Hello Friends,
Steady 10 kts of north wind as the day got started. Swell was showing as coming mainly from SSE at less than a metre with an average period of a shade under 10 seconds. Tide was heading toward high at 0855 and there really wasn’t a thing going on that you could call surf at Dee Why. I suppose there might possibly be a floppy, bumpy little slop burger around at Curly, but you’d want to be pretty keen…
Wind is set to be into the 20-30 kt range and to swing more NW to W before long. And it’ll be stronger still by dusk. That won’t help the paltry swell either.
The strong offshores look like being at their peak across the weekend. Happily the forecast still shows a rising trend from Monday through to Wednesday. At this stage it’s looking as though Tuesday and Wednesday should be solid at south magnet spots.
So, make yourself conspicuously useful over the weekend and pencil in Tue-Wed to sneak off for a wave at your fave south spot.
Have a great Saturday one and all!
Weather Situation
A high is situated over the north Tasman Sea. A deep complex low is approaching southeast Australia from the Bight. A major cold front associated with the low was located near the far west of the state early this morning, and is expected to reach the coast during the afternoon and overnight. The low pressure system is expected to move through southern parts on Sunday, moving to the east of Tasmania, with westerly winds, tending more southwesterly in southern parts of the coast. A slow moving high pressure system over the Bight and the low pressure system moving away towards New Zealand will maintain a generally southwest airstream along the coast for the first few days of the new week.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Gale Warning for Saturday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northerly 20 to 30 knots turning west to northwesterly 25 to 30 knots during the afternoon and evening. Winds reaching up to 35 knots offshore in the late evening.
- Seas
- 2 to 3 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- The chance of thunderstorms during this afternoon and evening.
Sunday 29 June
Gale Warning for Sunday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Westerly 25 to 30 knots, reaching up to 35 knots offshore during the day.
- Seas
- 2.5 to 3 metres, increasing to 2 to 4 metres during the morning, then decreasing below 3 metres later in the evening.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
Monday 30 June
- Winds
- West to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres offshore.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
