Hello Friends,

More murk folks. And 10-15kts of E to ESE winds too. As foretold by the oracles, the swell’s faded overnight and is now maybe knee to waist high with the odd slightly bigger one – at exposed spots.

General outlook is for much the same conditions to prevail through the day and to hold into tomorrow. In fact it looks from the models as though things may bump along more or less at the same pace (possibly picking up a bit tomorrow afternoon as the NE ramps up).

Hope you like grey skies… weather is going to be more of the same through the weekend apparently. Ah well, at least there should be something vaguely wavelike for the Manly Festival of Surfing.

Speaking of which, yours truly and co-conspirator Shari will be hanging around in our very own tent all day Saturday at the Festival. We’re gonna be waving the flag for RealSurf and Surfrider Northern Beaches, so stop by and say hi. BTW, we plan to have a few RealSurf t-shirts from fundraisers past which we’ll be offering at below cost. I’m also scheming to do a bit of blogging and tweeting (networks willing) through the day.

Go well!

[starratingmulti id=1 tpl=12]

Tides: H @1016, L @1706
What the Bureau says…
Synoptic Situation
A High lies over the Coral Sea with another High over the Bight. A trough between these systems lies over northern New South Wales and is expected to persist there until about Saturday, with an upper low developing and re-enforcing the surface system. A small low should form offshore late Thursday or Friday morning with this trough, bringing strong east to southeast winds along coasts to its immediate south. The High in the Bight will move east of Bass Strait during Thursday, bringing northeasterly winds to southern parts of the coast.
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Friday until midnight: Wind: E/NE 10/15 knots, increasing to 15/20 knots.Sea: mostly 1 to 1.5 metres.Swell: SE 1.5 to 2 metres.
Saturday: Wind: E/NE 15/20 knotsSea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: SE about 1.5 metres.
Sunday: Wind: E/NE 10/20 knots.

Dull day, but he's having fun between the long waits.