Hello Friends,

After a brief and hopeful bump around midday yesterday, Huey seems to have lost interest in Sydneysiders. The primary swell direction is now easterly and the average height of the swell at sea is just under a metre at about 8 seconds. There’s some 12-13 second component in amongst it, which is probably what I got a picture of at 0730. I’d expect the pattern to be long waits for the odd waist high thing at exposed stretches.

Wind’ll be out of the SW to W at around 10-15 kts. The Bureau’s swell model for the Wollongong to Newcastle region shows the swell height pushing up a bit as the day goes along. I’m not seeing any real sign of it on the latest buoy data for the NSW coast, although the average period being observed at Batemans Bay is hanging in there at around 11 seconds. Mind you, it’s been that way since Tuesday lunchtime, so I’m not getting too hopeful.

The WAM data this morning is still showing a pulse developing sometime late Friday and overnight into Saturday as the wind goes to the SE. With luck the swell will get into the 2-3 metre range so that we can get a little something in the south corners. The weather’ll be pretty ordinary though. The Bureau says it’ll be cloudy with scattered showers from Friday through to Monday.

Enjoy the sunny weather while we have it and keep on smilin!

Weather Situation

A low pressure system east of Tasmania is expected to move slowly to the east during today. A high pressure system should move to the southwest of Tasmania. The high should remain near Tasmania over the weekend directing a southeasterly airstream across New South Wales.

Forecast for Thursday until midnight

Winds: West to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending south to southwesterly by early evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southeasterly about 1.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday

Winds: South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots becoming southerly 15 to 20 knots later in the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres later in the evening. Swell: Easterly 1.5 metres tending southerly about 1.5 metres from the morning.

Forecast for Saturday

Winds: South to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: Southeasterly 1 to 2 metres.

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Hello Friends,

Hmmm. That’s annoying. Yesterday the average period down at Batemans Bay kicked up to nearly 12 seconds, so I was modestly hopeful about this morning. There are plenty of lines in the sea, but the numbers coming from the MHL buoy explain why there were only a few people in the water at Dee Why this morning. We’ve got about a metre of SE swell at 9 seconds – and there is some 14 sec stuff in the mix – but the only wave I saw caught was waist high one by a bloke at the point with a mal. Low tide’s at a little after 1000, so it’s not a question of being too full either.

It looks as though the wind will stay out of the westerly quarters through the day, but sadly it doesn’t look as though the energy levels will improve much, if at all until (maybe) toward dusk. That wind seems to be hold the swell offshore for now.

Again the interpretations of the WAM data are a bit all over the shop. Some are saying to forget it until late Friday, others reckon there might be a little south pulse in the middle of the day on Thursday. But there does seem to be some commonality on the question of Saturday when it looks as though we could have a showery cool day with 15-20 kts of s to sw wind and 2-3+ metres of south swell. With luck it’ll be clean enough to surf somewhere on Saturday and Sunday.

Go well with your day!

Weather Situation

A low pressure system east of Tasmania is expected to move slowly to the east during Wednesday and Thursday. A high pressure system should move to the southwest of Tasmania. The high should remain near Tasmania over the weekend directing a southeasterly airstream across New South Wales.

Forecast for Wednesday until midnight

Winds: West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots. Seas: 1 to 2 metres. Swell: Southeasterly about 1.5 metres.

Forecast for Thursday

Winds: Westerly 15 to 20 knots tending southwesterly up to 15 knots around midday. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres. Swell: Southeasterly 1.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday

Winds: South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots becoming southerly 15 to 20 knots during the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the evening. Swell: Southerly 1 to 2 metres.