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Watershots from Dee Why

Hello Friends,

Decided to test my somewhat dodgy back with a session at Dee Why. PB and I paddled out toward the middle of the day and spent a good couple hours waiting for the occasional juicy set waves to roll through.

Here’s the interesting thing. At no point while we were out were there more than about eight people in the water. And yet it was sunny, offshore with quite good waves turning up fairly regularly. There were a few more bods over in the beachbreak, but it didn’t look exceptionally crowded either.

Since getting out of the water, I see from the MHL buoy data that Huey’s turned the power setting down from around 10-11 second period to 8. As well, the average height of the SE swell has dropped about a metre. The models say that downward trend is going to continue into tomorrow morning before the next pulse starts to fill in… we shall see…

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:

 

 

 

Gale warning
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: West to northwesterly 20 to 30 knots, increasing to 30 to 35 knots in the evening.Sea: 3 to 4 metres.Swell: Southeasterly about 2 metres.
Thursday: Wind: West to southwesterly 30 to 35 knots becoming southwesterly 20 to 30 knots around midday then decreasing to 20 to 25 knots by early evening. Winds west to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots later in the evening.Sea: Up to 4 metres decreasing to 3 metres during the afternoon then decreasing to 2 metres by early evening.Swell: South to southeasterly around 2 metres increasing southerly around 2.5 metres. Dangerous surf conditions developing in the afternoon. Swell breaking dangerously, close inshore.
Friday: Wind: West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots.
Saturday: Wind: Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending south to southwesterly 20 to 25 knots during the morning then decreasing to 15 to 20 knots during the evening.