Hello Friends,
Still in a holding pattern where the surf’s concerned. And I think that’s what we can expect for the rest of the day in Sydney. There’s only a very tiny south windswell around at the moment and its definitely too small to produce anything at the south end of the Dee Why to Longy stretch. There might possibly be some barely surfable dribblers up the beach, but you’ll want your most buoyant option.
As so often happens, as we get closer to a swell event, the forecast models get a bit more conservative on the size estimate. As the Bureau’s call below suggests, it now looks as though the swell will start to fill in late tomorrow afternoon (although, with luck we’ll see some forerunners by midday).
The models say we can expect the energy be here in full force by Tuesday morning. At this stage the call is for 3-4 metres of SSE swell at about 11-12 sec. The wind is set to be strong and from the SW-SE. Exposed spots could see wave faces into the double overhead range.
Wednesday should see a slight decrease in swell power and winds more steadily out of the south. There should still be juice in the tank for Thursday, but the wind call is currently for easterlies, so I’d say the early will be the plan.
Great to have some solid swell in prospect, even if the wind is likely to be an issue at lots of places.
Have yourself a great Sunday and I’ll try to get back later with a tweak on the outlook for the week ahead.
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Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong wind warning
Sunday until midnight: Wind: Variable 5/10 knots becoming W/NW 15/20 knots during the morning and tending W/SW 15/20 knots in the evening.Sea: 1 to 2 metres.Swell: East 1 to 1.5 metres.
Monday: Wind: S/SW 10/15 knots early, increasing to 18/23 knots during the morning, and 20/30 knots during the afternoon and evening.Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres, rising to 2 to 3 metres.Swell: East about 1 metre, increasing to S 2 to 2.5 metres.
Tuesday: Wind: SW/SE 20/30 knots.
