Hello Friends,

Foggy early, but it cleared away pretty quickly as the sun came up. I hadn’t expected to see much of interest this morning after looking at the indicators late last night. But Huey smiled on the early risers and although the SE windswell is only about a metre out at sea and is plugging along at a pretty standard 8 seconds apart, there were a few clean and glassy waist high peaks here and there. The waits were long between the sets and the incoming tide was going to be an issue soon, but if you’d made the effort there were a few small rewards to be had.

Saturday’s first high tide was at 0945 and the low will be along at 1610.

I’d say as that tide fills in it will knock the surf prospects about and by the time it runs back out again, the NE wind is set to be an issue. Because it’s due to get into the 20-30 kt range, there might possibly be some junky but surfable options in the semi-protected north corners.

Sunday morning might produce a few possibilities as the windswell gets more east and picks up a touch.

Have yourself a terrific Saturday!

Weather Situation
A high near New Zealand extends a ridge to the northern New South Wales coast, and to the south of Tasmania while a broad low pressure trough lies over the western border with a low south of Adelaide. The trough will move eastwards on Saturday with the low likely to move south of Tasmania followed by a vigorous cold front expected to arrive on the South Coast on Sunday and to extend to the far north coast by Monday afternoon.

Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Winds: Northerly 15 to 20 knots tending north to northeasterly 20 to 25 knots around midday then becoming northeasterly 20 to 30 knots during the afternoon. Winds tending north to northeasterly up to 25 knots later in the evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 2 metres during the afternoon then increasing to 3 metres by early evening. Swell: Easterly 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday
Winds: North to northwesterly 5 to 15 knots tending south to southeasterly around midday. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres. Swell: Easterly about 1.5 metres. Isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening.

Forecast for Monday
Winds: Southeasterly 20 to 25 knots increasing southerly 20 to 30 knots during the morning then decreasing to 20 to 25 knots during the evening. Seas: Up to 2 metres increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Southeasterly about 1.5 metres.

Hello Friends,

Cloudy and 15 to 20 kts of southerly this morning, but that wasn’t putting off a hardy little group of surfers near Dee Why centre. A lone SUPster was sweeping about hopefully near the rocks at the point as well. Sets were struggling to make the waist high but people on floaty objects were often getting a reasonable distance on the little high tide peaks. The windswell was out of the east this morning. The MHL buoy showed it as being about 1.5 metres but the average period was getting close to just 6 seconds, so we aren’t talking juicy.

The trend on the forecast models is showing Sydney bumping along at about this morning’s energy level through the day. So, if you have to wait until this afternoon and the low tide, your cause may not be totally hopeless. However, the wind will be wandering around from the south to east all day, which means quality will not likely be, shall we say, memorable.

Small favour to ask…  if you have the time, would you mind taking a look at realsurfauctions.com (see bottom right column on the page) and if you have any thoughts, I’d appreciate hearing them via the feedback form. Thanks in advance!

TIDES: H @0900, L @1530

Weather Situation

A high near New Zealand extends a ridge to the northern New South Wales coast. A low pressure trough will weaken over central parts as another high moves over the Tasman Sea today. The next trough is expected to affect the southern coast during Saturday, before a cold front brings a vigorous southerly change across the region on Sunday and Monday.

Forecast for Friday until midnight

Winds: Southwesterly 5 to 15 knots, reaching 20 knots at times, tending south to southeasterly up to 15 knots during the morning then tending east to southeasterly up to 10 knots by early evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing up to 1.5 metres during the morning then decreasing to below 1 metre later in the evening. Swell: Easterly 1.5 metres.

Forecast for Saturday

Winds: North to northeasterly 5 to 10 knots becoming northerly 10 to 15 knots during the morning then tending north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots around midday. Winds increasing to north to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots by early evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Easterly 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday

Winds: North to northwesterly 5 to 15 knots, reaching 20 knots at times, before a southerly change up to 20 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Up to 2 metres decreasing to below 1 metre during the morning. Swell: Easterly about 1.5 metres. Isolated thunderstorms.