Hello Friends,

Not too flash out there this morning. SSE wind is pushing along at a surf destroying 20-30 knots. The outlook is for it to slack off this afternoon and to go more SE, so who knows, maybe some of the south corners will come into play. But you’d have to say it’s not exactly looking like being all time. Swell at sea off Sydney is averaging around the 3 metre mark from the south. It’s coming in at around 8 seconds apart, so there isn’t a lot of power. Waves are messy and unattractive – to put it mildly – and as a consequence, I wasn’t surprised not to see anyone in the water.

I’m intrigued to see the Eden buoy showing an average period of around 11 seconds. There’s no guarantee we’ll see that make its way this far north, but the latest run of the wave forecast models is calling for our average period to jump into a similar range this afternoon. Should that happen, we might get a little more energy getting into the corners.

The Bureau says we’re set to have SE wind into Saturday, so the best hope for a wave will probably be the early (when the tide, sadly, is full).

Ah well, Huey will come to the party eventually, so keep on smilin’ and go well with today’s adventures.

TIDES: H @0620, L @1300
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Thursday until midnight: Wind: S/SE 20/30 knots, easing to SE 15/20 knots in the afternoon. Sea: 2 to 3 metres, abating to 1.5 to 2 metres in the afternoon. Swell: S increasing to 2 to 3 metres.
Friday: Wind: S/SE 15/20 knots. Sea: 1 to 2 metres. Swell: S/SE 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Saturday: Wind: SE 10/20 knots.