Hello Friends,

Light NNE breezes greeted the early risers this morning – and so did the surf conditions of yesterday morning. In fact, I think it might be a touch smaller if anything. The wind swell is still out of the east at a touch under 2 metres but the average period is still around the 7 second mark so the best sets are struggling to get much above the chest high mark on the take-off.

The NE’r will be kicking up as the day goes along and according to the latest from the Bureau will be in the 25-30kt range.

Tide was high around 0400 and will hit the low at about 1050.

Weekend outlook remains positive. I commend you to the Goat’s forecast as once again he’s picked it. The models have been bouncing around, but they’re starting to line up with his Goatness’s prognostications. Have a read of it here

Speaking of the weekend, I’m planning to join the other Surfrider crew down at Freshie for a beach clean up at 0800 as part of the Duke’s Day celebrations. Give us a hoy if you’re down that way.

Have yourself a top Friday!

Weather Situation

A high pressure system near New Zealand is moving southeast maintaining a ridge to New South Wales far north coast. During today a deep, slow-moving, complex low pressure system will move south of Tasmania.
Forecast for Friday until midnight

Winds: Northeasterly 20 to 25 knots increasing to 25 to 30 knots by early evening. Seas: 2 metres increasing to 3 metres later in the evening. Swell: Easterly 1 metre.
Forecast for Saturday

Winds: North to northeasterly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 15 to 20 knots around dawn then becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Up to 3 metres decreasing to 2 metres during the morning then decreasing to below 1 metre by early evening. Swell: Easterly about 1.5 metres.
Forecast for Sunday

Winds: North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the evening. Swell: Northeasterly about 2 metres.

Hello Friends,

Wind was NE but relatively light to begin with this morning, so the surface was a bit cleaner than yesterday for the early risers. Swell settings are pretty similar to this time yesterday as well, ie it’s out of the east at a couple metres with a period just a touch under 8 seconds. There is some 10 sec peak stuff in the mix though and that ought to deliver the odd chest high plus set.

Low tide is around 0930 this morning and as a consequence the beachies are crunching over but not in the main showing many peaks. While there was a crew on it at the Northy end of the Collaroy-Narrabeen stretch, it was just shutdown city along the rest of the beach. Not a single punter in the water that I could see.

No Man’s to Dee Why was clean enough, but there only three or four people in the water. They were up toward the pole and having to scratch around a fair amount to find something.

TIDES: L @0930, H @1515

Outlook is still reasonable for a pulse of ENE swell this weekend in the Sydney region. It seems that we’ll have a lot of NE wind with it on Saturday, so that will likely limit the opportunities to the north corners. But there should be reasonable size because the models are still calling for 11-12 sec periods on Saturday, stretching out to a juicy 12-14 seconds on Sunday. Woohoo!

I will definitely be out and about with my camera, hoping to add to my galleries of regular folks at their best.

A couple things to mention this morning: first, I’ve set up a post code survey and would really appreciate if you could fill it in. It’s totally anonymous of course, but knowing where our audience broadly comes from will be very helpful. We’ve really been slammed on the advertising front lately so I’m really scratching around to get some other income stream(s) happening.

Second thing is to mention that Surfrider Foundation is going to celebrate the Duke’s day at Freshwater this Sunday with a beach cleanup. We’ll be down there from about 0800, so look out for our groovy tent.

Weather Situation

A high pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea is extending a ridge to Queensland coast. During Friday the high will move towards New Zealand maintaining the ridge to New South Wales north coast. On Saturday a complex low pressure system is expected to move south of Tasmania.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight

Winds: East to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: Easterly 2 metres tending southerly 1 metre late this evening.
Forecast for Friday

Winds: Northeasterly 20 to 25 knots increasing to 25 to 30 knots later in the evening. Seas: 1.5 to 2 metres. Swell: Easterly 0.5 to 2 metres.
Forecast for Saturday

Winds: North to northeasterly 20 to 30 knots tending northerly 10 to 20 knots during the morning then tending north to northeasterly up to 15 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Up to 3 metres decreasing below 1.5 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Easterly about 2 metres.