning is set to start out fine with 10-15kts of NW wind. That’d be nice if we had some SE swell. But we don’t. Instead we can expect a little remnant NE windswell from last night. Windswell’s kind of a big word for what I reckon is most likely to be knee high chop.
A south change is expected around midday, but I would be very surprised if it resulted in any improvement whatsoever. In a word, Saturday looks dire.
I’ll be along with an update around 0715, just ahead of my weekly radio chat about surf prospects for the week ahead with the aforementioned Mr. Marnie.
BTW, don’t forget that tomorrow, Sunday, is the 15th annual Ocean Care Day at Manly. I might see some of you down there because I’m going to be part of the Little Penguin paddle-out, and then later I’ll be doing a stint at the Surfrider Foundation booth.
