Hello Friends,
1030: Out and about on errands this morning so as promised I took the camera along. Sadly there really wasn’t much of interest to snap at Curly. It was big and chunderous on the sets, but it was too messy and sideshore to have attracted any punters. Later, I went by south Narrabeen to see what was happening. Not much as it turns out. The short average period and south direction of the swell have insured that it’s only about chest high – if that – on the occasional sets. If the swell was right, the surface conditions wouldn’t be a problem… The MHL data shows the swell is 4m dead south with a period of close to 9 seconds, so the south spots should be working – but only if they’re okay with 30 kts of SW’ly!
0800: Dark grey skies and 20-40 kts of SW wind kicked off proceedings this morning in Sydney. The MHL buoy shows the swell at around the 4 metre mark, but the seas are closer to 7 metres now (having just hit a peak of 9m). Visibility as I write this is still too low to really tell what’s going on. Our man on the strand in Dee Why is on the case, so there should be some news from Rob shortly.
I’ll try to get out and about for a look at things soon and will report back later in the morning.
Tides: L @0830, H @1455
Weather Situation
A complex low lies over the Tasman Sea. A small low within this system lies off the NSW Illawarra coast and is expected to move northwards during today bringing gale force southerly winds along most of the coast. The low will contract towards New Zealand on Thursday. with a high pressure ridge expanding over the state and the south to southwesterly airstream weakening by Friday.Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
Winds: Southerly 25 to 35 knots reaching 40 knots at times this morning. Seas: Up to 6 metres decreasing to 4 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Easterly 1.5 metres. Thunderstorms this morning. Large swells breaking dangerously close inshore during the day.Forecast for Thursday
Winds: Southerly 25 to 30 knots decreasing to 20 to 25 knots during the morning then decreasing to 15 to 20 knots later in the evening. Seas: Up to 4 metres decreasing to 2 metres around dawn. Swell: Southeasterly 2 metres.Forecast for Friday
Winds: South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres. Swell: Southerly about 2 metres decreasing to 1 metre during the evening.
