It’s an ordinary old morning

Rather a sad scene on the surf front this morning.

Hello Friends,

Huey is not smiling kindly upon the east coast of Australia this morning. Here in Sydney we have about a metre of 6 sec period NE windswell. Great keeness is required for these conditions. However, there is a glimmer of hope for improvement early next week.

It looks as though we have to put up with tiny ENE conditions through about Sunday, but then (assuming the models have it right) we might have some solid south to the SSE swell – with stiff south to SSW wind.

The usual caveat applies, namely that this is a best-guess estimate arising out of computer models. Your mileage may vary. Interesting though how often those models basically get it pretty close to right. Over the last decade plus of working on this site, it seems to me that they’ve definitely improved their accuracy.

So, between now and next Monday, it looks like we can all carry on as we were. But I’d be keeping the schedule in flexy mode…

Go well with your plans today, and if you have time, have a squizz at the new Friends of RealSurf shop…

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Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Thursday until midnight: Wind: NE 10/15 knots, increasing to 20/30 knots in the afternoon. Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres, rising to 2 to 3 metres during the afternoon.Swell: E/NE less than 1 metre.
Friday: Wind: Easing to NW 15/20 knots early. Sea: 1 to 2 metres. Swell: E/NE less than 1 metre. Early thunderstorms.
Saturday: Wind: NW 5/15 knots, increasing to 15/25 knots.

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

SURF FORECAST ISSUED THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2009:  SEVEN DAY OUTLOOK FOR SYDNEY:

Small surf, but nice weather for the weekend… Then bigger surf,  and so so weather next week.

Friday: about 1 metre East North East.

Saturday: 1 metre or less East North East.

Sunday: 1 metre or less East in the morning (Wind: NW 10/20 knots ahead of a S/SW change 15/25 knots in the afternoon.), and starting to come up with a S/SW change in the arvo.

Monday: about 2 metres, 2-3 metres South East.

Tuesday: 2-3 metres South East.

Wednesday: 2-3 metres South East.

Thursday: 1-2 metres East South East.

Water temp is around 21.

Weather from the Bureau:

Forecast for Friday
Chance of an early morning shower or thunderstorm then fine and mostly sunny. Moderate to fresh northwest winds.
Precis: Chance early shower/thunderstorm.
Fire danger: Locally very high [25-49]

City:         Min:  21 Max:  34   Parramatta: Min:  19 Max:  34

Terrey Hills: Min:  19 Max:  32   Penrith:    Min:  20 Max:  34

Liverpool:    Min:  19 Max:  34   Richmond:   Min:  20 Max:  34

UV Alert: 8:50 am to 4:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High]

Saturday Fine. Sunny.

City:          Min:   20  Max:   35

West:          Min:   18  Max:   36

Sunday Chance shower.

City:          Min:   19  Max:   27

West:          Min:   17  Max:   28

Monday Shower or two.

City:          Min:   17  Max:   20

West:          Min:   14  Max:   22

Tuesday Chance shower.

City:          Min:   17  Max:   21

West:          Min:   15  Max:   22

Wednesday Chance shower.

City:          Min:   17  Max:   22

West:          Min:   13  Max:   26

Thursday Fine.

City:          Min:   15  Max:   25

West:          Min:   11  Max:   29

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Thursday until midnight: Wind: NE 20/30 knots. Sea: 2 to 3 metres.Swell: E/NE less than 1 metre.
Friday: Wind: NE/NW 20/30 knots, easing to W/NW 15/20 knots early. Sea: 2 to 3 metres abating 1 to 2 metres. Swell: E/NE less than 1 metre. Early thunderstorms.
Saturday: Wind: NW 5/15 knots, increasing to 15/25 knots in the afternoon.
Sunday: Wind: NW 10/20 knots ahead of a S/SW change 15/25 knots in the afternoon.

Cronulla report by Aquasea Wetsuit Repairs

Onshore NE wind sloppy 1ft surf, wind to strengthen later.　
WIND: NE at 25kph. WATER TEMP: 20 degrees.
FORECAST: Fine for most places. Slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm later
in the afternoon or evening in the far west. Light to moderate
northeasterly winds, becoming fresh on the coast in the afternoon.
MAX AIR TEMP TODAY: 26-34 degrees.
SWELL: ENE 1-2m at 6 seconds.
TIDES:　　　　 HIGH: 16:00　　　　　 LOW: 10:00
WINDSURFERS: Rough conditions　today.
BOAT DIVING: Choppy sea conditions outside, vis around 10m+ on the TUGGERAH and Kelloe, 10m　 at Barons Hut, thanks to www.seatamerdive.com Sydney Scuba Diving Boat Charter and Ian Griffiths “Griffiti”. SHORE DIVING: 6 metres vis at Oak Park. 5+ metres at Shiprock.
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Light cloud cover, dry and humid on the Central Coast this Thursday morning.  The swell is small and weak at 1 – 2 feet from the east southeast.  There no breeze at the moment forecast to northeast later.  High tide at 0410 and low tide around 0950.  Local barometer 1013 hpa, 19 degrees C. 97% humidity.   Have a good one.

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Peaceful Moments, In Byron Bay Today.

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There were some very nice waves wrapping past the cape in Byron Bay today. So what’s so unusual about that?  Well it was sunny, warm, consistent with crystal clear water the town is full of schoolies and tourists, yet it was utterly uncrowded all day until the afternoon crew turned up after work. So why so empty? Simple the Coastalwatch camera was offline this morning. End of argument, I’ve seen this before we’ll see it again. They go down the crowd goes down. When it’s offline, we get uncrowded waves. Funny isn’t it? When we were kids we used to have a blast cruising around in beat up old cars with our crew of blokes and girls. The surf check was all part of the ritual; it was as much a part of surfing as getting waves. These days, people go online and if the cameras are down, they don’t turn up, kinda lucky for us really. Maybe they assume the surf just disappeared along with the camera, who knows? What I do know is this. Those who still do a surf check the old way, by actually getting up from the screen and turning up to look, were rewarded for their efforts. There were some mighty happy people who were very grateful indeed for, a peaceful moment delivered by the failure of a certain streaming video camera, In Byron Bay Today.