Hello Friends,
Situation is looking fairly dire it has to be said. Cloudy skies with a chance of showers and a land gale warning do not a pretty picture make. Even so, there were a few stalwarts paddling about in the knee to waist high conditions.
To the extent that it matters, the SE swell is a metre at six seconds. There’s some near 12 sec component in the mix though. However, it’s not adding anything obvious to the prospects. On an interesting related note, this morning’s marine forecast features both primary and secondary swell direction/height estimates. That is very cool. Now, if we could just get them to include the period info as well…
Latest outlook from the models is not too flash for our region. The current estimate is for it to stay small into the middle of next week – at least. The continental high seems set to bounce the wave generating systems away from our swell window for an extended period.
Oh well, it’s been a very good winter season thus far, so I’m sure Huey still has a few shots left in the locker.
Go well with your day one and all!
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Gale Warning.
Thursday until midnight: Wind: North to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots becoming northwesterly 20 to 30 knots during the morning then increasing to 30 to 35 knots during the afternoon. Winds west to northwesterly 20 to 30 knots by early evening then tending westerly 15 to 25 knots later in the evening.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres increasing to 3 metres around midday.Swell: Southerly 0.5 metres. Swell: Northeasterly 0.5 metres.
Friday: Wind: West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending south to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots around midday.Sea: Up to 1.5 metres.Swell: Southerly 0.5 metres. Swell: Northeasterly 0.5 metres.
Saturday: Wind: West to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots becoming southwesterly up to 10 knots during the afternoon.
