Hello Friends,
According to the MHL data, we had 8-second SE wind swell at 1.8 metres off Sydney. Wind was light SSW early and tide was coming off the high at 0620. It was raining lightly but steadily. The Bureau says the wind will go SE and then E-SE later.
Surf situation is not looking too flash. There’s not much energy in it thanks to the short period and sadly it doesn’t seem as though it’ll improve today. Dee Why had a few takers, but the quality was marginal and weak with set wave faces struggling to make the chest high mark. Water should be more than a little woofy with all the rain of the last 24 hours. Certainly it didn’t look too appetizing.
From tomorrow it might bump up just a bit, but the wind call is for E-SE onshore conditions right through to Christmas morning, when we could see a switch to a summery NE pattern and the temps go up. Then, if the models have it right, we switch back to southerly and bigger but probably pretty junky.
So, there is sort of something and tomorrow might be slightly more energetic, but if you can’t get in, rest assured you aren’t missing much. \
Have a great Tuesday and stay happy!
Weather Situation
A southeasterly change associate with a cold front crossing the southern Tasman Sea is moving along Mid-North Coast. It is expected to become slow-moving today with a small, relatively weak low pressure system likely developing. The low is expected to move slowly away to the northeast during Wednesday/Thursday as a high pressure system moves to the southern Tasman Sea and gradually extends a ridge over eastern NSW.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
Winds
South to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots tending east to southeasterly during the day. Winds reaching up to 25 knots in the afternoon.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres around midday.
Swell
South to southeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Cloudy. 95% chance of rain.
Wednesday 23 December
Winds
Southeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots early in the morning. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the late morning and early afternoon.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
Weather
Cloudy. 50% chance of showers in the morning and afternoon.
Thursday 24 December
Winds
Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning easterly 15 to 20 knots during the morning.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 30% chance of a shower.
