Hello Friends,

High tide at about 0900 and swell is out of the east at about a metre. Period’s close to 9 seconds, so there are chest high sets showing in the beachbreak of Dee Why. There should be a fair number of places lighting up with this particular combo. Wind is light for the early, but is set to swing from the NE to SE. Water temp offshore is about 23 degrees too. Felt nice when I went for a dip at the point yesterday, so it should be good again today.

Fair number of bods in the water at Dee Why, but it’s not looking crazy or anything. From looking around yesterday, that seemed to be the pattern, ie, fair numbers in the water, but not exceptionally busy.

You’ll want to make an effort today though, because the models are all showing the waves disappearing pretty much over the next few days.

I’ll be sending postcards from across the pond over the next two weeks as I’m off to celebrate my dear old Dad’s 90th.

Have yourself a good one!

Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the southwestern Tasman Sea is slowly moving east. A cold front is expected to bring a weak southerly change to the New South Wales south and central coasts today before winds return to the northeast, ahead of another weak change on the south coast on Wednesday.

Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
Winds: North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending southeast to northeast during the afternoon. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres. Swell: Southerly 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday
Winds: Northwest to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southeasterly about 1 metre. Isolated thunderstorms offshore during the evening.

Forecast for Thursday
Winds: West to northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending north to northwesterly during the afternoon then increasing to 10 to 15 knots during the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly 0.5 metres.

Hello Friends,

Light westerly winds and a weakening SE swell combined with a high tide at 0800 to deliver somewhat slow but nicely shaped waves at Dee Why. Seemed to be quite a wait between sets. But I did see fun looking ones at both the point and along the beach right on the high tide. The good news is that the Bureau now says we’re likely to have pretty favourable winds right through the day. So although it’s likely to be smaller later, with any luck, we’ll have surfable options at some point along most of Sydney’s beaches.

That’s the good news.

While we may still have a little something tomorrow morning at the spots with good south exposure, the models say we should dial the expectations down to minimal. And after that things start to look bleak for surfing in Sydney. Utter flatness is on the cards for the rest of the week sadly. Meanwhile, down in Vicco it looks like itll be pumping all week and next weekend is looking very impressive. Could be a classic this year.

Enjoy your day and go well with all those plans!

Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the southwestern Tasman Sea is slowly moving east. A cold front is expected to bring southerly change to New South Wales south coast late Wednesday extending to the central and north coasts during Thursday.

Forecast for Monday until midnight
Winds: Northeast to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots. Seas: 1 metre. Swell: Southeasterly about 1.5 metres.

Forecast for Tuesday
Winds: Northeast to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday
Winds: West to northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending westerly and light during the morning then tending northwesterly up to 10 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southeasterly 0.5 metres tending southerly during the evening.

Hello Friends,

Sorry about that. The server decided to stop serving at early this morning and it took me some time to figure out what needed doing. There are waves to be had, but they’ve been very junky thus far today. After peaking late last night, the SE swell is pushing in at around 2 metres with an average period of 9 seconds (and the odd 11 second bomb). Wind is SE at around 10-15kts which is in line with the forecast for decreasing strength. As the wind backs off, the swell is set to do the same. Given how it looks and the forecast, I’d say it’ll continue very messy and junky, but be surfable for the rest of today and that there might still be a little something left for the early risers tomorrow.

Low tide’s at around 1320 today, so this afternoon could get some benefit from the incoming tide.

Outlook for the rest of the week is not too flash it has to be said. The models are pretty bleak for the east coast. Looks as though there’ll be some energy down at Bells as the week goes along and next weekend could be pretty punchy…

Have yourself a great Sunday!

Weather Situation
A cold front is crossing the southern Tasman Sea and a high pressure system is slowly moving towards the Bass Strait extending a ridge behind the front. The high is expected to move over the Tasman Sea from Monday.

Forecast for Sunday until midnight
Winds: South to southeasterly15 to 25 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Up to 2 metres decreasing to below 1 metre later in the evening. Swell: Southeasterly about 2 metres.

Forecast for Monday
Winds: East to southeasterly 5 to 10 knots tending north to northeasterly during the morning then increasing to 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southeasterly about 1.5 metres.

Forecast for Tuesday
Winds: North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 10 knots during the morning then tending northeasterly during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southeasterly about 1 metre.