Hello Friends,
Gee, I hope to be proven wrong, but this winter seems to be following the pattern of last year, ie, great start but fizzling into ordinariness by August. I’ve got to wait for the rain to lift before I can get a snap, but from the way it looked through the murk, not much of anything is happening down at Dee Why. Couldn’t see anyone in the water and it seemed to be for good reason as there really ain’t much energy.
Had an errand this morning, so I turned it into a surf check – as you do. Actually it was more sort of a dribble check. Surface conditions were pretty clean under the showery grey skies at around 0900. There were a couple bods waiting around at Mona Vale and another half dozen at the other end of the beach at Warriewood. Set faces were into the chest high range, but the waves were very weak looking thanks to the 8 second period. Since the waves are coming from the south, Northy wasn’t too attractive. You know it’s ordinary when there’s only one person in the water.
I’m going to keep an eye on it today though because despite the general gloominess of the swell forecast models, the MHL buoy off Batemans Bay is showing a slight upward trend in the period. It’s around the 9 second mark down there as opposed to 8 in Sydney. Only a small thing… but ya never know…
There’s an interesting low off NZ on the charts, so I think there’s a possibility that some long period energy could get to the Sydney region in maybe 36-48 hours. Friday for the early could be a goer… if it happens, we should be able to see the energy hit the MHL Eden and Batemans Bay buoys first.
Fingers are crossed…
Go well with your day!
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: Southerly 15 to 20 knots tending south to southwesterly 20 to 25 knots by early evening.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: Southerly 1.5 metres. Isolated thunderstorms.
Thursday: Wind: South to southwesterly 20 to 25 knots tending southerly 15 to 20 knots by early evening.Sea: 1 to 2 metres.Swell: Southeasterly about 1.5 metres.
Friday: Wind: Southerly 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots during the evening.
