Hello Friends,
First full day back in Sydney and shaking off the last wisps of jet lag with a stiff cup of coffee. The ocean looks pretty torn up and sloppy thanks to the 10 kts or so of SE wind. At 0500 the MHL buoy was picking up 2.8 metres of 10-second SE swell along with some small but long period NE component. Dee Why wave faces sure didn’t look like being in the 2.8 metre range – in fact it was more like a third of that.
Tide’s coming off a low at 0630 and the Bureau says the wind will be picking up from the SE as the morning goes along.
I’m going to do a Manly run shortly, so I’ll come back later this morning with another pic or two and some thoughts on the outlook.
Have yourself a great day!
Weather Situation
A trough and associated cold front has reached the far southern coast of Queensland. Southerly winds behind the front will generally ease this morning as a high pressure system moves across Victoria and then over the Tasman Sea. This high pressure system will maintain southeasterly winds over the north coast for the remainder of the week, but northeasterlies over the south coast from Friday ahead of the next southerly change late Saturday.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Winds
South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore early in the morning.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
1st Swell
Southerly 1.5 metres, tending southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
2nd Swell
Easterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Cloudy. 20% chance of a shower.
Friday 4 December
Winds
East to southeasterly about 10 knots becoming northeasterly in the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
1st Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 0.5 metres during the afternoon.
2nd Swell
Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
Weather
Partly cloudy.
Saturday 5 December
Winds
North to northeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots during the morning.
Seas
Around 1 metre.
Swell
Easterly 1.5 metres.
Weather
Mostly sunny.
