Hello Friends,
Looks as though we have some small south swell this morning which, combined with an incoming tide (high’s around 1030), is producing waist to chest high wave faces at Dee Why beach. The period looks too short, and the direction is too south, for the point to show anything. I don’t have the actual numbers for height, direction and period this morning because the MHL site was down. I should imagine there’s a flurry of activity in their IT department this morning. They really do offer an invaluable service to those of us who work and play in the ocean. It’s so easy to take something like that for granted…
Surf outlook is dominated by a forecast for strong N-NW wind across the next couple of days. Swell is generally expected to be our of the south, but it looks as though it’ll mostly be a metre or less. I’d been hoping for a little pulse around Thursday, but the models are diverging between yes, “there could be something” to “naw, nothing much at all”. Ah well, it’ll be what it’ll be I guess.
Hey, I made a little video from Friday’s surf sesh at Crescent Head… if you like it, please share it out to your networks! I hope it persuades a few more folks to get on board with our crowdfunding effort.
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Forecast issued at 4:10 am EST on Monday 9 September 2013.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system lies over eastern New South Wales, while a trough of low pressure approaches from the west. Between these features, northerly winds will increase along the coast during Monday. A west to southwesterly change will follow as the trough reaches the southern coast early Tuesday and continues to the north by early Wednesday. Following this, winds will ease in most areas as another high drifts across New South Wales mid-week ahead of the next trough, likely to affect the region during Thursday and Friday.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
Strong wind warning for Monday for Sydney Coastal Waters
Winds
North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the morning then 20 to 30 knots in the afternoon.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres by early evening.
Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
Tuesday 10 September
Strong wind warning for Tuesday for Sydney Coastal Waters
Winds
North to northwesterly 20 to 30 knots turning west to southwesterly in the afternoon.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Swell
Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Wednesday 11 September
Winds
West to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Swell
Northeast to southeasterly around 1 metre.
