Hello Friends,
Wind was offshore as Thursday got started and we had a small line showing at Dee Why. Size looked to be in the waist high range up the beach, but was struggling to make knee high at the point. The MHL buoy was showing 1.7 metres of 13 sec SE swell as of 0600. Usually those numbers mean fun size, but maybe the high tide at 0440 was still affecting it… better options elsewhere perhaps.
The swell forecast models are a bit all over the place. The Bureau says it’ll come up today and it has dangerous surf warnings for tomorrow and Saturday. Some of the models agree with them, others don’t, but on balance it looks as though we’ll definitely see more activity at south spots over the next 48 hours or so. Tomorrow’s wind call is for weakening SE’rly wind following a swing to that direction late this afternoon.
According to the long range estimates, next week could shape up reasonably well at south swell spots…
Oh, hey, can I ask a favour? A friend from Surfrider, Jess Hensman,is running in the City2Surf to raise funds for the organisation. But unlike most of the other runners in sensible attire, she’s going as a bag monster. The idea is to raise awareness of Surfrider Foundations Rise Against Plastics campaign – and a bit of money. Here’s the sponsorship page – so be generous!
Breaking very close in at 0730
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
- Winds
- Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning south to southeasterly in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- Swell
- South to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore.
Friday 8 August
- Winds
- Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to below 10 knots in the morning then becoming east to northeasterly in the early afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.
- Caution
- Deceptively powerful surf conditions in the evening are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Saturday 9 August
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming northerly 15 to 20 knots during the morning then tending northwesterly during the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the evening.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Caution
- Deceptively powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
