Hello Friends,
Mix of broadly east wind swell with somewhat more focused south swell this morning under cool and grey skies. MHL is showing 2 metres from the east at 5 seconds. That’d probably be hopless junk, but because there is stuff coming from the NE around to the south, you’re getting the occasional focused peak amongst the generally waist high sloppiness. As one of my pictures from this morning shows, that can mean at least a second or two of head plus wave face to play on.
The Collaroy-Narrabeen stretch wasn’t getting much out of the swell combo. There were a few small, burgery things up at Northy, but otherwise it looked small and sloppy from there south. The best focus along the Dee Why to Longy stretch was broadly across no man’s. The mix of swells was throwing up the odd fun section. I’d guess that around at Curly, particularly at the south end, there could be similar conditions, maybe even a bit bigger.
According to the Bureau, the NEr is supposed to get going this morning and as it does, to push up more NE wind swell. Then in the middle of the day, the wind should go around to the SW. Interesting combo. Not without possibilities for an afternoon session at the right spot.
Interestingly, the Eden MHL buoy is showing an energetic SE pulse right now. It’s not evident at Pt Kembla yet, but that doesn’t mean it might not be inbound to us for later today. Nurturing hope for an arvo sesh…
Looking ahead, we might possibly get some waves again tomorrow morning (depending upon how durable that SE pulse is) before going into an early week, get work done slump. At this stage the forecast models are saying we might have some marginal east energy mid-week (waist plus at the best spots).
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The Open Day is a great opportunity to visit the labs and meet the working scientists and engineers. We invite you to tour our unique facilities and observe a range of physical models in action.
Weather Situation
Wind will tend north to northeasterly early Saturday as a low pressure trough, currently over central western New South Wales, moves closer to the coast. A small low pressure system is expected to form off the central NSW coast late morning or early Saturday afternoon as the trough crosses the coast, with wind over all waters turning southwest to northwest by the end of the day. A high pressure system will form to the southeast of Tasmania on Sunday, extending a ridge towards the southern NSW coast ahead of the next trough which is expected to cross the NSW coast on Tuesday.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Strong wind warning for Saturday for Sydney Coastal Waters
Winds
Northeasterly 20 to 25 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots in the morning then shifting south to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots in the middle of the day.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing below 1.5 metres around midday.
Swell
Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around dawn, then tending northeasterly 1.5 metres around midday.
Weather
Heavy rain this morning. The chance of thunderstorms from early this afternoon.
Sunday 15 September
Winds
South to southeasterly 15 to 25 knots becoming variable about 10 knots early in the morning then becoming easterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, decreasing below 1 metre around midday.
Swell
Easterly 1.5 metres.
Monday 16 September
Winds
Northeasterly 15 to 25 knots turning northerly 25 to 30 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the morning.
Swell
Easterly 1.5 metres, tending northeasterly 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
