Hello Friends,
Still shaking off the jetlag. Weather in Sydney looks about the same as in southern California, ie, grey skies, threatening to at least sprinkle, steady light SE onshores (SW here), and a SSE swell that’s 2.4 metres offshore but only 8 seconds, so not really getting around into the protected corners for you. From the look of the cams, it’s in the knee to waist range for the most part at magnets. Tide’s low just as I write this at 0810.
Wind’s supposed to come around to the NE this afternoon, so if that happens, I’d expect your surf prospects to improve a little.
The Goat’ll be along with his usual weekend outlook thoughts later. From what I’m seeing on the models, tomorrow morning might possibly be a prospect, but the swell’s dipping too so, maybe… or not. Beyond that it seems like onshores for the weekend but some sort of swell and then more onshores (from both south and north onshore quarters) and more variable, small short period wind swell for the rest of the week.
As you can see from the shot above, there is still some swell activity, but the cross shore is into it, and despite the long lines, it’s kinda crumbily and slow. And soon it should start raining (desperately needed here), so I’m not gonna drive for an hour to get to it. We should be in for a stormy few days we hope, so not sure if I’ll have any postcards to share… we shall see…
Have a great day everyone!
Weather Situation
A low pressure trough has brought a south to southeasterly change to the New South Wales coast. Winds will tend north to northeasterly during Thursday as a high pressure system moves over the southern Tasman Sea extending a ridge to the north coast. The next southerly change is expected to develop along the south and central coasts later on Friday, before another high pressure system moves over the Tasman Sea during the weekend.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Winds
Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to northeasterly in the afternoon.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
Swell
Southerly 2 to 2.5 metres.
Weather
Cloudy. 30% chance of a shower this morning.
Friday 20 January
Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Sydney Coast
Winds
Northeasterly 15 to 25 knots turning northwesterly 20 to 30 knots in the evening.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the morning.
Swell
Southerly 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
Weather
Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. A thunderstorm likely in the afternoon and evening.
Saturday 21 January
Winds
Southerly 20 to 30 knots.
Seas
1.5 to 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the morning.
Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the morning.
Weather
Cloudy.
