Hello Friends,

Lightly offshore to start with today and there’s a weakish looking little SE windswell showing on the MHL buoy off Sydney. The winds are expected to swing more to the east and southeast though. It looks as if the best plan is to get in early and try to grab a few scraps before it gets junked out.

Have yourself a good one!

Weather Situation

Fresh to strong southwesterly airstream will be lingering in the far south on Friday in a wake of the recent front. Otherwise NSW coast will be dominated by a developing high pressure ridge with associated onshore airstream for the next few days. Winds are likely to strengthen in the far north as the ridge becomes established in the central Tasman Sea.
Forecast for Friday until midnight

Winds: East to southeasterly 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots by early evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly about 1.5 metres.
Forecast for Saturday

Winds: East to southeasterly 5 to 10 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly 1 metre.
Forecast for Sunday

Winds: East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending easterly 10 to 20 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing up to 1.5 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Southeasterly 1 metre increasing to 1.5 metres during the evening.

Today’s postcard from California once again features The Pit looking particularly pitiful. Swell in the Santa Barbara region has faded away to almost nothing, so the biggest set I saw was struggling to make knee high. The surf season proper is probably around a month away.