Hello Friends,

Very small up along the north coast, but not absolutely flat.  Ended up finding a little hurt-yourself peak (ie, very shallow bank) at the northern end of Skennars Head beach and got a couple with the locals. Wind was chilly and straight offshore, but water is warm, so worth the effort. Checked Lennox reefs and Boulder too. They had little waves as well, but looked fairly gutless.

Meanwhile, back in Sydney, it looks as though the next pulse of south swell has arrived. MHL is showing over 2 metres from the south at 8 sec on average – and rising. Latest wind reading looks like light SSW wind too. Interestingly, the average period down at Eden is showing 12 seconds, so you’d have to think there’s more juice coming for Sydney surfers today.

Current outlook for Sydney swell according to the models is, shall we say, interesting – particularly for next week. At the moment at least one model reckons we could see 6+ metres at 13 plus seconds from the SSE! That will be very seriously big if it happens. Could be some serious coastal erosion with that lot…

In the meantime, it appears that there should be surf in the two metre range over the next couple days at south exposed stretches. By Friday it could be on the increase, and then around Sunday morning, if the models are to be believed, it starts going nuts…

Here’s the Bureau’s call for Sydney:

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Tuesday until midnight: Wind: S/SE 15/20 knots, easing to SE 10/15 knots during the afternoon, E/SE 5/10 knots tonight. Sea: 1 to 2 metres, abating to less than 1 metre tonight.Swell: SE about 1 metre, increasing to S 2 to 2.5 metres during the afternoon/evening.
Wednesday: Wind: NW/NE 5/10 knots. Sea: less than 1 metre. Swell: Decreasing to S 1 to 1.5 metres.
Thursday: Wind: NW 5/15 knots, tending S/SW early and freshening to 15/25 knots during the afternoon.

A shot from the WRL cam at Flight Deck at 1000 this morning…

1000 shot from the WRL cam hi atop Flight Deck in Collaroy.

Couple of snaps from up the north coast this morning.

Moment of looking good before fading right away at Boulder.

Skennars Head excitement.