Hello Friends,

This morning saw a waist high NE windswell with an average period of about 7 seconds making its very slight presence felt at spots with the best orientation. I checked Curly and Dee Why and can report that there were maybe a dozen in the water all up. That short average period means the waves aren’t overly energetic, so if you’re keen to get wet, take your small wave gear.

The latest round of the wave model interpretations predicts that the little waves will get smaller today and tomorrow we could see flatness.

Those models continue to predict 3-4 metres of south swell on Wednesday and 2-3 metres on Thursday. The wind will be pretty strong from the south over the peak period of the swell, so I’m not expecting particularly memorable conditions. But it should be pretty big!

Have yourself a top old Monday.

TIDES: L @0700, H @1300

Weather Situation
A complex cold front will cross New South Wales coast today and a low pressure system will develop on the front over the central Tasman Sea during Tuesday increasing southerly winds along the coast. Winds are expected to gradually ease during Wednesday and Thursday as the low moves towards New Zealand a strong high pressure moves slowly towards the Bight extending a ridge to the Coral Sea.

Forecast for Monday until midnight
Winds: North to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots tending west to northwesterly during the afternoon. Seas: 1.5 to 2 metres. Swell: Northeasterly 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday
Winds: West to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots becoming southwesterly 20 to 30 knots later in the evening. Seas: 1 to 2 metres increasing to 2 to 3 metres later in the evening. Swell: Northeasterly about 1 metre.

Forecast for Wednesday
Winds: Southerly about 30 knots. Seas: 3 metres increasing up to 4 metres during the morning. Swell: Easterly about 1.5 metres.

Hello Friends,

Late start for yours truly this morning but for those who were up early, there were small waves to be had thanks to the minimal change in energy levels since yesterday. An 8 second period east windswell of about a metre is lapping gently ashore on the incoming tide. It’s set to cloud up later with a slight chance of percipitation on the cards, but the high should be a mild 23 and the wind will be out of the north.

From the shape of this morning’s run of the wave models, it appears that we’re in for another 48 hours or so of small conditions. Tuesday is looking as though it’ll be just about flat ahead of that substantial pulse that’s been showing on the models for some days now.

As usual the estimates of the swell size on Wednesday are bouncing around a bit, but I think we can count on it being very big and very windy from the SW. The wind and swell should last for a couple days or so too.

Have a great day one and all!

Weather Situation
A strong high pressure system near New Zealand is moving southeast maintaining a ridge to the New South Wales north coast. A complex frontal system will bring southwesterly change to the south coast on Monday. Southerly winds are expected to extend to the north coast during Tuesday and to increase as a low pressure system develops over the southern Tasman Sea and another strong high moves south of the Bight extending a ridge to the Coral Sea.

Forecast for Sunday until midnight
Winds: Northerly 10 to 15 knots tending 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Northeasterly 1 metre.

Forecast for Monday
Winds: Northwesterly 15 to 25 knots tending west to northwesterly 10 to 20 knots around dawn. Seas: Up to 2 metres decreasing to below 1 metre around midday. Swell: Northeasterly 1 metre. The chance of thunderstorms during the morning.

Forecast for Tuesday
Winds: West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots becoming southwesterly up to 30 knots during the evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 2 metres during the evening. Swell: Northeasterly about 1 metre.