Hello Friends,

The swell has begun to fill in this morning. At 0630 it was starting to light up numerous peaks along the North Narrabeen to Collaroy stretch and it was making itself felt from No Man’s to Dee Why point as well. But there will be waves everywhere in Sydney this morning.

Wind was picking up from the SW as per the forecast and the swell seemed to me to still be fairly inconsistent. There were lots of nice looking lines, but folk were sitting out the back at many places and that tells me that there are a few bigger ones in the mix – but that they aren’t all that frequent – yet.

Primary swell direction was dead south according to the MHL data this morning. Average size at sea is around the 2 metre mark and average period is a touch over 8 seconds. Wind is set to go southerly and pick up this morning before going SW later. At first light it was out of the WNW, so the early risers may well have the best of the surface conditions.

Swell should build slowly over the next 24 hours as we get a mix of east and south swell coming in. I’m expecting head high plus regularly tonight and overhead to 1.5x overhead on sets tomorrow and Monday – with the odd bomb bigger than that at optimally exposed locations.

Seeya out there!

Forecast for Saturday until midnight

Winds
Southerly 10 to 20 knots increasing to 15 to 25 knots in the morning and turning southwesterly 25 to 30 knots in the evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon then increasing to 2 to 3 metres by early evening.
Swell
Easterly about 1.5 metres.

Sunday 6 May

Winds
Southwesterly 25 to 30 knots tending west to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots during the morning.
Seas
2 to 3 metres decreasing below 1.5 metres around dawn.
1st Swell
Easterly 2 to 2.5 metres.
2nd Swell
Southerly about 1.5 metres.
Weather
Large swells breaking dangerously close inshore.

Monday 7 May

Winds
West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
Up to 1.5 metres.
1st Swell
Easterly 2 metres.
2nd Swell
Southerly 1.5 metres.
Weather
Large swells breaking dangerously close inshore.

Tide’s high at 07110 and low at 1310.