Hello Friends,

Still some wave energy around as the sun sinks in the west. The surface conditions were pretty ordinary though. A light east breeze has been messing it up since late morning and from the look of the latest forecast, it’ll be up to it’s naughty tricks again tomorrow.

Swell’s out of the south at a couple metres right now, but it’s getting a little push thanks to the 10-12 second average period. I got in the water at the point for a bit and managed to jag a few fun ones. Sets were coming along in the chest to head high range at reasonably regular intervals and the aforementioned push was welcome. (My camera was playing up, so although I shot a fair amount, the results aren’t all that interesting sadly.)

I reckon it could drop overnight because the average periods have started going down since about midnight at Eden. They’ve dropped into the 8 second range there, so if that flows through to us (as seems pretty likely), tomorrow could be smaller and weaker than today. However, if the models have it right, there should still be surfable options at south swell spots (that onshore will be an issue of course)

High tide tomorrow will be around 0800 and low will be about 1400.

Weather Situation from the BoM

A series of lows are passing through the southern Tasman Sea, with associated cold fronts extending northwards towards the NSW coast. One of these will pass along the southern NSW coast later today, and is expected to reach the Sydney coast overnight. A persistent ridge of high pressure over NSW is gradually extending further eastwards and will bring easing winds and afternoon coastal sea breezes.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight

Winds: East to northeasterly 5 to 15 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly 2 metres.
Forecast for Thursday

Winds: East to southeasterly 5 to 10 knots tending 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.

Hello Friends,

Somewhat lumpy and junky looking this morning for the early, but with luck it will tidy up a little before the afternoon NE’r gets going. Sets at Dee Why were into the shoulder high range at both the point and the beachy. Swell is still out of the south at around the two metre mark with an average period in the 10 second range. Reasonable number of bods on it too, but not significantly more or less than the last couple days. A bit busier than usual maybe as we are running up to school holidays.

Basically, if you stick to yesterday’s script, you should find something similar again today. Outlook is for the quality to run down from about lunch time as the onshores roll in.

Outlook is for marginal conditions tomorrow as the wind gets into an e-se pattern, but the Bureau says there should still be a couple metres of south swell, so at least it shouldn’t be flat everywhere as well.

Longer term it seems as though we’re drifting toward small conditions by next Monday. However, between now and then, there should be something sloshing around for the keen.

Go well with your day!

Tides: H @0730, L @1325

Weather Situation from the Bureau of Meterology

A series of lows are passing through the southern Tasman, with associated cold fronts extending northwards towards the NSW coast. One of these will pass along the southern NSW coast later today, and is expected to reach the Sydney coast late evening. A persistent ridge of high pressure over NSW is gradually extending further eastwards and will bring easing winds and afternoon coastal sea breezes.

Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
Winds: Southeasterly and light tending northeasterly up to 10 knots around midday then up to 15 knots during the afternoon. Winds tending southeasterly later in the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly 2 metres.

Forecast for Thursday
Winds: East to southeasterly 5 to 10 knots tending northeasterly by early evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly about 2 metres.

Forecast for Friday
Winds: Light winds tending north to northwesterly up to 10 knots during the morning then tending north to northeasterly during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly 1.5 metres.

Hello Friends,

Once again the plan for Tuesday is to get to the beach as early in the day as you can. Wind is offshore for the early but by lunchtime, those onshores will be cutting in and trashing any place with south exposure.

Swell is still out of the south at around the two metre mark with an average period of 10 seconds.

High tide in Sydney was around 0700 and low will be around 1245.

Outlook for tomorrow continues to be for a brief pulse as the period gets longer and the swell continues in the two metre range. The problem is that the wind could be out of the easterly quarters, so it might be a case of finding a protected north corner.

Weather Situation from the Australian Bureau of Meterology

A series of lows are passing through the southern Tasman, with associated cold fronts extending northwards towards the NSW coast during the next few days. The fronts will bring southerly changes to the NSW coast on Tuesday and later on Wednesday. A persistent ridge of high pressure over most of NSW will be associated with winds easing on the northern parts of the coast from about midweek.

Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
Winds: West to northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending south to southwesterly up to 20 knots around midday then tending southerly 20 to 30 knots during the afternoon. Winds decreasing to southerly 15 to 20 knots later in the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Southerly about 2 metres.

Forecast for Wednesday
Winds: Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending northeasterly up to 10 knots around dawn then tending northeast to southeasterly up to 15 knots during the afternoon. Winds tending east to northeasterly up to 10 knots later in the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly 2 metres.

Forecast for Thursday
Winds: South to southeasterly 5 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly up to 10 knots during the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly about 2 metres.