Hello Friends,
Lots of excitement about the forecast over the last 24 hours. As I write this the experts from the Bureau are saying that it looks like the south coast will cop the brunt of it. Right now in Sydney the rain is falling fairly steadily but we still have some swell activity. The MHL data shows it’s a couple metres from the east in the Sydney region. The average period has fallen to 8 seconds, but there’s still some 12 sec component in the mix.
Through the rain, Dee Why looked less consistent than yesterday, but as the rather grainy picture below shows, there are still a few meaty sets to be had.
Of course with all this rain, the water quality is going to be pretty ordinary. And with another week of on-again off-again showers, it’ll probably stay that way.
At this stage it doesn’t look as though Sydney is in for a particularly intense run of swell for the coming week. Equally though, it does look like we won’t see it go flat across the coming week. The wind outlook is fairly ordinary from tomorrow through to about Monday, but Tuesday to Thursday currently looks like being more favourable.
BTW, for those of you listening to 702 ABC this morning, here’s a link to the International Shark Attack File site mentioned just before my moment in the spotlight.
TIDES: H @0915, L @1445
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Saturday until midnight: Wind: North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching 20 to 25 knots offshore, becoming northwesterly 10 to 15 knots throughout late afternoon and evening.Sea: 1.5 to 2.5 metres, abating to 1 to 1.5 metres later. Swell: East to southeasterly around 2 metres. Chance of thunderstorms.
Sunday: Wind: West to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots early, increasing to 15 to 20 knots before turning southeasterly 20 to 30 knots in the afternoon or evening, possibly reaching 30 to 40 knots later.Sea: 1 to 2 metres early, rising to 2 to 3 metres. Swell: Easterly increasing to 2 to 3 metres. Possible thunderstorms.
Monday: Wind: South to southeasterly 25 to 35 knots, possibly reaching 40 knots early, gradually easing to 20 to 30 knots.
