Hello Friends,
Lovely morning, shame about a) the high tide and b) the low swell. We have about a metre of mainly east 8 second period wind swell dribbling in pretty much up and down the NSW coast. Exposed spots should deliver little catchable things as the tide drops but we’re looking at another warm summery day in early spring, so expect NE’ly sea breezes this afternoon.
I’m looking around for any hint of surf energy in the long range swell forecast models this morning and I have to say, there’s really not much of anything in prospect for the east coast. We might get the odd dribble of something faintly surfable in the morning midweek and then maybe another feeble little uptick at the end of the week. If you really want a wave, head down Vicco way I’d say.
Huey’s not helping out on the crowdfunding effort (surf site traffic always fades when there’s no swell), so I’ll have to keep working hard to persuade all of you who’ve been hanging back for the last month or so that you need to get on board. The good folks at the Perfect Wave have jumped in with sponsorship size pledge (that’s in addition to their usual ad spend), so I’ve given them a background ad for the remainder of the campaign. If you’re in the market for a trip, they’re pretty obviously the place to go.
Huge thanks to all who’ve jumped in with a pledge and super strong “you know you should, you know you’ve been meaning to…” guilt rays to all of you who are going to be part of it just any time now! 🙂
Go well with your Sunday, and keep on smilin’ through.
Forecast issued at 4:10 am EST on Saturday 5 October 2013.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system lies over southeast Australia. A cold front is expected to cross NSW during Sunday and Monday bringing a fresh to strong southerly wind change.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Winds
Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning north to northeasterly in the early afternoon then tending north to northwesterly in the late evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly 1.5 metres, tending southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
Sunday 6 October
Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon then turning west to northwesterly in the late evening.
Seas
Around 1 metre.
Swell
Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre around dawn.
Monday 7 October
Winds
West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots turning south to southeasterly during the day.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the evening.
Swell
East to southeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
The chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
