Hello Friends,
If you were up and out there at first light, you were in with a reasonable chance of a little wave at east spots. The sizable crew at North Narrabeen were seeing the 1.5 metre, 7 second east wind swell turning into waist to chest high sets. Winds were light too. Around at Dee Why the ocean was looking scruffier and the banks at the south end were pretty undistinguished. Every now and then a waist high dribbler would crumble its way in and give surfers something to jump up on.
Our big issue this morning is the very high tide at 0940. It will be the major factor until about lunch time. By then the wind will be out of the NE at 10-15 kts. There’s a 70% chance of rain today and when I was out taking pictures this morning, it looked pretty cloudy out to the west.
So get out there now if you can, because it doesn’t look like improving today. And tomorrow isn’t looking exceptionally flash. Indeed, might be a morning for a lie-in I’d say. This morning’s run of the swell models suggests we might see a little messy action in the south corners, but you wouldn’t be expecting great quality given that the southerly should still be hammering along at 20-30 kts.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system near New Zealand extends a ridge towards Queensland, while a cold front moves through much of NSW today and through the northeast of the state on Sunday. The front will result in a southerly change along the southern half of the coast today, reaching the Queensland border by about dawn on Monday. Behind the front, a slow moving high approaches from the west.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 20 knots tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots around midday.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- Easterly about 1 metre.
- Weather
- The chance of thunderstorms from midday.
Sunday 30 October
- Winds
- Northwesterly 10 to 20 knots ahead of a southerly change 15 to 20 knots early morning increasing to about 25 knots later in the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 2 metres later in the evening.
- Swell
- Easterly 0.5 metres.
Monday 31 October
- Winds
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Southerly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon then decreasing to 10 to 15 knots during the evening.
- Seas
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Up to 3 metres decreasing to 1.5 metres during the evening.
- Swell
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Easterly 1 to 2 metres increasing to 2 to 3 metres from the morning.
