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.