Hello Friends,
The MHL buoy is registering about a metre and a bit of east wind swell. Average period is an okay 9 seconds or so and the wind was light and out of the NW before 0900. Tide was incoming to a high at a touch after noon today. A few bods in the water at Dee Why, but it seemed to be extremely inconsistent and from where people were sitting (just off the beach), I’d say sets above waist high would be few and far between. You might get a better result at a beach with better exposure to the swell direction such as the Narrabeen, Mona Vale or Manly stretches. You better step on it though because not only will the tide be increasingly an issue, the wind is supposed to go around to the south eventually.
Outlook for the coming week looks like sticking to the Goat’s forecast (of course!).
The charts are showing a little mid-week bump as some swell swings around Tas and into the Tasman. But at this stage, it appears the main energy will sail past the east coast.
The odd shower about over the next week as we continue the pattern of the last couple months. Roll on the bright offshore mornings of autumn!
Weather Situation
A trough over eastern New South Wales will move to the Tasman sea later today as a cold front passes to the south, pushing a southerly change along the coast. Behind this, as a high pressure system to the west is extending a ridge over the region. This high is expected to drift slowly across southeast Australia during the coming days, with most parts of the coast remaining in generally southerly winds until late in the week.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
Winds
West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots increasing to 20 knots before shifting southerly 10 to 15 knots during the day.
Seas
Below 1 metre increasing up to 1.5 metres around midday.
Swell
Easterly 1 metre.
Monday 1 April
Winds
South to southeasterly about 10 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southeasterly about 1.5 metres.
Tuesday 2 April
Winds
Light and variable tending west to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the day then southerly 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
Below 1 metre rising to 1.5 to 2 metres during the evening.
Swell
Southerly about 1 metre.
