Hello Friends,
Sydneysiders woke to sunny blue skies this morning and, if you were near a beach with a little east exposure, some small waves. Dee Why’s showing some small waist high sets as the day kicks off. I watched for awhile to see if I could spot any of the 13 second stuff showing on the revived MHL Sydney buoy data, but nothing obvious turned up. The forecast calls for sunny and light winds, so even if there’s a bit of a wait between sets, at least the rest of the settings should be good. According to the models, the energy level will fade today, so the plan is to get out there now and see what you can find.
Outlook is for the energy levels to bounce around through the weekend. It looks like we’ll have some pretty small patches, but I’m hoping it won’t quite get to abject flatness. Early next week is showing some prospects according to the models. If they have it right, we could possibly see a solid south pulse early next week. However at this stage it looks as though there will be heaps of southerly with it, so if it happens the way the models project, it could be one of those big but stormy swells that isn’t much good for surfing.
Have yourself a good one!
TIDES: L @1300 H @1905
Weather Situation
A cold front will bring southerly change to New South Wales south coast this afternoon extending to the central coast overnight and to the far north coast Thursday afternoon. Another cold front will move across the southern Tasman Sea on Friday freshening southerly winds on the south and central coasts. Behind the front a strong high pressure system will move south of he Bight and then it is expected to become semi-stationary by Saturday slowly extending a ridge to the far north coast.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
Winds: North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 10 knots around midday then tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Easterly 1 metre. The chance of thunderstorms this morning and afternoon. The chance of thunderstorms late this evening.
Forecast for Thursday
Winds: South to southwesterly 20 knots to 30 knots, tending southerly around dawn then decreasing to 15 to 20 knots during the morning. Winds decreasing to southerly 10 to 15 knots later in the evening. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres increasing to 2 to 3 metres around dawn then decreasing to 1.5 metres around midday. Swell: Easterly 1 metre tending southerly about 2 metres in the afternoon and evening. Isolated thunderstorms during the morning.
Forecast for Friday
Winds: Northeast to southeasterly 5 to 15 knots becoming northeasterly 10 to 20 knots during the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing up to 1.5 metres during the evening. Swell: Southerly about 2 metres decreasing to 1 metre during the evening.
