Hello Friends,

It’s pumping at east swell spots, so take care if you’re heading out. Looks like a morning of solid swell coming up. The wind is set to be light offshore, it’s sunny and there’s two metres of cleaned up 10 second east swell pushing in. You really should be spoiled for choices this morning. Wind is expected to go NE in the afternoon, but with luck it won’t be too hard. As the sun leaves the eastern horizon behind, it looks as though we’re in for a great day of surf.

From the shape of the forecast models, this is peak day and by this afternoon the models show the swell starting to drop away. With luck it’ll be a slow process and we’ll still have plenty of fun for tomorrow as well.

I went shooting at North Narra yesterday, so I’ll have lots to share later on. However, if it goes well, I’ll get some more pics today to add to the collection.

Have a good one and check back later as I plan to update.

Go well!

TIDES: H @noon L @1750

Weather Situation

A low pressure system lies over Bass Strait with a trough to a second weaker low over the Tasman Sea. These systems are producing a fairly moist west to southwest airstream over NSW with showers about the western slopes of the ranges and in the south. The low pressure area is expected to move slowly to the south over the next few days with a high pressure ridge gradually becoming established over NSW.

Forecast for Wednesday until midnight

Winds: West to northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending north to northeasterly during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Easterly 2 to 2.5 metres. Large swells breaking dangerously close inshore.

Forecast for Thursday

Winds: Westerly 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 25 knots later in the evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres later in the evening. Swell: Easterly 2 metres.

Forecast for Friday

Winds: Southwesterly 15 to 25 knots tending southerly 20 to 30 knots during the evening. Seas: 1 to 2 metres increasing to 3 metres during the evening. Swell: Easterly about 2 metres.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:05 pm EDT Wednesday.

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Hello Friends,

Two metre east swell with a 9-10s period was combining this morning with light W to NW breezes to produce clean surface conditions and wave faces into the overhead range. The water looks revolting at Dee Why though. Torrents of stormwater have washed all the crap off the streets and into the wave zone. Plus a big rain event such as we’ve just had will be taxing the sewerage treatment plants to the max. Going for a wave today could definitely land you with something unpleasant.

There’s a 30% chance of more rain today, but the next three days are set to be – gasp – sunny! The UV will start working on all the nasties in the surface water, which is a good thing.

The swell is forecast to peak today, but the models show reasonable energy levels through tomorrow and maybe into Friday morning. After that it looks as though things will head toward marginal as we wait for Huey to spin up something new. The long range models are showing some pretty intense systems coming through the southern ocean, but the latest run shows the juicy stuff being shunted too far out into the Tasman to do us any good.

Go well with your day!

TIDES: H @1105 L @1705

Weather Situation

A low pressure system over southeastern New South Wales extends s a broad low pressure trough to the northwestern Tasman Sea. The low is moving southeast and will move near the Bass Strait by early Wednesday before moving rapidly to the southeast on Thursday as a high pressure system moves south of the Bight extending a ridge across the Bass Strait.

Forecast for Tuesday until midnight

Winds: Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending north to northwesterly up to 10 knots around midday then tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Easterly 2 metres. Isolated thunderstorms offshore this morning.

Forecast for Wednesday

Winds: Northwesterly 5 to 15 knots tending southeasterly up to 10 knots during the afternoon then tending northeast to northwesterly later in the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Easterly 2 to 3 metres.

Forecast for Thursday

Winds: Westerly 5 to 15 knots increasing to 10 to 20 knots during the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing up to 1.5 metres during the evening. Swell: Easterly 2 metres.