hot, windy, mugly

Posted on January 15th, 2009 in South Coast.

Swell dropped o’nite, still some 2-3ft+ sets with lots of white noise out of the N. Early N wind usually signals a  scorcher on the way. Surf looking very average with a few exceptions, A/C office looking quite pleasant. Rosco.

Dee Why: Small again

Posted on January 15th, 2009 in Dee Why.

Not much going on at Dee Why today. Small, mushy summer waves. Point is flat. Perfect day for learners in Dee Why Kiddie Korner. Windy again later. 

Mona Vale

Posted on January 15th, 2009 in Mona Vale.

It’s pretty much the same as yesterday, fun little rip bowl rights and a few running lefts out main. Well worth it!

C C

Posted on January 15th, 2009 in Central Coast, Surf Reports.

Fine, dry and warm with a real hot day due on the Central Coast this Thursday morning.  The swell is clean and consistent at 1 – 3 feet from the east.  There is a light northeast breeze forecast to strengthen later then maybe a southerly.  Low tide 0600 and high tide around 1215.  Local barometer 1005 hpa, 87% humidity, 21 degrees C.    Have a good one.

 

Early risers’ call

Posted on January 15th, 2009 in At large, California.

Hello Friends,

As I wrtie this at around 0530, the NE wind is just a zephyr of 6-7 kts along the eastern suburb beaches. It’s a bit stronger on the northern beaches, but from the look of the buoy data, the average size may have dropped overnight thanks to a slight decrease in swell height and a lowering of the power setting to around 7-8 sec. There’s an incoming tide, so at least that factor is working in early risers’ favour. Unfortunately it looks to me as though the trend is for smaller today.

Here’s the Bureau’s latest call for the Sydney region:

Wind: N/NE 15/20 knots, reaching 20/30 knots chiefly in offshore waters at first but extending inshore during the afternoon ahead of a S’ly change 20/30 knots during the late afternoon. Easing to S/SE 15/20 knots later tonight.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres, rising to 2 to 3 metres,. Swell: NE about 1.5 metres.

The models are not too hopeful vis a vis the change. It looks like it’ll just produce localised windswell that is likely to a) brief and b) puny.

However, Saturday is still looking positive. The Bureau says SSE wind of 15-25 kts easing, and the models show an interesting dead south swell filling in and peaking on that day. Be interesting to see what the Goat thinks about this one. Speaking of whom, did you know that the Goat’s been covering my 702 ABC radio slot on Saturday mornings? You can hear his oracular pronouncements about the surf prospects somewhere between 0720 and 0735 this Saturday.

California remains micro but it’s now looking pretty hopeful for a fun size west swell WNW swell from about Saturday onward…

Go well with your day!