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Marginal but at least not windy for the early

Hello Friends,

Yesterday’s surprisingly perky little burst of east swell seems to have faded away overnight. Too bad. It was fun to finally take off on a wave that didn’t have to be worked mercilessly for every last drop of energy. Wind was light from the NW for the early morning crew, but the Bureau tells us it’ll rack around to the NE by this afternoon. Swell is out of the east at about a metre at 8 seconds. That’s quite similar to yesterday, except for the fact that then we also had some longer period sets in the mix.

Tide is low at noon and back to high at around 1800.

This morning’s swell modelling is pointing to yet another week of similar conditions – although there seems to be some hope for a little east pulse around Monday. Doesn’t look as though we’ll get an early start on the autumn-winter swell season. Meanwhile, way up north, the picture is very different. If the models have it right, there’s going to be another bout of serious wind and swell for north Queensland. At this stage it doesn’t look very likely that the swell will push down the coast to us though.

Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea extends a ridge over NSW. The Monsoon Trough lies over the northern Queensland coast. The high is expected to move slowly east over the next few days.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Winds
Northerly 10 to 15 knots turning northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the early afternoon.
Seas
Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.
Swell
Easterly 1 metre.
Friday 8 March
Winds
Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots early in the morning then increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
Seas
Up to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Easterly 1 metre.
Saturday 9 March
Winds
Northeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots during the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Easterly 1 metre.