Hello Friends,
Yesterday afternoon’s little south pulse seems to have disappeared. At its peak it was hitting the 1.2 metre mark with a period of close to 9 seconds. Your correspondent was in the water at Longy and can report that there were some shoulder high wave faces in the mix. But, sadly, that’s all gone now. The average height has dropped to 0.75 metres at about 7.5 seconds, so I reckon knee to waist will be about as good as it gets today. And, from the look of the models, that situation looks likely to prevail more or less to the end of the week. Happily, from next week the long range models are projecting an extended run of solid winter looking swell numbers. So, chill for now, ’cause it looks like getting interesting soon…
Have yourself a great Tuesday one and all!
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Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea is weakening as a cold front moves eastwards over the western Tasman Sea. A southerly change will move though southern and central coastal waters from this afternoon in the wake of the front.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
Winds
Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the morning. Winds becoming variable about 10 knots in the late afternoon ahead of a southwesterly change 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the afternoon.
Swell
Southerly below 1 metre.
Weather
Mostly sunny.
Wednesday 18 May
Winds
Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots becoming west to northwesterly about 10 knots before dawn. Winds increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the early evening ahead of a southwesterly change 15 to 25 knots during the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres later in the evening.
Swell
Southerly 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre by early evening.
Weather
Partly cloudy.
Thursday 19 May
Winds
Southwesterly 20 to 30 knots tending westerly 15 to 20 knots during the morning then turning southwesterly 20 to 25 knots during the evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore.
Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
Weather
Sunny.
