Hello Friends,

0645: a few folks cooling off in the tiny waves.

Back on deck in Sydney once more and what do we have on the surf menu? Not a great deal where Dee Why’s concerned, that’s for sure. Seems as though it didn’t really cool off to any meaningful extent overnight, and this morning the sky was more cloud than blue. About the best thing you can say about the surf conditions is that they won’t be keeping you out of the water for safety reasons.

As has been the case for the last week, the windswell is out of the ENE at about a metre and only 7 seconds apart. If you found waves someplace yesterday, go back again today and you should have much the same conditions until the change rolls through this afternoon. Here’s the rundown from the Bureau issued a couple hours ago:

Wind: N/NW 15/20 knots, turning N/NE during the afternoon, ahead of a late S/SE change 25/33 knots. Sea: 1 to 2 metres rising to 2.5 to 3.5 metres with the change. Swell: NE 1 to 1.5 metres. Isolated thunderstorms.

As most Sydneysiders will know, we’re in for 38 or so on the coast today before that change comes in. Tomorrow the high will be around 25 along the beaches and we’re set to have 15-25kts of SE wind thanks to the aforementioned change.

The forecast models indicate that there could possibly be something into the rideable range at semi-protected south corners on Sunday morning. With luck the waves will stick around through the day even as the SE’ly backs off. By Monday though it appears that conditions will be smaller again as we head off into another stretch of marginal looking swell prospects along the NSW coast. There should be a little more energy up in SE Qld in a couple days as a weak blob of easterly windswell looks set to slide in from the Coral Sea. But down here in Sydney we’re unlikely to get much, if anything.

Ah well, it is summer after all.

Have yourself a great day and a top holiday weekend.