Hello Friends,

The good news is that it’s not flat at spots that pick up south swell. As expected, the swell started picking up late last night and this morning Huey’s got the settings for his new south pulse at a couple metres with an average period of 9 seconds. From the look of the other MHL buoys, Sydney’s currently getting the peak energy. High tide is at 1000-ish and low is around 1600.

As things got started this morning, there were only four or five in the water at Dee Why point and then another couple in the beach break. Chest high sets were turning up reasonably regularly but the swell looks a bit too south for the Dee Why end. I’ll get out and about for a look elsewhere soon and I’m expecting it to be a bit stronger at the exposed spots.

The wind call is still for it to go around to the south this afternoon (when the swell is set to peak), so it looks like this morning is really your best bet for the best combo of size and clean-ness.

With luck the forecast will play out as expected and there’ll be waves of some description at south spots right through to Monday morning.

Have yourself a good one and say hi if you happen to see me shooting. BTW, I’ll try to remember to tweet my shooting location.

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Saturday until midnight: Wind: Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending more southerly during the afternoon.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: Southerly 2 to 3 metres.
Sunday: Wind: Southerly 15 to 20 knots tending south to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots around midday then becoming southeasterly up to 10 knots by early evening.Sea: Up to 1.5 metres.Swell: Southerly 1.5 to 3 metres.
Monday: Wind: South to southeasterly about 10 knots.