Hello Friends,
Well, here we are. One day left of 2010 and tomorrow the old odometer clicks over once more. I hope your 2010 was better than this morning’s paltry offerings for Sydney surfers. Gadzooks it is most ordinary looking mateys. The MHL buoy is showing a weak easterly wind swell of around a metre at 7 seconds apart. That’s similar to what we had yesterday at this time, so if you found something to tempt you then, I’d head back there again for a look today. As the picture from Dee Why shows however, you’ll be doing very well to find anything above the waist high mark. Most places will be much smaller than that.
We should see a standard issue seabreeze this afternoon and with luck it will give the average wave height a nudge up at the exposed spots. I’m not overly hopeful on that score for today, but tomorrow afternoon late might possibly see a bit of wind swell action since the wind is forecast to get into the 20-30 kt range.
Seems we’re in for a scorcher out west of the city today and tomorrow, so maybe it’s just as well the waves will be tiny because there’ll probably be a few more people than usual coming out to the coast to cool off. Water is around the 20 mark – as it has been for some time now. Tide’s low at 1120 and then back to high around 1710.
Go well one and all and have yourself a top final day of 2010.
Weather Situation from the BoM
A high pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea will remain there for the next few days, with a ridge extending to the mid-north coast of New South Wales. A cold front will bring a southerly change to the South Coast on Saturday extending to the Hunter coast on Sunday.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
Winds: North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres by early evening. Swell: Easterly 1 metre.
Forecast for Saturday
Winds: North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots by late afternoon or evening. Seas: 1 to 2 metres increasing to 2 to 3 metres later in the evening. Swell: Easterly 1 metre.
Forecast for Sunday
Winds: Northerly 15 to 25 knots, reaching 30 knots at times, ahead of a southerly change 10 to 20 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Up to 3 metres decreasing below 1.5 metres during the morning. Swell: Easterly 0.5 to 1.5 metres.
