Hello Friends,

The answer to the question posed in my headline is “probably not”. Hard to see how a person could hope to catch one of the ripples on offer at Dee Why. Hard to believe that there would be anything more substantial elsewhere. The buoy data tells the story. It shows 0.75 metres on average from the E-SE with a wind choppy average period of 5 seconds. There is a curious 12 second component in the data, so just maybe there will be the odd knee high bomb set turning up every now and then.

The Bureau is calling for some south swell to show up tomorrow at some point. There’s no sign of it on the buoys off to the south of Sydney at this stage. However, the forecast says we’ll have building NW winds at the same time, so I’m only cautiously hopeful that we’ll see a little something in the afternoon.

On Monday the wind is expected to go SW to southerly, so there’s a better chance some swell energy will get ashore… here’s hoping because that’s when I set off north for a little biennial surfari with an old friend…

Have yourself a good Saturday!

TIDES: L @1045, H @1700
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Saturday until midnight: Wind: Northwesterly 15 to 20 knots.Sea: 1 to 2 metres. Swell: East to northeasterly to 1 metre.
Sunday: Wind: Northwesterly 10 to 20 knots tending southwesterly during the morning then increasing to 20 to 30 knots during the afternoon.Sea: 1 to 2 metres rising to 2 to 3 metres later.Swell: E/NE 1 metre, tending S 1 to 2 metres later.
Monday: Wind: South to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots tending southerly 10 to 20 knots during the afternoon then tending northwest to southwesterly up to 10 knots during the evening.

Hello Friends,

Downward we go, heading toward flatness. Dee Why’s off the surf spot list this morning and looking at the latest from the MHL buoy, you can see why. It’s less than a metre and coming from the ENE, so there might be a touch more energy at places like Manly. But if you can jag something waist high, I reckon you’re doing very well indeed.

The latest run of the WAMs brings no joy either. On current reckoning, the best we can hope for is a wee little south pulse (knee to waist high) around about Monday.

What can ya do but wait?

Go well!

TIDES: L @0950, H @1600
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Friday until midnight: Wind: Northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending north to northeasterly 10 to 20 knots in the afternoon.Sea: 1 to 2 metres.Swell: East to southeasterly to 1 metre.
Saturday: Wind: West to northwesterly 10 to 20 knots.Sea: 1 to 2 metres. Swell: East to northeasterly to 1 metre.
Sunday: Wind: West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending west to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots during the morning.