Hello Friends,
A quick scan of the cams and a hurried casting of the runes finds that Sydney’s ESE magnets had knee to waist plus ripples as of 0630. Wind was a light WSW’r under clear skies. Tide was starting to run in for the 1050 1.8m high. The MHL buoy was seeing 2.5 metres of 10-sec ESE-SE swell at 0400 and the prospect is for the energy levels to hang in at about the same intensity across the day. By this afternoon though it’ll be back to s-se wind.
Tomorrow looks like being similar size to today, but with southerly wind from early. Midweek could be pretty small but then the wind will pick up from the northerly quarters as we head toward the weekend while the swell also perks up again.
You can kind of make out the swell conditions over at north Bondi from the screengrab below…
In Santa Barbara we’re back to quite small again, but skies are sunny. There are a couple more pulses in prospect for later in the week, so here’s hoping…
Grabbed the following screenshot from surfline’s Campus point camera. About as clear as North Bondi technically speaking, so you might not be able to tell that it’s around the knee high mark.
Have a great Monday everybody!
Weather Situation
A cold front has moved through New South Wales waters and is moving towards New Zealand, as a high pressure system over the Bight moves east. This pattern will maintain southeast to southwesterly winds until the high moves over the Tasman Sea, causing winds to shift northeasterly during Wednesday and Thursday.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
Winds
Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots becoming south to southwesterly in the middle of the day then tending southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the evening.
Seas
Around 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 30% chance of a shower this evening.
Tuesday 14 February
Winds
South to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots decreasing to about 10 knots in the late evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Weather
Cloudy. 70% chance of showers.
Wednesday 15 February
Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming northeasterly 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the afternoon or evening.
Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 30% chance of a shower.
