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

Hello Friends,

Can you get to the beach? Looks like it’d be a plan if you can. Dee Why was busy with the holiday crowds, but there were lefts along the beach (and the odd right) along with a fairly steady supply for the crew at the point. Size ranges from chest to head plus thanks to a 2.5 metre, 11 second period SE swell. Wind early is out of the west, but it’s due to swing south 15-20 kts later.

Don’t feel too bad if you can’t play today though, because as the models have been telling us for days now, it’s only going to get better! The outlook is for solid SE swell, light offshores and sunny skies for Friday-Sunday. Woohoo!

Next tide is a high at 0900 and the low will be along at 1520.

Longboarder scores a peeler
Longboarder scores a peeler
Sets frequent this morning
Sets frequent this morning
Looking pretty fun on sets at 0715
Looking pretty fun on sets at 0715

Weather Situation
A high to the west extends a strengthening ridge of high pressure over New South Wales today, while a deep low remains over the eastern Tasman Sea. The ridge is expected to remain the dominant feature in the region over the next few days, briefly weakening during Friday as a frontal system passes across the south, before reasserting itself on the weekend.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Winds
Southerly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
Swell
Southeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres.
Friday 18 April
Winds
South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning westerly 15 to 20 knots in the morning, and reaching 25 knots offshore in the evening.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore by evening.
Swell
Southeasterly 1.5 to 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.
Saturday 19 April
Winds
Southwesterly 15 to 25 knots decreasing to about 10 knots during the evening.
Seas
1 to 2 metres.
Swell
Southeasterly 2.5 to 3 metres.