Looks puny from here…

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

SURF FORECAST ISSUED THURSDAY 22 APRIL 2010

SEVEN DAY OUTLOOK FOR SYDNEY:

Looking small for most of the Anzac long weekend…

Friday: about 1 metre or less East.

Saturday: about 1 metre or less East.

Sunday: less than 1 metre – SW change later shouldn’t do much.

Monday: in the 1-2 metre range from the South East.

Tuesday: 1 metre or less South East.

Wednesday: 1 metre or less South East.

Thursday: less than 1 metre East. 

Water temp is around 22.

Well done to Donovan MacIntosh and the Avalon Beach SLSC boys – see rescue story below from the Manly Daily…

Have a Good and Safe Anzac long weekend and remember the Diggers.

Weather from the Bureau:

Forecast for Thursday evening

Fine. Light to moderate northwest to northeast winds.

Precis: Fine.                        

Forecast for Friday  

Fine and mostly sunny. Early fog patches, chiefly in the west. Light

to moderate northwest to northeast winds.

Precis: Fine. Mostly sunny.          

City:         Min:  17 Max:  28   Parramatta: Min:  14 Max:  29

Terrey Hills: Min:  15 Max:  27   Penrith:    Min:  15 Max:  30

Liverpool:    Min:  13 Max:  30   Richmond:   Min:  14 Max:  29

UV Alert:   10:20 am to 1:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 4

[Moderate]

Saturday  Fine. Cloud increasing.

City:          Min:   20  Max:   29

West:          Min:   17  Max:   29

Sunday    Morning shower or two.

City:          Min:   17  Max:   23

West:          Min:   14  Max:   23

Monday    Fine. Mostly sunny.

City:          Min:   14  Max:   21

West:          Min:   10  Max:   22

Tuesday   Chance shower.

City:          Min:   14  Max:   23

West:          Min:   10  Max:   23

Wednesday Fine. 

City:          Min:   13  Max:   21

West:          Min:   09  Max:   21

Thursday  Fine.

City:          Min:   11  Max:   22

West:          Min:   09  Max:   23

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Thursday until midnight: Wind: East to northeasterly 8 to 13 knots.Sea: Less than 1 metre. Swell: East to southeasterly to 1 metre.
Friday: Wind: Northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending north to northeasterly 10 to 20 knots later.Sea: 1 to 2 metres.Swell: East to southeasterly to 1 metre.
Saturday: Wind: West to northwesterly 10 to 20 knots.
Sunday: Wind: West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending west to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots during the morning.

http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/news/story/english-tourist-rescued-in-surf/

21 Apr 10 @ 04:05pm by REBECCA WOOLLEY

A DRAMATIC surf rescue saw an English tourist pulled to safety after he became caught in a strong rip while swimming with a group of mates off Avalon beach.

The man was swimming with three others, after the surf patrol had finished for the day last Friday, when he was swept out to sea, but luckily was spotted by surf lifesaver Donovan Macintosh.

“They were on the edge of the sandbank, yet only about two metres away from the drop-off to a channel where there was a strong rip,” Roger Sayers, Avalon Beach Surf Life Saving Club’s publicity officer, said. “As Donovan walked back down the beach with a loud hailer to tell them to come in as it was a dangerous place to swim, the swimmer farthest out was swept out to sea.

“Donovan ran back up to the clubhouse and alerted others to what was going on, then grabbed a rescue board and ran back down the beach towards the rip,” he said.

Nick Williams, also from Mr Macintosh’s patrol, headed out into the surf – which had a two metre swell and strong winds – and managed to secure one of the swimmers just before he went under.

Mr Sayers said the rescue was a timely reminder to foreign tourists and visiting Aussies who were unfamiliar with the surf to be careful when swimming in the ocean.  

This long weekend marks the end of the surf lifesaving season and there would be no patrols until September, he said.  

“When the surf is very small, you can still have a strong rip,” Mr Sayers said.  

“The inexperienced ones do not want to be hit by a wave so they go to where the water is calmer, that could be by the start of a channel that has a rip. If the flags are not up, extreme caution should be exercised.”  

Curly & Freshy Rpt

The surprising thing about this morning is that it ISN’T entirely flat. Despite the buoys indicating a plummet in power, as the swell moved easterly, there are still some vaguely  surfable waist-high bumps around

Fine and Fantastic on C C

Fine, dry and mild on the Central Coast this Thursday morning.  The swell is smooth and small at 1 – 2  feet from the east.  There is a very light northwest breeze forecast to go northeast later.  Low tide at 0850 and high tide around 1500.  Local barometer 1017 hpa, 12 degrees C. 95% humidity.  Have a good one!

Ahhhh That’s Nice, In Byron Bay Today.

To all those asking what happened yesterday, sorry folks we were called to Brisbane, and quite simply couldn’t be in two places at once. Got to say after sitting in that radically intense traffic jam on the highway yesterday evening it was jolly nice to wake up and be back, in Byron Bay today. We saw one of those very typically autumn steel grey days today. The sun never really got out for more than a bit of peep showing. That is until late this afternoon when the clouds parted briefly and Huey turned on the goods, as if we weren’t spoilt enough. We had some sweet little waves, not particularly huge, but hey it was fun, uncrowded and had many folks smiling, In Byron Bay Today.

Mals at Longy

In a holding pattern of smallness

Curly-Freshy Rpt

More of the same. Sunny skies, glassy surface, tiny waves

Fine, dry and mild on the Central Coast this Wednesday morning.  The swell is smooth and small at 1 – 2  feet from the east.  There is a light northwest breeze forecast to go northeast later.  Low tide at 0745 and high tide around 1350.  Local barometer 1017 hpa, 13 degrees C. 95% humidity.  Have a good one!

Oh yeah, it’s very small again in Sydney