Hello Friends,
Wind was out of the W-NW at 0700. Tide was high at 0630 and we had a bit more than 1.5 metres of 8-second NE wind swell struggling to make an impression. Apart from a leisurely SUP rider, I couldn’t see anyone in the water along the Dee Why stretch. The wind is supposed to go around more to the SW before dropping into a NE groove late this afternoon.
Pretty obviously, the plan is to look elsewhere for better exposure to the small amount of energy on tap. There should be the odd waist plus peak at the magnets, particularly as the tide drops back. I don’t think there’ll be anything too dramatic in terms of quality, but the water’s getting warmer and it is summer, so fair enough Huey.
Long range outlook is for the energy levels to stay more or less the same across the next week to 10 days – at least.
Get out there if you can and have yourself some fun!
Weather Situation
A strengthening high pressure system near New Zealand extends a ridge towards the Queensland coast, while a broad trough lies over southern and western New South Wales. These systems will move fairly slowly during the next day or two, directing northeasterly winds along the much of the coast. Although the trough currently over the southern coast is expected to decay later today, another trough approaching from South Australia should bring a southerly change to the southern New South Wales coast late Thursday, continuing through central parts on Friday before stalling in the north during the weekend.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the middle of the day then becoming north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon, possibly reaching 20 knots offshore.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- Northeasterly around 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers or a thunderstorm, mainly this afternoon and evening.
Thursday 4 December
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore.
- Swell
- Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 70% chance of showers or a thunderstorm.
Friday 5 December
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 20 knots turning west to northwesterly below 10 knots during the morning then becoming variable during the day.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon.
