Hello Friends,
Got up shortly after daybreak to see if the predicted swell had arrived. At first I was thinking it probably hadn’t. The MHL Sydney buoy wasn’t showing much difference in size over yesterday, but the period has kicked right up. And, when I first looked at it, Dee Why didn’t seem to have anything much above waist high – and even those waves were rare.
Had to run an errand around 0730, so took a look at the Collaroy-Narrabeen stretch and grabbed a couple shots. It was very small, but while I watched a couple very distinct south sets pushed in. It wasn’t big or anything, but if you’d been in the spot at various banks north from about Wetherill Street, you might have jagged something. When I took a second look at Dee Why, it still looked small, but then a nice south set appeared. It broke well out from where people were sitting catching the little ones, so no one got on it. I reckon it might have had a wave face of about head high.
At 0800 the MHL Sydney buoy was showing a touch over a metre of SSE swell with peak and average periods on 12 seconds. The convergence of those values is generally a good indicator for quality swell. It’s much bigger down at Eden as I write this – around 3 metres on average. But Batemans Bay is still not quite at the two metre mark, so with any luck the swell will build through the day.
Got my fingers crossed for a wave or two and maybe a shooting sesh later…
Have yourself a good one!
Tides: L @0900, H @1545
Weather Situation
A complex low pressure system over Victoria and Bass Strait lies within a broad trough covering most of New South Wales. The low is expected to move over the waters just southeast of the state during Monday, after this it is expected to move very slowly eastwards and intensify on Wednesday, before moving towards New Zealand on Thursday. The exact position of the low over the Tasman Sea remains uncertain. West to southwest airstream is expected to linger over New South Wales coastal waters, followed by strengthening southeasterlies developing from the south later in the week.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
Winds
West to southwesterly 5 to 15 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly 2 metres.
Weather
The chance of thunderstorms. Large swells breaking dangerously close inshore.
Tuesday 9 August
Winds
West to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres later in the evening.
Swell
Southerly about 2 metres decreasing to 1 metre late in the evening.
Wednesday 10 August
Winds
West to southwesterly 10 to 20 knots.
Seas
Up to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Southeasterly 0.5 to 1.5 metres.
