Hello to any of you who may be stopping by this evening!
Sunday was a wild and woolly old surf day. Too lumpy and messy and busy at Dee Why for my taste, so I just had fun shooting a few pictures from in front of the DYSLSC (including upon their kind approval, from the balcony). Showers swept through at regular intervals and the swell was unrelenting. Set wave faces in the morning were frequently a metre plus overhead on the faces and when I checked just on dusk, it looked as though the energy levels had faded only slightly. Ocean was still pretty beat up then, but 3 metres of 13 second SE swell rarely arrives without a fair amount of wind and chop on top.
According to the Bureau’s afternoon forecast, we’re looking at 15-20 kts of southerly for tomorrow morning with an only slightly diminished SE swell. It’s supposed to turn SE in the evening Monday and then be S-SE for Tuesday and back to south on Weds. Swell should be kicking along at 2 metres with plusses all next week. Unfortunately, apart from lots of grey skies, we’ll also have to put up with mainly south wind through to around Friday. At the moment, next weekend is looking pretty impressive on the models – solid SE swell, offshores and sunshine (if they’re right). Very long range modelling for week after next is pointing to mal waves at best for a week at least.
As I write this, I’m uploading samples from this morning’s shoot at Dee Why beach and the point (mostly the lefts at the beach actually), so by tomorrow morning there should be something to check out if you were in the water for the Sunday morning sesh.
BTW, the left in front of the clubhouse was producing fairly consistently, so my fingers are crossed that this means some sand’s been moved around and that we might end up with a few more peaks there and elsewhere along Sydney’s bankless beaches.
Have a great Sunday evening and catch you again tomorrow!
Weather Situation
A low pressure system over the Tasman Sea slowly tracks to the southeast followed by a high pressure ridge strengthening across the region into the new week.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
Winds
Southerly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
1.5 to 2 metres.
Swell
Southeasterly 2.5 to 3 metres.
Caution
Large and powerful surf conditions in the afternoon and evening are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Monday 14 April
Winds
Southerly 15 to 20 knots turning southeasterly in the evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Southeasterly 2.5 metres.
Caution
Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Tuesday 15 April
Winds
South to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Southeasterly 2 to 2.5 metres.
Wednesday 16 April
Winds
Southerly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
Swell
Southeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres.
Weather
The chance of thunderstorms.
