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0550: first light reveals little NE windswell options in south corners.

Thanks no doubt to the strong winds last night, there are in fact a few tiny waves to be had at spots with exposure to the NE. My guess is that they won’t last long though. Get out there asap would be my advice.

We’re not talking anything extraordinary, but it looks as though you could expect to find something in the waist high range, with the odd bigger one to keep things interesting. It’s windswell though, so you’ll have to get straight exposure to the NE if you want maximum size.

Wind is set to be 15-20 kts NE for much of the day. Late this afternoon a 20-25 kt south change is set to rattle Sydney’s windows and tomorrow should be SE’ly all day.

ABC 702 surf report by Don on Wendy Harmer’s breakfast show.

TG’s Surf Forecast

Surf Forecast issued Tuesday 23 December 2008: Seven day outlook for Sydney: Small surf all week and into the weekend…

Wednesday: about 1 metre at places that like dead South swell.

Thursday: smaller dead South.

Friday: about 1 metre South East, tending East.

Saturday: about 1 metre North East.

Sunday: similar.

Monday: 1 metre or less.

Tuesday: Ditto

Water temp is around 22.

Weather from the Bureau:

Forecast for Tuesday evening
A few showers or thunderstorms. Moderate south to southeast fresh at times near the coast.
Precis: Few showers or thunderstorms.

Forecast for Wednesday
Shower or two mostly in the morning. Cloudy periods. Moderate south to southeast winds, fresh at times near the coast.
Precis: Shower or two.

City: Min: 19 Max: 22 Parramatta: Min: 17 Max: 23
Terrey Hills: Min: 17 Max: 21 Penrith: Min: 17 Max: 24
Liverpool: Min: 17 Max: 23 Richmond: Min: 17 Max: 22

UV Alert: 8:50 am to 5:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]

Thursday Chance early shower then fine.

City: Min: 18 Max: 25
West: Min: 15 Max: 27

Friday Fine and mostly sunny.

City: Min: 17 Max: 25
West: Min: 15 Max: 27

Saturday Fine.

City: Min: 19 Max: 27
West: Min: 15 Max: 29

Sunday Shower or two.

City: Min: 21 Max: 25
West: Min: 17 Max: 27

Monday Showers.

City: Min: 21 Max: 24
West: Min: 18 Max: 25

Tuesday Mostly fine.

City: Min: 17 Max: 25
West: Min: 13 Max: 27

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Tuesday until midnight: Wind: S/SE change 15/20 knots reaching 20/25 knots at times chiefly offshore.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres. Swell: NE 1 to 1.5 metres. Chance thunderstorms.
Wednesday: Wind: S 15/20 knots, easing to SE 10/15 knots during the morning, E/SE 8/13 knots during the evening.Sea: 1 to 2 metresSwell: E/SE about 1 to 1.5 metre.
Thursday Outlook: Wind: E/SE 5/15 knots, turning E 5/15 knots.
Friday Outlook: Wind: N/NE 5/10 knots, increasing to NE 10/20 knots during the afternoon.

Learner day at Dee Why

Couple of mushy little shoreys and that’s about it today folks. Perfect for learners, but beyond that just a lot of work for little reward.

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WIND: W at 11kph. WATER TEMP: 20 degrees.
FORECAST: A few showers developing, the chance of thunderstorms. Light to moderate north to northeast winds, ahead of afternoon south to southeast change.
MAX AIR TEMP TODAY: 28-32 degrees.
SWELL: NE .8m-1.5m at 6 seconds.
TIDES: HIGH: 05:09 LOW: 11:55
WINDSURFERS: Good conditions later today.
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23 Dec 08: cam picks

Thanks to the NE windswell, the most interesting cams on the east coast are those at beaches with good exposure to that direction – funny that.

Swellnet’s Manly cam shows surprisingly uncrowded little things coming in, but I reckon it looks a bit nicer for the early at Coffs Harbour.

The tide’ll probably be an issue later, and the wind is starting to work over the south end, but ZeeBra looks the tastiest option for eastern suburb surfers if the Coastalwatch Maroubra cam is any guide…

I know the waves aren’t any better than here in Sydney, but I wouldn’t mind messing about in the little things at Lennox Beach (coastalwatch cam).

Doesn’t look as though we’re missing much in Hawaii – if the Surfline Backdoor pipe cam is anything to go by. (You have to wait for this one, and then they only give you 30 seconds of vision.)

I looked around the world to see if I could find any other interesting surf, but it seems that anywhere with a cam has dud waves. Steamer Lane looks wretched for instance. About the nicest looking view I could find was of reporter Bruce’s stamping grounds. The Surf co.nz still snap looks clean and empty.

south-west vancouver island

monday morning looked promising at our rivermouth point, based on the high-quality shorebreakers at the spit (not quite rideable), some 30 miles further from the open ocean, and about the only west-facing beach around – now, at noon, the spit has settled down to occasional, creamy shorebreakers – we have endured unusually heavy snowfalls and cold weather for several days, when this balmy, temperate island normally sees only a light fall or two each year, usually almost none at ocean level – roads currently hideous [excuses excuses] – marine winds from the east to 20 knots, at the mouth of the straits – please stay tuned ….

Mysterious wave heights increase detected

Something strange is happening to the average height of the waves hitting the Pacific northwest’s foggy coastline – they’re growing by 7cm a year. According to Oregon State based researchers, the increase in average wave heights could do more damage than the sea level rise.

“This is the first time I’ve seen a comparison between wave height and sea level,” said Sultan Hameed, an atmospheric scientist at Stony Brook University, who organized the American Geophysical Union annual meeting session at which Ruggiero presented. “That was excellent analysis.”

Unlike sea level, the current data suggests that wave heights are not increasing uniformly across the globe. However, many regions lack the right data to do proper analysis. Bigger wave heights off the coast of Oregon were first discovered just a few years ago by other OSU scientists. They had the advantage of working with the unique dataset created by the Pacific coast’s longest-floating buoy; it’s been gathering data on wave heights for over 30 years.

Read the entire article on wiredscience.