Hello Friends,
Period has crept up a bit to 9 seconds and the swell is more SE but still at around the 1.5 metre mark. There are more people in the water now than earlier, but not dramatically so. Wind is still pretty light as well and I’d expect more than a few spots to now be offering options of interest….
earlier I wrote:
Quite foggy between the RealSurf crows nest and the beach this morning, so it wasn’t until I opened the picture in Photoshop (testing out the very latest version atm) that I could even see people were in the water. Anyway, Shari who was out for a constitutional, confirmed not only that it was in the waist high range, but that it was glassy and really fun looking. In fact, I’m pretty sure I saw Kevin Rudd getting in a quick wave before some kind of big deal meeting later this morning. Julia Gillard was taking off deeper than him though…
According to the latest from the MHL buoy, swell is primarily from the east and at almost exactly the same size as yesterday. However, the average period has bumped up from around 7 seconds yesterday to a bit better than 8 now. There’s some 10 second stuff in the mix as well.
The models are lining up with the Bureau on the prospects for tomorrow. At this stage – according to the aforesaid models – it looks as though Friday could be the peak opportunity for a wave across the coming week. One of the long range predictions shows an influx of winter grade south swell for the southern half of NSW late next week. However, as we model watchers know, the guesstimates for 7 days hence have a way of changing from “it’s gonna be big” to “there might be something surfable” as we close in on the date. So, “cautiously hopeful” is where I’m putting it at this point…
Go well with your day!
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Thursday until midnight: Wind: Variable 5 to 10 knots inshore early, otherwise east to northeasterly 5 to 10 knots, reaching 15 knots in the afternoon at times.Sea: to 1 metre.Swell: East to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Friday: Wind: Northeasterly to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon.Sea: 1 to 2 metres.Swell: East to southeast 1 to 2 metres.
Saturday: Wind: North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots before a south to southwesterly change 15 to 25 knots.
