Hello Friends,

Nice morning in Sydney. There was a light N-NE breeze as we got underway, but as expected, there’s only the weakest of weak little NE wind swell’s showing along our beaches. It’s around the metre mark at sea, but the average period of about 6 seconds does not promise much power. Sets will be in the knee to waist high range for the most part and you’ll be doing a lot of waiting around for the little buggers too.

From the shape of the latest forecast models, it appears that we’re in for another week of small to not quite flat conditions as a succession of modestly sized, short period  ENE wind swells pulse in to our region.

If you’re keen for something bigger, it looks as though you’ll have a choice of heading to far western Vicco or the far north coast and SE Queensland. The former region could be thumping toward the end of the week according to the projections, while the latter should have some size, but east winds will keep the quality at a fairly ordinary level at most spots.  However some of the points could be the goods, especially up around Noosa toward the end of the week…

Weather Situation

A high over the Tasman extends a ridge over New South Wales. This high is expected to remain semi-stationary throughout the week, bringing north to northeast winds to most of the coast.

Forecast for Tuesday until midnight

Winds: North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres later in the evening. Swell: Easterly about 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday

Winds: Northeasterly 20 to 25 knots increasing to 25 to 30 knots around midday. Seas: 2 metres increasing to 3 metres around midday. Swell: Easterly 1 metre.

Forecast for Thursday

Winds: North to northeasterly 20 to 25 knots becoming northeasterly 25 to 30 knots during the evening. Seas: Up to 3 metres. Swell: Easterly 1.5 metres.

Hello Friends,

Racing off to the We Love Waves conference shortly, and I hope to blog something from there if I can, but this morning’s good news is that we do actually have some little waves on tap this morning. Swell has gone a bit more to the SE, so that should open up a few more options. Plus there are sunny skies and light offshores. Quite a contrast to the forecast of a day or two ago.

Dee Why, as the picture shows, is getting the occasional waist high little thing. They’re pretty soft looking because the average period is only around the 8 second mark, but hey, you can catch ‘em and it’s a beautiful morning for a quick little wave before heading off to the We Love Waves conference!

I reckon the energy levels will decline toward dark and from tomorrow Sydney will slip into another stretch of small to near flat conditions. The wave making systems aren’t looking too intense and worse, they’re also looking like giving the east coast a wide berth.

So get out and enjoy and have yourself a top old day!

Weather Situation

A weak low lies off the northern New South Wales coast while a ridge of high pressure strengthens from the west, bringing relatively cool southerly winds to coastal areas. This ridge will remain over the state into next week, with winds gradually turning more northerly as an associated high builds over the Tasman Sea, although a weak cold front will bring a brief southerly change to the south coast om Sunday. This high is expected to remain the dominant feature throughout the coming week.

Forecast for Saturday until midnight

Winds: South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly up to 10 knots during the afternoon then tending northeasterly later in the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southeasterly 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday

Winds: North to northeasterly 5 to 10 knots becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots around midday then increasing to 10 to 20 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening. Swell: Southeasterly about 1 metre.

Forecast for Monday

Winds: Northeasterly 5 to 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon then increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the evening. Swell: Southeasterly 0.5 metres.