Hello Friends,
0900: Having just come back from a run to Manly, I can report that people were in the water at the Queenscliff end, but that it looked pretty lumpy and junky – despite the southerly not yet being into it. Size was around the waist to chest mark as I went by.
Didn’t see anyone in the water at Curly, although it was bigger and if you were super keen, a high tide lump was probably there for the taking – assuming you were in the right spot.
Dee Why was equally unattractive. A couple bods at the point were waiting through long lulls for low quality little bumps in the waist to chest range. I saw only one other person in the water up toward the pole, sitting forlornly and waiting for something to happen.
Maybe on the lower tide.. at protected corners…
Outlook remains so-so for the next couple of days and then come the weekend it seems to dribble away into the inconsequential. Ah well, maybe the models will turn out to be too pessimistic…
0800: Another sub-10 degree start for Sydney surfers. We still have swell energy, but we’re heading toward a high tide at 1005 and it seemed to be making Dee Why point fat and lumpy. Swell is showing at 2 metres from the SSE with a period of 13 seconds, so there will definitely be energy around the place. Once again the wind will be south later but as of 0800 was still a bit SW.
Gotta run, so maybe back later with a few more snaps and some thoughts about the outlook.
Have a great Wednesday!
Weather Situation
A strong high pressure system south of the Bight is extending a ridge across Victoria and directing a southerly airstream along the New South Wales coast. This high will slowly shift to the Tasman Sea over the next few days, with northerly winds developing on the weekend as a trough approaches from the west.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- Southerly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Thursday 14 August
- Winds
- Southerly 10 to 15 knots.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres.
Friday 15 August
- Winds
- South to southeasterly about 10 knots becoming east to northeasterly during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.
