"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

Spotted a wave this morning

Little line

Hello Friends,

There’s just a hint of ESE wind swell along the beaches this morning. The MHL buoy is showing a metre at 7 seconds, so there really isn’t much to work with. Still, I did get a snap of someone on a waist high bump at Dee Why. From the shape of the Bureau’s swell forecast modelling this morning, it looks as though we can expect the energy levels to stick around at about the current level through the day. However, the NE’r is expected to become a factor by the middle part of the day.

Outlook for the week ahead hasn’t really changed much since the Goat made his call late last week. With luck there’ll be some little bumps and lumps to justify getting wet for a paddle. There seems to be a small hope for a brief ENE pulse on Thursday afternoon and overnight into Friday. The modelling is showing a bit more energy from about Pt Macquarie north at the same time, fwiw.

The crowdfunding drive ended the first week just a few bucks short of the 30% mark. Not a bad opener to the campaign but of course we now have 7 weeks to raise the remaining 70%, so I’ll be doing everything I can to get it over the line. Speaking of which, per the advice of Pozible, this weekend I posted a short video message about the campaign for your amusement.

Thanks to all those good folk who’ve made their pledges to the cause. It’ll be good to see your name on the list too!

Go well one and all!

Tides: h @ 0610, L @1150

Forecast issued at 4:10 am EST on Monday 2 September 2013.
Weather Situation
A high pressure ridge over the Tasman Sea and eastern New South Wales will remain the dominant feature over the next few days, promoting generally light wind conditions.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day then becoming east to northeasterly about 10 knots in the evening.
Seas
Up to 1 metre.
Swell
East to southeasterly around 1 metre.
Tuesday 3 September
Winds
Variable about 10 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Easterly around 1 metre.
Wednesday 4 September
Winds
North to northeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the day.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Easterly around 1 metre.