Hello Friends,

Over a week of waves now. Not bad for Spring. This morning opened with a touch under two metres of 11 second south swell, light offshores and sunny skies. Reasonable, but not extreme, number of bods in the water at Dee Why with waves at both the point and along the beach. Given the size of the sets, there should be a fair few options around Sydney’s south swell spots.

With luck the waves should stick around for another 24 hours.

Go well and stay happy!

Forecast for Friday until midnight from the BoM

Winds: Northerly 5 to 10 knots tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots around midday then tending north to northwesterly 10 to 20 knots later in the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing up to 1.5 metres later in the evening. Swell: Southerly about 2 metres.
Forecast for Saturday

Winds: North to northwesterly 10 to 20 knots tending west to northwesterly up to 15 knots around midday then tending northwest to southwesterly up to 15 knots by early evening. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres. Swell: Southerly about 2 metres.
Forecast for Sunday

Winds: South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly up to 10 knots during the afternoon then tending east to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the evening. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres. Swell: Southerly 1.5 metres.

Afternoon update:
Not much interesting going on at Dee Why or Curly when I checked while running an errand this afternoon. It’s not flat, but the swell’s definitely smaller and flabbier than it’s been since this time last week. Wind isn’t helping either. Tomorrow looks like being smaller again, but with better wind prospects. Could be worth a look for the early at spots that like a south swell, NW wind combo…

Hello Friends,

The vernal equinox dawned grey and onshore for Sydney. From now until next March, the days will be longer than the nights. Summer is rolling toward us kids. Not that it’s very summery today. Swell is still out of the south this morning and still around the two metre mark. The average period peaked briefly in the 12 second range around lunchtime yesterday but has now dropped back to 10 seconds. There’s some 13 second component in amongst it, so assuming it’s coming from the same direction, that would mean the odd bigger set. For the most part it’s around the waist to chest high range and pretty messy thanks to the 5-10kts of SE wind.

The Bureau says the wind will swing around through the east to the north east later, so maybe there’ll be something in the semi-exposed north corners this afternoon. It’s supposed to stay cloudy all day and there’s a chance of showers this morning.

Happily, the outlook on the models is for another couple of small south pulses – one tomorrow and one Saturday before we enter what looks to be a few days of marginal to flat conditions.

Your correspondent will by that stage be focused on the prospects of a wave at Huntington pier as I’m making a trip to see my family in the US. Expect a few soCal flavoured reports while I’m there!

Have yourself a top old day and get up to some good on the way through if you can.

Weather Situation from the Bureau

A weak trough on the central NSW coast will move slowly north today as a high over the Bight extends a ridge to the south coast.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight

Winds: South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming southeasterly up to 10 knots around midday then tending east to northeasterly later in the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly about 2 metres.
Forecast for Friday

Winds: North to northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots around midday then tending north to northwesterly 10 to 20 knots later in the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing up to 1.5 metres later in the evening. Swell: Southerly 1.5 metres.
Forecast for Saturday

Winds: West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending southeast to southwesterly up to 10 knots during the afternoon then tending northeast to southeasterly during the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly 1.5 metres.