Hello Friends,
Happy New Year and welcome to 20th year of this little website!
Since I surfed yesterday, I had to get in the water today (last day of the old year, first day of the new – of course!). Unfortunately, instead of looking around, I just paddled out to where I was catching chest plus sets yesterday morning. Sadly, I should’ve watched it first. The tide was just about low and the swell had cogged down a couple of notches. That added up to knee high and dribbly little shutdowns on a very shallow bank at Longy lugga. Classic hurt-yourself conditions in my experience, so I didn’t stay out too long.
What I should have done was to either go down the beach toward No Mans, or over the hill to Curly.
There was quite a crew in the water at North Curly (where most of the action was) and wave faces on sets were solidly into the chest high range. Being an 8-sec 1.5 metre SSE wind swell, it was tricky catching ’em. Even so, looked like a good thing to be doing on a classic summer morning before the onshore.
As for the outlook, well, The Goat has spoken and wisely too in my judgement!
Get out there if you can, and stay happy!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea is moving slowly east maintaining a ridge to the northwest and directing southeast to northeasterly winds along the New South Wales coast. Winds are expected to turn southeasterly during Saturday and Sunday as another high moves south of Tasmania.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
Winds
East to northeasterly about 10 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy.
Saturday 2 January
Winds
East to northeasterly below 10 knots becoming southeasterly before dawn then increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
1st Swell
Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, tending easterly 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres around midday.
2nd Swell
Southeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy.
Sunday 3 January
Winds
East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
1st Swell
Easterly around 2 metres.
2nd Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
Weather
Cloudy. 50% chance of showers.
