Hello Friends,

As foretold by the models, surf prospects have diminished overnight from marginal to very marginal. Swell direction is SE but it’s only a metre or so out at sea and the power setting has drifted down to a weak 8 seconds or so. There really doesn’t seem to be much of anything showing at Dee Why, nor along the beach north from there toward No Mans.

There could be a few a little waist high sets to be found at more optimally exposed spots, so if you have time for a look around and you’re not too demanding, some small amusement may be waiting for you to find it.

Latest outlook for the week ahead is for more or less of the same through to around Saturday when it currently looks as though we might possibly get another south pulse. At least one of the riffs on the WAMs is showing quite long period (as in 15+sec) energy on the cards. Here’s hoping!

Have yourself a great day and go well with your plans.

TIDES: H @1210, L @1840
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Tuesday until midnight: Wind: Northerly 5 to 10 knots tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots around midday then tending northerly 15 to 20 knots by early evening.Sea: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.Swell: Southeasterly 1 metre.
Wednesday: Wind: Northwesterly 10 to 20 knots tending west to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon then tending west to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots later in the evening.Sea: Up to 1.5 metres.Swell: Easterly about 1 metre.
Thursday: Wind: South to southwesterly 5 to 15 knots tending southeasterly up to 10 knots during the morning then tending southerly up to 15 knots during the evening.

Hello Friends,

Another beautiful end of winter morning. According to this morning’s run of data from the MHL waverider buoy, the swell settings are very slightly smaller than close of play yesterday, ie averaging around the 1.5 metre mark from the SSE at about 8-9 seconds apart. As with yesterday, the best spots will be those with good south exposure. It’s therefore looking pretty marginal at the Dee Why end of the Longy-Dee Why stretch. In fact, I didn’t see anyone in the water at 0700.

Winds are light to begin with, but the Bureau says that the wind will get around to the E-SE and pick up to a junk-inducing 10 knots.

Latest run of the forecast models points to a gradual decline in average size over the next day or so. Overall it looks as though we’re likely to have flatness by the end of the week but with luck the weekend should see a small pulse of activity. Looking a lot like spring to me.

I did some shooting over the weekend and as I write this, the fruits of that labour are currently uploading to my gallery site. As usual I’ll post a couple galleries here once the pics are all online.

Go well with your day and get wet if you can.

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Monday until midnight: Wind: South to southeasterly 5 to 10 knots tending east to southeasterly by early evening.Sea: Below 1 metre.Swell: Southerly about 1.5 metres.
Tuesday: Wind: North to northeasterly 5 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.Sea: Below 1 metre.Swell: Southerly about 1.5 metres.
Wednesday: Wind: North to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots decreasing to 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.