Hello Friends,

Heading for a warm day with brisk NE wind later. The little swell of yesterday has moved more to the east but as of this writing, hasn’t lost much energy. Most spots would have been pretty much swamped for the early I’d say. Dee Why was quite fat and full, but there were a few bods chasing shoulder high bombs in the shorey. The point was showing potential for the lower tide later. Unfortunately if the wind forecast is correct, the window of opportunity for a wave in the south corners may slam shut before the tide improves.

Whilst it doesn’t look as though we’re in for all time conditions over the next few days, the latest run of the models is pointing toward a steady supply of waist high (to a touch above) at exposed spots.

Looking at the far reaches of the predictions, I’m seeing some potentially solid, long period swell toward the middle of next week. As usual, it’s too early to have a high level of confidence. But it’s worth noting that we could pick up some juicy south swell from late Tuesday through Thursday. Nice to see the prospect anyway, eh?

Have yourself a top old Thursday!

TIDES: H @0810, L @1445

Weather Situation

A high near New Zealand extends a ridge along the New South Wales coast. A low pressure trough lies over the NSW inland and a high is in the western Bight. These systems are moving eastwards. The high in the west is expected to move to the southeast of Tasmania by late Friday with the trough contracting to the northeast of the state. This will bring a weak southerly change along the New South southern and central coasts Thursday through Friday.

Forecast for Thursday until midnight

Winds: North to northeasterly 10 to 20 knots. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: Easterly 1.5 metres. Isolated thunderstorms.

Forecast for Friday

Winds: North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots, ahead of an early southerly change of up to 20 knots. Winds tending south to southeasterly up to 15 knots during the afternoon. 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 to 2 metres.

Forecast for Saturday

Winds: North to northeasterly 5 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning then increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the evening. Swell: Easterly 1.5 metres.

Hello Friends

Okay, it wasn’t perfect or anything, but at least there was SE windswell all day and the wind didn’t get too out of hand. I got a few waves at Dee Why point, but given the swell direction, it was far from the only place with something worth the effort. Mostly it was in the waist to chest high range, but every now and then something closer to head high turned up to keep things interesting.

The SE windswell didn’t vary much through the day. Basically it stayed around the two metre mark out at sea with an average period of about 8-9sec. Outlook si for the energy levels to weaken a little overnight, but with luck tomorrow will still offer a few options for the keen. First tide of the day will a high at about 0720, the wind should be out of the NE and once again we have a high likelihood of showers at some point during the day.

Go well!

Weather Situation

A high near New Zealand extends a ridge along the New South Wales coast. A low pressure trough lies over the NSW inland and a high is in the western Bight. These systems are moving eastwards. The high is expected to move to the southeast of Tasmania by late Friday. This will bring a weak southerly change along the New South southern and central coasts Thursday through Friday.

Forecast for Wednesday until midnight

Winds: Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: Easterly 2 metres.

Forecast for Thursday

Winds: North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: Easterly about 2 metres. Isolated thunderstorms.

Forecast for Friday

Winds: North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots, ahead of an early southerly change of up to 20 knots. Winds tending south to southeasterly up to 15 knots during the afternoon. 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 to 2 metres.

Forecast for Saturday

Winds: North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning then increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the evening. Swell: Easterly 1.5 metres.

Hello Friends,

Another la nina morning in Sydney, ie grey skies and 90% chance of a shower. As foretold by the models, the swell has bumped up a bit and as Wednesday got started it was a couple metres at sea from the SE with an average period of around 8 seconds. I needed to wait awhile to get this morning’s snap of Dee Why point because the set waves were pretty few and far between. It looks to me like one of those mornings when you hang around for one to two wave sets. Still, at least there’s a little something going on.

It was glassy for the early, but the tide was right on high when I checked it out for the first time. The Bureau says the wind will work around to the NE later and get into the 15-20 kt range. Look to the north corners…

The swell should stick around at more or less the current energy levels this morning before maybe fading a touch toward dark. The good news is that it shouldn’t drop into the realms of utter hopelessness across the next few days. As well, the long range models this morning are showing a reasonably intense system coming around Tasmania and pushing up the east coast early next week. At this stage it looks like maybe slinging us some windy, short period but potentially interesting size swell Tue-Wed. However, as we model watchers know, these forecasts have a way of fading in the straight, so I’m not whooping about it just yet.

Have yourself a great day!

TIDES: H @0720, L @1400

Weather Situation

A high east of Tasmania is moving slowly east, extending a ridge along the New South Wales coast. The approach of a cold front from the Southern Ocean is likely to bring a southerly change to much of the coast on Thursday through Friday.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight

Winds: East to northeasterly 5 to 10 knots becoming northeasterly up to 15 knots around midday then increasing to 15 to 20 knots by early evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1.5 metres later in the evening. Swell: Easterly 2 metres.
Forecast for Thursday

Winds: North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: Easterly about 2 metres. Isolated thunderstorms until evening.
Forecast for Friday

Winds: Northerly 10 to 20 knots tending northwest to southwesterly up to 15 knots during the morning then tending southeasterly during the afternoon. Winds tending east to northeasterly up to 15 knots during the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Easterly 1 to 2 metres.

Hello Friends,

It’s all not happening this morning. Had a look at Curly, Dee Why and Northy and all up I spotted a total of four people in the water. One each at Northy and Curly and the other two at Dee Why centre. This is not surprising however. The combination of grey, periodically rainy, skies and a gutless, tiny SSE windswell being worked over by onshores does not make for the most attractive incentive to get wet.

The outlook for the remainder of the day is pretty much for more of the same. Tomorrow isn’t looking a lot better, although there is some slight hope that as the wind goes around to the NE in the late afternoon that we might get something of interest in the afternoon at north corners.

Go well with plans today and keep on smilin’!

TIDES: H @0625, L @1315

Weather Situation

A high east of Tasmania is moving slowly east, extending a ridge along the New South Wales coast, while a low pressure trough is situated off the northern coast. During today the high is expected to move further east, and the coastal trough should weaken. The approach of a cold front from the Southern Ocean towards the end of the week is likely to bring a southerly change to much of the coast.

Forecast for Tuesday until midnight

Winds: Easterly about 15 knots. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: Southeasterly about 2 metres. Isolated thunderstorms offshore late this evening.

Forecast for Wednesday

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending northeast to southeasterly up to 10 knots around midday then becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots later in the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Easterly 2 metres.

Forecast for Thursday

Winds: Northerly 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the morning then tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres. Swell: Easterly about 2 metres. The chance of thunderstorms offshore, extending throughout from midday.