Hello Friends,
Looks as though the Goat’s figured it out. Byron appears to be way more interesting than Sydney surf-wise today. To compare and contrast, the Byron MHL buoy is showing 1.3 metres of 12 sec SE, while Sydney’s looking at 3 metres of the same, but wind is SSE in Sydney at 15-20 kts and SW in Byron at 15kts (reasonable for the pass I’d have thought).
From the look of the cams, Sydney surf conditions are not attractive. Wind is beating everything up, even in protected stretches and from the forecast, there appears to be no prospect of an improvement until the weekend.
The North Bondi cam framegrab below gives you a feel for the current swell as it looked around 0640…
Weather Situation
A low pressure system over the central Tasman Sea is slow moving. It will generate large and powerful surf conditions over much of the NSW coast over the next few days, as well as fresh to strong southerly winds over the northern half of the coast. A slow moving high pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea extends a ridge to the southern half of the coast, with winds tending moderate to fresh east to southeasterly.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Winds
Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots turning south to southeasterly during the morning.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Southeasterly 2.5 to 3 metres.
Weather
Cloudy. 70% chance of showers.
Caution
Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Friday 10 March
Winds
Southerly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Southeasterly 2.5 to 3 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.
Caution
Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Saturday 11 March
Winds
Southerly 10 to 15 knots turning east to southeasterly below 10 knots during the afternoon then becoming east to northeasterly during the evening.
Seas
Around 1 metre, decreasing below 1 metre during the afternoon or evening.
Swell
East to southeasterly 2 to 3 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy.
