Hello Friends,
Lightly offshore this morning and what looks to be a SE line showing at the point and along the beach (the MHL buoy hasn’t updated for a few days now). Wave faces look to be in the waist to chest range along the beach and maybe a touch smaller than that at the point.
Wind should come around to the south this morning and to settle into 10-15 kts later. Tide’ll be high at 0850 and the swell intensity should be around the current levels all day.
Word of warning, last night I went for a splash at Longy, but came in pretty quickly after discovering rafts of blueys and purple people eaters in the water. Water was beeyooteefull though!
Outlook for the rest of the week is broadly for the current surf settings to stay in place. Some of the models show the period dropping into the 7-8 second range but direction (east) and size (1-1.5m) aren’t set to vary by much. The southerly’s set to go a bit harder tomorrow and then swing to the NE for Weds arvo.
Get in if you can – and look out for our little stinging friends!
Weather Situation
A slow-moving low pressure system lies over the eastern Tasman Sea while a high east of Tasmania extends a ridge northwards along the coast. These two systems will direct moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds across the New South Wales coast for most of the forecast period, with winds in the south tending northeasterly at times under the influence of the high pressure system as well as the next one moving across from the Bight.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
Winds
Southerly 10 to 15 knots turning southeasterly in the late evening.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
Swell
East to southeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Mostly sunny. 20% chance of a shower offshore, near zero chance elsewhere.
Tuesday 9 February
Winds
Southerly 15 to 20 knots turning east to southeasterly below 10 knots in the evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.
Swell
Southeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 30% chance of a shower in the morning and early afternoon.
Wednesday 10 February
Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon or evening.
Swell
Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy.
Please be aware
Wind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here, and maximum waves may be up to twice the height.
Nearby Coastal Waters
