Saturday
Nice to see blue sky after the rain… Currently the air temp is about 9 on the coast and the wind is a light offshore WNW which will start to smooth off the bumpy surf at some locations. The Sydney buoy is showing 2.3 – 3.8 metres of SE swell, while those to the south […]
Should be good at magnets this morning
Hello Friends, It’s still dark in Sydney as I write this, but the numbers look pretty reasonable. As of 0300 the MHL buoy was showing 3 metres of 12-sec SE swell and the Bureau’s North Head wind reading was WNW 7-9 kts. The Bureau says it should be southerly 10-15 kts today, so I’d be […]
Big, showery, maybe offshore early
Hello Friends, When I checked at 0430, the wind was offshore and light, it was raining in Manly (but not much north from there) and the MHL buoy was showing 3 metres of 10-sec SSE swell. Tide would be low at 0510 and back to high at 1115. Should definitely be a few wave options […]
TG’s Surf Forecast
Update Friday The second Low is now expected to do something else so slight change for later in the week … The aftereffects of the Low pressure system that’s now moved out into the Tasman will be still arriving from down the coast for a few days yet. With light offshore winds forecast for some […]
A mighty blow for Sydney
Hello Friends, Yikes! At 0300 the MHL buoy off Sydney was showing 3.8 to 7 metre swell and sea off Sydney. Swell was coming from the south and the period was clocking 10 seconds. Wind was southerly at around 20 kts. Meanwhile, down at Bateman’s Bay it was 5-9 metres at 12 seconds from the […]
Tiny in Sydney but waves – and wind – on the way
Hello Friends, Still small in Sydney and likely remain so all day. Tomorrow’s another story though. As of 0300 the MHL buoy was showing a touch under a metre of SE at 11 seconds and wind was coming from the NW at 10-15kts. Tide was coming into the high at 0945. Should be clouding up […]
Micro Tuesday in Sydney
Hello Friends, As anticipated, this morning sees micro conditions for Sydney beaches. The MHL buoy’s pre-dawn report showed 0.7 metres of 9-second east wind bump being fanned by light offshores and struggling no doubt with a high tide at 0800. If you somehow found a wave yesterday, your standards are probably about right for today’s […]
Today
11.20..waves are around 1 metre or less starting to break more with the dropping tide. ..but the air temp on the coast is still only 10..with apparent temp of 7. Weak sunshine..with rain on the way for most of the rest of the week. No whales seen today…ocean is pretty quiet inshore but horizon is […]
Flatness for Sydney but change a’comin…
Hello Friends, Looks pretty unpromising for today in Sydney. The MHL buoys were offline when I checked around 0500, but given yesterday’s conditions and the Bureau’s forecast, I’m reasonably confident in saying that this morning’s surf hunt will be challenging to say the least. The models pretty much all agree that it’ll be puny for […]
It’s a lake in Sydney
Hello Friends, The ocean looks as flat as a coalition marginal seat-holder’s mood after Saturday. The MHL buoy is showing not quite a metre of dead south bump at about 8 seconds apart. I’d be surprised if you could get anything less than a SUP to propel you shoreward. Throw in the high tide at […]