Hello Friends,
One of the advantages of being in California is that our daylight hours start 7 hours before Sydney at this time of year. So yours truly can get an extremely leisurely start on looking at forecast stuff whilst still being extra early with the report (it’s 0400 as I start writing). 🙂
I’d say Sydney surfers are going to be somewhat underwhelmed by this morning’s offerings. Swell, such as it isn’t, is coming from the SSE. It’s about 9 seconds apart which would be okay if it had a little size. But it doesn’t. Average height showing on the MHL Sydney buoy is around the half metre mark. As a consequence I very much doubt if anyone will be catching a wave today.
If you’re near a wireless tomorrow morning, tune in to ABC 702 at a little before 0730 because the mighty Goat himself will be examining the entrails and divining the surf future therefrom. It’s unlikely that I’ll be able to listen in because I’ll be in the high desert country of SE California and our Granite Mountains cabin doesn’t have mains power, let alone a net connection.
Here’s a webcam shot from this morning of a surf spot in Ventura called C-Street. It’s one of those spots that picks up anything going, but because of its excellent exposure, it also cops any wind. It’s a long right reef/point set up and it’ll hold waves with faces into the 4 metre range (or bigger). Â But today it’s struggling to get above waist high. Water temp is around the 14 mark.
SYDNEY Marine from BoM
Forecast for Friday
Winds: West to southwesterly 10 to 20 knots. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres. Swell: Easterly 0.5 metres tending southeasterly from midday.
Forecast for Saturday
Winds: South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending south to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots by early evening. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres decreasing to below 1 metre later during the afternoon. Swell: Southerly 1 metre.
Forecast for Sunday
Winds: Southeasterly 5 to 10 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southeasterly about 1 metre.
