Hello Friends,

Looking like some potential there before the wind got into it. WRL cam pic.

NE wind is now a factor in Sydney. Started to push up early and as of mid-morning it’s going at around 10-15kts. The Bureau says it could build to 20-30 kts this afternoon. That ought to give the little windswell some extra oomph in the northern corners, particularly as you get toward dusk.

Tomorrow morning for the early could be a plan, but it’ll need to be in a northern corner – if the Bureau is right – because it’s set to get up to 20-30 kts ahead of a similarly powered south change in the afternoon.

Not too wonderful on the surf front over here in southern California. We’re in the grip of a seriously bad flat spell now. From the look of the charts, we’ve got another 72 hours of this.

About the only thing you could catch a wave with at Arroyo Burro beach in Santa Barbara this afternoon.

Then, just in time for the Martin Luther King Day weekend, we look likely to get a solid west swell. I’m on a road trip for most of that weekend, but I hope to be back for a surf on Monday. Amusingly, it would appear that Sydney could well have a little south pulse this weekend as well.

BTW, Sorry about the site issues earlier this morning. Gremlins decided to come out to play again and we had to wait until our man Ross could banish them for us.

Have yourself a top old day!