Hello Friends,

We have waves. Shoulder high to a foot or two overhead. Glassy, but high tide a biggun at 0730. No wind now, turning more N-NW later in morning, then NE 15-20 kts. Power setting on swell exactly as predicted by models, ie 12-16sec @ 1.5m to 3m from the SSE.

As the day goes along, we can expect the surf to pick up as the swell pushes up into the 2-3.5m range. It should be solid all day, and then overnight it may drop back a bit but not go anything like flat for Tuesday before maybe coming up a bit on Wednesday. With luck, it’ll still be going on Thursday.

My hope is to get out and about with a camera today, so there should be a few more pictures later.

Go well with your day!

Longer wait for waves inside, but clearly some size.

Fair number of bods in at 0630 and rather setty.

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Monday until midnight: Wind: SE 5/10 knots, turning N/NW 10/15 knots during the morning, then N/NE 15/20 knots during the afternoon ahead of a 25/33 knot S change during the evening.Sea: 1 to 2 metres, rising to 2.5 to 3.5 metres during the evening. Swell: increasing to S 2 to 3 metres. Afternoon/evening thunderstorms.
Tuesday: Wind: S 20/25 knots, reaching 25/30 knots at first. Easing to E/SE 10/15 knots at night.Sea: 2 to 3 metres, abating to 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: S 2 to 3 metres.
Wednesday: Wind: E/NE 5/10 knots, increasing to 10/20 knots.

Synoptic Situation
A high lies over the northern Tasman Sea and extends a ridge along the NSW coast while a cold front is approaching Tasmania. The front and its associated southerly change will move up the South Coast this afternoon, reaching Ulladulla by early evening, and be moving along the Hunter coast by midnight. The change will progress along the Mid North Coast overnight, and is expected near Cape Byron by Tuesday afternoon. A low will deepen to the east of Tasmania later today, with a pulse of gale force southwesterly winds affecting the far south tip of the NSW coast tonight. As this low moves eastward on Tuesday, another high pressure system will move into the southern Tasman Sea, with southerly winds gradually easing. On Wednesday the high will move further eastward, and the wind will swing around to the north to northeast and increase again, generally remaining northeasterly until the weekend.