Hello Friends,
It’s not small. It’s definitely not suitable for beginners or even many intermediates. But it’s not into the four metre range with 18 second periods either. According to the latest data from the Sydney MHL buoy it’s south at three metres with a meaty 14 second period. There seems to be some 15 second stuff in there as well so these are in no way weak and small conditions!
Dee Why was well populated from the get-go this morning, so abandon any hopes of getting it to yourself. 🙂
Bomb set wave faces were hitting the 2x overhead mark and it was lightly offshore and very clean under sunny skies. Your correspondent woke up without a voice this morning, so he therefore won’t be adding to the crowd pressure. Instead, it’ll be out with the long lens to record some of the fun for a future gallery or two.
Tide is low at 0920 and the high hits just before dusk at 1600.
Swell is supposed to weaken as the day goes along and could be a touch below the 2 metre mark. But fret not kiddies, it’s set to gear up again into the 3-4 metre range by tomorrow afternoon and to kick along pretty nicely right through lunch time on Tuesday.
Go well and maybe see you out there
(Want to tip me to good shooting conditions? Text it to 041 046 8147. It’s a sms only number, so no calls are answered.)
Weather Situation
A strong cold front will cross southeast NSW late Sunday. Winds will strengthen in the east during Sunday ahead of this system, locally reaching gale force in the southeast. A high south of Western Australia will move east early next week and extend a ridge across western and northern NSW as weaker fronts pass over Tasmania and Bass Strait and into the southern Tasman Sea.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
Winds
Westerly 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots during the morning then increasing to 30 to 40 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
1 to 2 metres increasing to 3 to 4 metres during the afternoon.
Swell
Southerly 2 to 4 metres decreasing to 2 to 3 metres from midday.
Weather
Large swells breaking dangerously close inshore.
Monday 11 July
Winds
West to southwesterly 25 to 35 knots, reaching 40 knots at times, decreasing to 15 to 25 knots around midday. Winds decreasing to west to southwesterly 10 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
Up to 4 metres decreasing to below 2 metres around midday.
Swell
Southerly 2 to 3 metres.
Weather
Large swells breaking dangerously close inshore.
Tuesday 12 July
Winds
Westerly 10 to 20 knots increasing to 15 to 25 knots during the evening.
Seas
Up to 1.5 metres increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the evening.
Swell
Southerly 2 to 3 metres.
