Hello Friends,
Sunny and only a light breeze for the early this morning. But there’s a little problem – we have almost no swell energy. What we have is less than a metre of 5-sec east wind chop. And that means that about the best you can expect is the odd gutless knee high set. Mostly though, it’s smaller than that and where both Dee Why and the Collaroy-Narrabeen stretches, there were hardly any peaks. Tide’s dropping to a low at 0915.
Wind is going to pick up soon. It’ll be out of the north at first, but by lunch time it should be NE and getting into the 20-25 kt range. If you’re a connoisseur of onshore conditions, there could be the odd waist plus wave face at the most blown out spots this afternoon. Water temp will probably cog down a notch as a result of the wind, so we sensitive types will want a springy.
The NE’r is set to maintain overnight and that could mean a little more energy at surfable spots. Again, I’m not expecting anything special, but I don’t think shoulder plus faces (with the wind on top of them) are beyond the realms of possibility.
Christmas Eve to Boxing Day currently looks like being windy and onshore from the east around to the NE. Quality won’t be much, but it shouldn’t be quite as dire as this morning in terms of wave size. With any luck there’ll be some scrappy, wind blown waist to chest plus stuff at magnet banks.
Gonna be a hot one today, so stay chill and have a good one!
Weather Situation
A slow-moving high pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea extends a ridge to northwest, directing north to northeasterly winds across the western Tasman Sea. Late on Sunday a southerly change is expected to move up the New South Wales south coast, extending northwards during Monday.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Sydney Coast
Winds
Northerly 15 to 20 knots turning northeasterly 20 to 25 knots in the late morning. Winds reaching up to 30 knots offshore in the late evening.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Swell
Southeasterly below 1 metre.
Weather
Sunny.
Sunday 20 December
Strong Wind Warning for Sunday for Sydney Coast
Winds
North to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots becoming northerly 25 to 30 knots in the late morning.
Seas
2 to 3 metres.
Swell
Easterly below 1 metre.
Weather
Sunny.
Monday 21 December
Winds
Northerly 20 to 30 knots shifting south to southeasterly 15 to 25 knots during the morning.
Seas
2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning.
1st Swell
Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
2nd Swell
South to southeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers.
