Hello Friends,
It was drizzling when I grabbed the snaps of Dee Why this morning, but as I tap out the text there’s a nice sunny break coming across the northern beaches. Swell looks smaller and less consistent to me this morning, but from the shape of the MHL data, it really hasn’t changed much since yesterday. Still around the 2 metre mark at 9 seconds apart from the SSE. Some 15 second component in amongst it, so there should still be the odd noticeably bigger set.
Wind is set to be out of the easterly quarters today, so not the best. But there really wasn’t much around at 0830, so if you can get out this morning it may not be much of an issue.
TIDES L @0835, H @1510
Outlook for the next few days is not too terrific. My hope is that we’ll get at least a little something, but the modelling this morning was a showing a range of estimations from flat to chest high over the next three days. So, splitting it down the middle, maybe we’re in for small, mess about conditions!
Have yourself a top old Thursday!
Weather Situation
A deepening low pressure trough lies off the NSW north coast and southern Queensland coasts while a strong high pressure system is centred to the east of the NSW south coast. The high will move slowly east across the central Tasman Sea over the next couple of days while a relatively weak low develops off the southern Queensland coast then moves only slowly east. During Friday and Saturday a cold front will cross much of NSW as an associated low pressure system south of the Bight moves east to Tasmania. On Sunday another, stronger cold front will cross the southeastern third of NSW with strong, cold southwest winds.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Winds
Easterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to northeasterly about 10 knots in the morning then increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly 2 metres.
Friday 29 June
Winds
North to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southeasterly 1.5 metres tending easterly from the late morning.
Saturday 30 June
Winds
Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning westerly 15 to 20 knots during the morning.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Northeasterly about 2 metres.
