Hello Friends,

There were waves around today at lots of places and the water is still warm. But weirdly the places I checked were all unusually lightly crowded for a Sunday. Maybe it was the cloudy skies and cool air temps… dunno, particularly considering how under much less nice conditions yesterday there were a lot more people in the water.

Go figure.

The settings haven’t changed much over the daylight hours, but there is a distinctive downward tilt to the trends and the call for tomorrow on the models is for a slight decrease. So it might be a little smaller tomorrow, but if you found something today, first stop tomorrow should probably be there again.

Judging from the latest forecast, the water should stay unseasonably warm for another week.

Latest run of the models is still showing good prospects for Thr-Sat. So that’s a good thing!

Monday tides: H @1015, L @1640
Forecast for Monday
Cloud increasing and light rain developing later. Light to moderate
northwest to northeast winds.
Precis: A little rain later.

City: Min: 12 Max: 19 Parramatta: Min: 9 Max: 19
Terrey Hills: Min: 11 Max: 17

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Sunday until midnight: Wind: South to southeasterly decreasing to 5 to 10 knots late afternoon or early evening.Sea: less than 1 metre. Swell: south to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Monday: Wind: Light and variable winds tending northeasterly up to 10 knots during the afternoon.Sea: below about 1 metre.Swell: South to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Tuesday: Wind: Northeast to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots.
Wednesday: Wind: West to northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending south to southwesterly 10 to 20 knots during the morning ahead of a southeasterly change 20 to 30 knots late afternoon.

Hello Friends,

Steady drizzle this morning but the swell has stayed around the 2 metre range since midday yesterday, but the direction has moved to a more favourable SE setting and the period has increased to about the 8 second mark. It’s a combination that delivers chest high and the odd bigger one to Dee Why, so naturally enough there were a reasonable number of takers on a Sunday morning.

The Bureau says the weather should lighten up later. At the same time the current light offshore conditions may get more around to onshore across the middle of the day, but the Bureau says it’s not going to go too hard.

Latest outlook is for the swell prospects to bump along at around the current levels through the coming week. There seems to be a prospect for a small pulse around Wednesday and, if we can believe the long range estimates, there could be some solid swell out of the SE around about Thr late to Friday early.

Go well with your Sunday!

TIDES: L @1015, H @1640
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Sunday until midnight: Wind: South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending south to southeasterly late morning/early afternoon then decreasing to east to southeasterly 5 to 10 knots during the late afternoon/early evening.Sea: 1 to 2 metres. Swell: South to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, abating to below 1 metre.
Monday: Wind: Light and variable winds tending northeasterly up to 10 knots during the afternoon.Sea: below about 1 metre.Swell: South to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Tuesday: Wind: Northeast to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots.
Forecast for Sunday
Coastal showers during the morning otherwise fine. Partly cloudy.
Light southwest to southeasterly winds.

Precis: Mostly fine.

City: Max: 21 Parramatta: Max: 21
Terrey Hills: Max: 19 Penrith: Max: 21
Liverpool Max: 21 Richmond: Max: 20

Hello Friends,

Not the most appetizing morning as things got underway in Sydney today. Showers and cold temps greeted the hardy souls suiting up in beachside carparks along our beaches. But there was a reason to get in at the stretches with decent exposure to the SSE swell. It’s only a couple metres at sea with a period of around 7 seconds, but at places like Northy and No Mans, there are some sets into the chest high range. Away from those zones though it’s quite a bit smaller, so this will be a day to look around for the optimal combo of tide and waves.

The big issue is the wind. Early on there wasn’t much but the forecast is calling for it to pick up and blow freshly from the south east. Go early or…

Outlook for tomorrow is maybe a patch on today, but the bureau is saying they expect the swell to fade away (as do the models)

Speaking of the models, the latest run suggests that it’s going to be marginal to small Mon-Tues at spots exposed to the swell (such as it is), but possibly we may see a pulse into the interesting range (shoulder high plus) on Wednesday. That said, the models have been pretty variable over the last few days, so the situation must be pretty fluxy (ie, typical weather for this time of year), so the Wednesday call could evaporate – or improve! Only Huey knows…

Go well with your day!

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Saturday until midnight: Wind: South to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots reaching to 20 to 25 knots during the morning.Sea: 1.5 to 2.5 metres. Swell: East to southeasterly 1.0 to 1.5 metres.
Sunday: Wind: South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to east to southeasterly 5 to 10 knots during the afternoon /evening.Sea: 1 to 2 metres Swell: South to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, abating to below about 1 metre.
Monday: Wind: Light and variable winds tending northeasterly up to 10 knots during the afternoon then tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the evening.