Hello Friends,
Not much of anything showing at Dee Why again this morning. However, it looks to be a tiny touch more energetic than the last week. According to the MHL buoy off Sydney, the dominant swell direction is out of the east. Apparently it’s averaging about a metre out there and the period is around the 8 second mark. As the picture from a little before 0700 shows, there were at least a couple optimists in the water at Dee Why to watch the sunrise. I didn’t see either of them catch anything, but their odds don’t look totally hopeless. A mate and I went longboarding at Long Reef yesterday afternoon and we managed to get a few knee to thigh high little crumblers.
From the shape of the indicators and the forecast models, it seems unlikely that we’ll see much of a change in conditions today. Which is kinda too bad as the weather forecast is for a return to on again off again showery days.
Outlook for tomorrow is for a cloudy version of today – ie NW wind and very small waves.
The excitement about the coming week evident in the models of even a few days ago, seems to have changed to Monday being the day. The Bureau says we’ll have a partly cloudy day with isolated showers and 15-20 kts of SW wind. The good bit is that we’re also set to have a couple metres of longish period south swell with it. So here’s hoping because from there on in conditions seem somewhat more problematic – according to the models anyway.
Go well with your Saturday and stay happy!
TIDES: L @0700, H @1330
Weather Situation
A slow-moving high pressure system over the Tasman Sea extends a ridge towards northeastern New South Wales. A low pressure trough near the southwest corner of the state will move towards the east during the weekend. A low is then expected to develop over the western Tasman Sea during Sunday in response to an approaching upper level trough. There is currently a high level of uncertainty with regards to the position of the developing low, and this will influence the winds across the region.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Winds
Northwest to northeasterly 10 to 20 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Easterly about 1 metre.
Sunday 7 August
Winds
North to northwesterly 5 to 15 knots, reaching 20 knots at times.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southeasterly 0.5 to 1 metres tending southerly about 1 metre from midday.
Monday 8 August
Winds
West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending west to southwesterly 10 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
Below 1 metre increasing up to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
Swell
Southeasterly 2 metres.
