Hello Friends,
Yesterday’s rain and bleak conditions lightened up in the late afternoon and this morning sees it sunny and offshore with a fresh SW wind and around 4 metres of raw and fairly messy south swell with a healthy average period of close to 11 seconds. Swell is peaking this morning as the tide heads toward low at about 1020.
The wind is set to be strong all day, so it’ll be interesting to see if it cleans the swell up for us. Right now though it’s not too wonderful looking at Dee Why thanks to the rough seas of the last 14 hours.
After posting the foregoing, I had a look at the Collaroy-Narrabeen stretch. Swell is just wrong for the north end, but there are definitely a few possibilities at Collaroy. Swell is looking a lot cleaner than the heaving stuff at Dee Why.
Outlook is for the swell to steadily decline from this morning’s peak but on current reckoning it looks as though we should get surf of some sort for the remainder of the week.
Here are a few more snaps from Collaroy…
Have a great Monday one and all!
Weather Situation
Strong to gale force southerlies along NSW coast are expected to gradually weaken during Monday and Tuesday as the trough moves further eastwards into the Tasman Sea and a high pressure centre over the Bight extends a ridge into NSW. Light northerly airstream will develop along NSW coast from Wednesday after the high enters the Tasman Sea.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
Strong wind warning for Monday for Sydney Coastal Waters
Winds
Southerly 25 to 30 knots turning southwesterly 20 to 30 knots during the day.
Seas
2 to 3 metres.
Swell
Southerly 3 metres, increasing to 3 to 4 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 2.5 to 3 metres by early evening.
Caution
Large swells breaking dangerously close inshore in the morning.
Tuesday 4 June
Winds
South to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots tending south to southeasterly below 10 knots in the evening.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, decreasing below 1.5 metres by early evening.
Swell
Southerly 2 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
Wednesday 5 June
Winds
Northerly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots during the day.
Seas
Up to 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
