Hello Friends,

Swell is gradually fading away, but for the early risers, there were a few small waves to be had at spots with a liking for east swell. The Bureau says the morning offshore will be pushed away by a south change of 10-20 kts. As you can see from the picture above, set wave faces at Dee Why were around the waist to chest high mark. I’d expect there to be a slightly bigger sets at better exposed spots. Mind you, I’ll probably pass on Manly…

The swell forecast models are predicting that the wave energy will weaken gradually over the next couple days and by next week it looks as though we’ll be facing a 3-4 day lull in proceedings. The swell models are showing plenty of activity coming out of the southern ocean and running up the western side of the Tasman. Unfortunately the models aren’t showing much of the energy coming our way. One very long range prediction shows something happening toward the end of next week, but that’s pretty speculative stuff, so I’m not making any plans myself.

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Have yourself a great Friday!

Weather Situation
A ridge of high pressure extends across northern New South Wales to the central Tasman Sea, while a weakening cold front is bringing a brief southerly change to the southern half of the coast. Behind this front, winds will ease as the ridge strengthens across the south. Another weak southerly change is likely to affect the southern coast during Saturday, before a more vigorous cold front crosses the region on Monday.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
Winds
West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots ahead of an early southerly change 10 to 20 knots, then tending east to northeasterly by evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Northeasterly 1.5 metres.
Saturday 27 August
Winds
North to northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending north to northeasterly around midday then tending east to northeasterly by early evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Northeasterly about 1.5 metres.
Sunday 28 August
Winds
South to southeasterly 5 to 10 knots tending north to northeasterly during the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Easterly 1 metre.

Hello Friends,

As far as the MHL buoy off Sydney’s concerned, this morning is pretty much exactly the same as yesterday, ie swell is out of the east at a touch under 2 metres and the average period is about 10 seconds. The breeze was light and from the NW to begin with. The Bureau says it’ll swing north east this afternoon and get up to 15-20 kts. Postively summery. Speaking of summery, yesterday I managed to get in the water for an hour or so at Manly. As I crossed the beach I noticed there were a few blueys along the high tide line…

The outlook is for the swell to continue at more or less the current level through tomorrow, so it could well be worth a look at the east spots. Dee Why was showing a little something, but it was struggling to get to chest high. I reckon the more exposed spots should be producing the odd bigger one than that.

Outlook for the coming week is for a spring-like stretch of tiny to flat conditions. There are still some juicy looking lows coming through the southern ocean in the long range forecasts. However it looks like the energy will be deflected away from our swell window by continental high pressure systems. Fiji or NZ might be a better bet, or Vicco possibly.

Have yourself a top old Thursday and keep on smilin’!

TIDES: L @1025, H @1700

Weather Situation
A ridge of high pressure extends across the central Tasman Sea and into New South Wales, while a trough over the northern Tasman Sea moves slowly east. Tonight and Friday a weakening cold front will bring a brief southerly change to the southern half of the coast, before the ridge reasserts itself across the region.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Winds
North to northwesterly 5 to 15 knots tending north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Northeasterly about 2 metres.
Friday 26 August
Winds
West to southwesterly 5 to 15 knots tending south to southeasterly about 10 knots during the morning then tending east to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots by early evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Northeasterly 1.5 metres.
Saturday 27 August
Winds
North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 10 knots during the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Northeasterly 1.5 metres.