Hello Friends,
It’s a pleasant enough early winter’s day in Sydney, but the surf situation is pretty ordinary. About the best you can say is that at least it’s not dead south, so something does trickle in every now and again. Swell at sea is around a metre from the SSE at about 8 seconds apart. As my picture shows, this can translate into the occasional waist high bomb set. With luck, as the tide drops (it’s low at around 1330), a few more little peaks will come into play. However, there is the issue of the wind.
The Bureau says the W-NW breeze of this morning is going to be pushing along at a pretty intense 20-30 kts by dark – and then it looks set to stay that way for most of the coming work week.
According to the models, we can pretty much write off wave hopes until late Wednesday. Thursday remains hopeful for Sydney surfers, so if you can, block out a little space in the calendar just in case. Ya never know…
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong wind warning
Sunday until midnight: Wind: W/NW 8/13 knots increasing to 13/18 knots by afternoon then 20/30 knots in the evening.Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres rising to 2 to 3 metres.Swell: E/SE 1.0 to 1.5 metre.
Monday: Wind: W/NW 20/30 knots.Sea: 2 to 3 metres.Swell: SE 1 to 1.5 metres.
Tuesday: Wind: W’ly 20/30 knots.
