TG’s Forecast

Posted on May 21st, 2009 in Surf Reports.

Surf forecast issued Thursday 21 May 2009:  Forecast??  You want a forecast for the weekend?/  Look out the window.  What you see is what you’ll get.  East wind. east swell. east rain. messy …Perfect.  That’s all.


Not too happening…

Posted on May 21st, 2009 in Big Picture, Dee Why.
Another day gets started at Dee Why.

Another day gets started at Dee Why.

Hello Friends,

What a delightful morning. Wind hasn’t let up and it was buffeting the old crows nest when I climbed aloft to grab a snap of the situation down at Dee Why. At least the rain’s backed off for the time being. One bit of good news is that the MHL Sydney buoy seems to be operating again. It was showing an average of 3 metres of east swell at around 8 seconds apart. The seas on top of the swell are pushing up into the 6 metre range though. Wouldn’t want to be out in the Tasman this morning.

Winds inshore this morning were out of the ESE at 20-30 kts – which was close to the Bureau’s call for the day. Not that it matters too much, because I don’t think there’d be too many people getting in the water this morning, or indeed today.

As you can see from the Bureau’s call below, we’re going to have these unfriendly conditions for a few days yet. But we’re not likely to cop anything like the hammering currently being experienced up along the far north coast of NSW.

The swell forecast models are still calling for the energy levels to increase steadily and to peak at around 5 metres with a period of about 12 sec on Saturday. If that’s too small for ya, you’d probably like the north coast where the call is for a Hawaiian style 6-7 metres at 11-12 sec over the next couple days. Hope you like wind though because it’s easterly 30-45 kts at Cape Byron as I write this – and they’ve had 100mm of rain in the last 24 hours.

I’ll try to take another look at the overall situation for you later today – schedule permitting. In the meantime, allow me to wish you a top old day and great good fortune in your endeavours.

From the Bureau

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong wind warning.
Thursday until midnight: Wind: E/SE 25/33 knots.Sea: 2.5 to 3.5 metres.Swell: NE 2 to 3 metres.
Friday: Wind: E 25/33 knots. Sea: 2.5 to 3.5 metres.Swell: NE 3 to 3.5 metres. Dangerous surf.
Saturday: Wind: E 15/25 knots.

Moving sand?

Moving sand?


Narrabeen Rpt

Posted on May 21st, 2009 in Surf Reports.

Onshores so strong I could barely stand up straight, let alone hold a camera. But,…er,….we have swell!Sth Narrabeen


C C Big and Messy

Posted on May 21st, 2009 in Central Coast, Surf Reports.

Showers and windy on the Central Coast this Thursday morning.  The swell is messy and rising at 3 – 6 feet from the east northeast.  There is a moderate to strong gusty easterly breeze.  High tide 0515 and low tide around 1120.  Local barometer 1021hpa, 92% humidity, 15 degrees C.  Have a good one.


Byron Bay Today May 20th 2009

Posted on May 21st, 2009 in Byron, Just for fun, Local Colour, Surf Reports, Weather.
looking for something to surf In Byron Bay Today
looking for something to surf In Byron Bay Today

Our hopes that it may just blow over and provide some swell were dashed In Byron Bay Today. The Bureau of Meteorology has upgraded the flood watch to a Flood Warning and the weather warnings have been upgraded from Gale Force to Storm Force. You can add to that torrential rain, dangerous wind gusts, damaging seas and higher usual tides with predictions of tidal inundation on low lying land. Hmm I’ve seen this pattern before. The tide comes up the rivers, the howling easterly prevents the outgoing tide from making it all the way back out before the next high comes in on top of it. Add a storm surge to that and it could get real ugly up here over the next 24 – 48 hours. The Goldy copped it today, some poor bloke got taken out by a window blown out from a high rise. You never know when. And it’s flooding everywhere up there. To which indignity we gotta add the fact that the swell is getting bigger but the wind is far too strong to even consider surfing it. It made for some interesting moments, while I was out and about try to get some shots in the rain. But really when all’s said and done it’s a mess up here right now. Next week is looking to be sweet, but right now it’s no much fun In Byron Bay Today