Hello Friends,
Only a metre of ESE swell showing as Saturday got started, but that should change. Dee Why was smooth with light offshores and wave faces in the knee to waist plus range as of 0645. Period is around the 12 second mark and there’s some east in the mix, so it wouldn’t surprise me if there were a few spots showing more than that. Our big issue today is going to be timing of an uptick in swell energy with an expected south change in the afternoon.
Outlook is for the swell to steadily increase over the next 24 hours. Right now it looks as though we might not see much quality today because the wind’s set to swing south at about the time the first south swell arrives.
As the Goat said in his forecast, we’re looking at very straight south swell for this pulse, but if the models have it right, size at magnet spots tomorrow and Monday could potentially hit double overhead on wave faces. And the Bureau tells us the wind will be light and variable tomorrow and offshore Monday early, but going NE in the arvo.
Try and get some of this pulse if you can, because right now the models are saying it’ll all go quiet again from early Tuesday.
I plan to be on it with the camera, so wave hi if you see me and remember, I’m shooting you regular surfers. The hot shots already have all the pictures they could ever want!
Have a good one everybody.
Tides: L @1040, H @1705
Weather Situation
A weak trough on the southern coast is expected to reach central parts later today, before dissipating as a high pressure system builds across the region. This high is forecast to strengthen and drift slowly east during Sunday and Monday as the next frontal system approaches from the southwest.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Winds
Westerly 10 to 15 knots, reaching 20 knots offshore in the morning, shifting southeasterly in the late afternoon.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre around midday.
Swell
Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres, tending southerly 1.5 to 2 metres by evening.
Sunday 25 May
Winds
Variable about 10 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres.
Monday 26 May
Winds
West to northwesterly winds about 5 knots inshore and northeasterly winds about 5 knots offshore becoming north to northeasterly during the morning then increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 metres during the evening.
Swell
Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
