Hello Friends,
Huey’s bumped up the power setting a notch and put the helm more to the east. The average height at sea is around the 1.5 metre mark and that’s pretty much where it’s been for the last few days, so I reckon the quality improvement this morning is down to that uptick in the period setting. Sets at Dee Why are into the chest high plus range with the odd bomb (see pic) coming through. Not much wind to start with, so don’t be put off by the dull skies, there should be waves in lots of places.
We have a birthday boy on the site this morning. You’ll find his latest reading of the surf outlook entrails down the page from this report. Yes, I’m speaking of the Goat! Way back in 1995, only a few months after I’d started this site, Roger sent me an email offering to send in the odd report. It rapidly became apparent that he really, really knew the ways and wiles of the NSW coast. His surf prediction ability was (and still is!) exceptional and it wasn’t long before he became the go-to chap for surf forecasts. My memory is hazy about the precise sequence of events that lead to him becoming the Goat, but the classical allusion to ancient soothsayers appealed to both of us. Almost a decade and a half on, and we’re both still having fun with the RealSurf project – and both still surfing!
Go well one and all!
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Friday until midnight: Wind: Light winds inshore during the morning. Otherwise northerly 10 to 15 knots tending north to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots around midday.Sea: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.Swell: Southeasterly about 1.5 metres.
Saturday: Wind: West to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots tending westerly 10 to 20 knots around midday then tending south to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon.Sea: 1 to 2 metres.Swell: Southeasterly about 1 metre.
Sunday: Wind: Southerly 20 to 25 knots decreasing to 15 to 20 knots during the evening.
