Saturday finishes up

1040pm: no one will read this I imagine… but MHL is spiking up. Latest shows south swell building toward 2 metre mark and average period at 11 seconds! Looking extremely good for waves in the morning…

Hello Friends,

Went for a wander with the test camera from Sony (the a900) around dusk. Headed down to Longy to see if I could find any pictures. Got a couple (see below) and of course had a chance to watch the waves as Huey dimmed the lights on another day. I was keen to see if there was any sign of a change to the exceedingly tiny conditions.

And I believe there was. Maybe I’m being overly hopeful, given that the swell is south and averaging barely a metre at 6 seconds apart…. however…. the Sydney MHL buoy is showing some long period component (13 sec) and Eden has come up a bit to 2 metres at 8 sec. Batemans Bay has ramped up sharply from almost flat to 2-4m from the south at about 8 sec.

The models are still suggesting that we will get around 2 metres of 12 sec period south swell tomorrow. And they show those conditions sticking around for another three days or so.

Here’s the Bureau’s latest

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Saturday until midnight: Wind: W/SW reaching 25/33 knots, easing to 20/25 knots later tonight.Sea: 2 to 3 metres.Swell: S 1.5 to 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 2.5 metres later tonight.
Sunday: Wind: W/SW 15/20 knots, easing to 10/15 knots late morning, then tending S/SW in the afternoon. Sea: 1 to 2 metres. Swell: S 2 to 3 metres.
Monday: Wind: E/SE 10/15 knots.
Tuesday: Wind: E/NE 10/20 knots.

Little lines in the last of the light at Long Reef.

All smiles: Cindy and Michelle after catching some fun ones at Longy on glassy evening.

For your contemplation.

There's a tern chasing dinner in the middle of that splash.

VID: Layne nails Ours

If you haven’t seen it yet, Layne Beachley at Cape Solander (video hosted on surfline.com)(aka “ours”). It was shot by none other than Tim Bonython. Very, very impressive pit!

Pic grabbed from online ver. of video by Tim Bonython.

Cronulla report by Aquasea Wetsuit Repairs

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WIND: WNW at 40+kph. WATER TEMP: 22 degrees.
FORECAST: Fine. Mostly sunny. Fresh to strong and gusty west to northwest winds, tending west to southwest in the afternoon and easing tonight.
MAX AIR TEMP TODAY: 22-23 degrees.
SWELL: South 1-2m at 6 seconds.
TIDES: HIGH: 13:35 LOW: 07:30
WINDSURFERS: Good conditions today for advanced only.
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SHORE DIVING: 5 metres vis at Oak Park. 5+ metres at Shiprock.
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Windy.

Narrabeen Rpt

Nada

Saturday morning micro, but…

Oh dear.

Hello Friends,

As expected we have relatively strong wind this morning. Currently it’s out’ve the WNW at 10-15kts. Quite mild too. Sadly, as anticipated, swell is just about all gone for Sydney. But despair not, we’re probably near the bottom of the trough on this flat spell and as the day goes along, we can expect the swell to stir into life once more. Whether that will happen by nightfall is another question.

The Eden buoy started showing an upward swing in average swell height, going from around a metre to over two metres in the space of 6 hours. At the same time, the period has increased by close to a second.

My hunch is that we’ll be lucky to get into the surfable range at south exposed spots by nightfall.

However, by first light tomorrow there should be some solid two plus metre 10 sec plus south swell filling in. And the wind could be okay too, with the current call being for S-SW. Oh and it should be fine and sunny all day.

So get out and do all those chores, meet all those social obligations and generally swab the decks so that you’re ready for tomorrow Sydney surfers.

Saturday until midnight: Wind: W/NW 20/30 knots easing to W/SW 20/25 knots later.Sea: 2 to 3 metres.Swell: S 1 to 1.5 metres increasing to about 2 metres later .
Sunday: Wind: S/SW 10/20 knots. Sea: about 1.5 metres. Swell: S 2 to 3 metres.
Monday: Wind: E/SE 10/15 knots.

And here’s an mp3 of my surf chat on ABC 702 radio this morning.
Don calls the Sydney surf situation

C C Small & Smooth

Fine, dry and mild on the Central Coast this Saturday morning.  The swell is smooth and small at 1 – 2 feet  from the east southeast.  There is a light west northwest breeze forecast to strengthen later.  Low tide 0730 and high tide around 1335.  Local barometer 1005hpa, 63% humidity, 14 degrees C.  Have a good weekend.