1400: wind dropping, swell south at two metres with an average period of 12 seconds. I might go have another look in that case…
Hello Friends,
A number of folk in the water at Dee Why before 0700 this morning to chase the waist to chest high SSE swell. According to the MHL buoy it’s around the two metre mark at about 8 seconds apart. For close to a week the swell prediction has been calling for this uptick, but it had also been showing a longer period. So I had a look at the MHL buoy from down at Eden and sure enough, a long period pulse arrived around midday. It’s still showing and it’s around the 14 second mark. And when I jumped back to check the MHL Sydney buoy, whadya know, it just hit in the last hour or so. All of which suggests to me that there is at least the chance of the odd rogue set turning up in the mix today.
There wasn’t much in the way of wind to start, but it should go south during the morning and swing more onshore later. The Bureau says there’s a 40% chance of rain too.
BTW, I have a couple pairs of tix to give away to the surf movies at the Diggers on Friday and at Palmy RSL on Saturday evening. Use the feedback link top right of our main page to let me know if you’re interested. I’ll need your name, your guest’s name and a contact mobile to confirm back.
Have a good one!
Tide is high at 1245 or so and the next low will be along t 1900.
Weather Situation
A strong high pressure system will move to the east of Tasmania today maintaining a ridge northwards along the New South Wales coast. The high is forecast to move over New Zealand by Friday. The next cold front is expected to approach from the southwest, .and is expected to bring the next southerly change to southern and central parts of the coast during Saturday.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
Winds: South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly around midday. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly about 2 metres.
Forecast for Thursday
Winds: East to northeasterly 5 to 15 knots becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 knots by early evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1.5 metres later in the evening. Swell: Southerly about 1.5 metres.
Forecast for Friday
Winds: North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 25 knots during the evening. Seas: 1.5 to 2 metres. Swell: Southerly 1 metre tending easterly during the evening.
