Noon at Curl Curl

Blazing hot inland, warm on the beach.

It may be 35 in at Richmond, but out on the coast we’re closer to 28 and there’s a steady 15-20 kts of NE sea breeze to make it feel just about right on the water’s edge. Curly was pretty busy and while parking spaces are definitely at a premium, it’s not completely nuts in that regard as of midday.

Surf quality you ask? Well, as a look at the picture shows, it rates about 1.5 out of 5 in my book. The latest MHL data shows we still have an average height at sea of a metre for the short period (6 sec) NE windswell.

If you get a waist high section, you’re doing quite well. Curly is marginal, but over the hill at Dee Why I’d be calling it just about uncatchable. It’s also much more windblown.

We’re set to ramp up to 34 on the coast tomorrow and a scorching 44 inland. I hope the NEr picks up a little more this afternoon and gives us a little more to play with tomorrow before the late south change rattles through the joint and drops the temps.

Have yourself a top afternoon.

The water is sooooooo freakin’ cold!!!

What’s the official call for water temp in Sydney? Feels like 18 or 19, fer chrissakes. Aaaaaaah.

RealSurf’s Don Talks Summer Waves in Saturday’s Sydney Morning Herald

Hey, dude, who stole the waves?

AS IF a heatwave wasn’t enough, the unusual weather patterns have taken the thrill out of a cooling dip in the ocean.

Waves have been paltry, with surfers especially upset at the lack of swell.   Read the whole article.

Hot hot hot. Flat flat flat.

Dee Why is already mobbed at 1030. Weak NE windswell is pushing a few waist high sets through now and again and the Point even has the rare wave for a mal. Beyond that, it’s just the usal dribble.

Cheers,

R.

More chance of skiing at Mt Druit.

Forgive me Huey for I have sinned. It’s been 6 weeks since my last session. During this time I have skateboarded, skim boarded and thrown frisbee. Are these sins the reason why the city beaches have no waves? How many whale Marys?

Bracing for the heat

Hello Friends,

Are we all ready for the heat?

The good news from out here on the coast is that the water is a beautiful 22-23 degrees and there are some little waves. You’ll need to get to a stretch of beach with good exposure to the NE though.

Windswell is averaging around a metre from the NE but because it’s only around 7 seconds apart, there’s not a lot of juice. Like yesterday, you’re going to get the best sections on those that hold up long enough to stand up in the inside.

Here’s the Bureau’s call for today and tomorrow:

Wind: NE 15/20 knots, 20/25 knots offshore, increasing to 25/30 knots generally during the afternoon.Sea: about 2 metres rising to 2 to 3 metres later.Swell: E about 1 metre.
Sunday: Wind: NE 20/30 knots before a S change 20/30 knots late in the day or evening. Sea: 2 to 3 metres Swell: E/NE 1 to 2 metres.

If that wind pushes up to the speeds the Bureau’s talking about, there could be a repeat of the conditions we’ve had over the last couple days, ie the odd chest high bomb set at exposed spots late in the day.

Tomorrow will probably be best early because of the expected late south change. I’d say we’d be going well if Sydney was waist high on Sunday morning.

The coming week looks a little more interesting than it has in some time. Not dramatic, but it seems that we could be seeing a slight recalibration by Huey.

I’m particularly liking the look of the forecast models for Mon-Tue. The Bureau’s call is for 15-20 kts of S-SE wind, so conditions may not be exactly optimal. However, if the super computers are correct, we could be looking at some waist to shoulder high plus 10s period east swell.

That could then be replaced by some shorter period south by Weds but with luck it’ll be big enough to be surfable at the usual spots.

Stay cool and go well.

Hot Hot Hot Weekend

Fine, dry, partly cloudy and warm on the Central Coast this Saturday morning.  The swell is smooth and small at 1 – 2 feet from the east northeast.  There is no breeze at the moment forecast to go northeast later.  High tide 0700 and low tide around 1350.  Local barometer 1009 hpa, 91% humidity, 19 degrees C.  Have a cool weekend.