Hello Friends,

As expected, the energy levels continued their steady decline overnight and Saturday morning saw about a metre of 8 second period east windswell coming into the beaches of Sydney. At Dee Why those settings were translating into knee to waist high sets on the incoming tide. The wind wasn’t a significant factor, skies were clear and as a consequence there were a few bods getting amongst it.

You might possibly find slightly bigger bomb sets at places that really like the east swell direction, but I wouldn’t expect anything dramatically better than the sort of stuff we were seeing at Dee Why. Take your small wave board and a healthy reserve of patience and you should be right.

Outlook for the rest of the day and tomorrow is for no significant improvement to surf prospects in Sydney. You should be able to find something little to cruise on, but that’s about it. Looking ahead to the start of next week, the models are pointing toward a classic winter lull through to about Wednesday. If it plays out as they foretell, there could be a substantial south pulse. The predictions vary in the details, but the current consensus is for us to see south swell at around the 4 metre mark with a period somewhere in the 8-10 sec range. Sadly, the Bureau says we’re going to have 30-40 km/h south to SW wind with it. So, the surf options may be somewhat limited. As always, we shall see what we shall see!

Have yourself a top old Saturday!

TIDES: L @0520 H @1120

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 move over the southwestern Tasman Sea on Monday night bringing south to southwest change along the coast. Southerly winds are expected to strengthen during Tuesday 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 Saturday until midnight
Winds: Northwesterly 5 to 15 knots tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Easterly 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday
Winds: Northerly 10 to 15 knots increasing to 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 westerly 10 to 20 knots during the morning. Seas: Up to 2 metres decreasing to below 1 metre during the afternoon. Swell: Northeasterly 1 metre.

Hello Friends,

Since this time yesterday, the swell has dropped from two metres to a metre, the primary direction has gone from SE to east and most significantly, the average period has weakened from around 11 seconds to close to 8 seconds. At Dee Why that means the point is unoccupied and kiddies is equally empty. The only waves I saw when I checked for the first time today were up the beach toward No Mans. I’d say anything above the waist high mark will be a bonus.

From the look of the models, we’re in for more or less the same as we have this morning right through the weekend and maybe to the middle of next week when it seems we might have some large but raw (ie shortish period) south swell and strong southerlies. I’ll be interested in the Goat’s take on this.

Have yourself a top old day!

TIDES: H @1030, L @1600

Weather Situation
A strong high pressure system over the Tasman Sea will move slowly towards New Zealand over the next few days maintaining a ridge to the New South Wales north coast. A cold front is expected to affect the coast on Sunday and Monday, with northwesterly winds ahead of it and south to south-westerlies behind.

Forecast for Friday until midnight
Winds: North to northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending north to northeasterly during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly 1 metre tending easterly during the evening.

Forecast for Saturday
Winds: North to northwesterly 5 to 15 knots tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Easterly 1 metre.

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