Hello Friends,
Yet another sparkling morning with light offshores early, but no swell. Actually, the height of the swell at sea is up from yesterday, but the period is only 6 seconds. MHL is predicting that the period will improve into the 13 second range later today, plus the swell should start to pick up by tomorrow morning. So, it would seem that the near flat conditions could be about to make a transition to more interesting settings. Whether that happens this afternoon or overnight, remains to be seen. My feeling from looking at the buoy data is it’s more likely to be the latter. Plus, the Bureau’s models are showing swell filling in noticeably from about midday tomorrow.
Tide was high at 0630 and will be low again at 1230.
I’m looking forward to seeing what the Goat’s thoughts are for the week ahead because the various models are pretty much all projecting solid south swell and offshores for the back half of next week.
Have yourself a great day everyone!
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Weather Situation
A high pressure ridge persists over the north of New South Wales, while a cold front passing to the south during Thursday will cause westerly winds to strengthen over southern coastal waters. Winds on Friday will tend southeast to southwesterly throughout in the wake of the front, and later ease as a high pressure system strengthens over the state.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Winds
Westerly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore in the evening.
Seas
1 to 2 metres.
Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
Weather
Sunny.
Friday 20 May
Winds
West to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the middle of the day.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, decreasing below 1 metre around midday.
Swell
Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 2 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
Weather
Sunny.
Saturday 21 May
Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the day then tending northerly during the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres during the evening.
Weather
Partly cloudy.
