Hello Friends,
Not totally flat this morning, but you could get a soft knee to waist high dribbler if you were keen. At 0600 wind was south at around 8-10 knots and the MHL data from 0400 was showing 1.6 m of 13-second SSE swell energy. Tide was low at 0455 and will be back to a moderate 1.4 m high at 1050. The weather forecast calls for a high of 25 and there’s a 60% chance of the odd shower. Beachwatch reports an ocean temp of 23°.
Outlook is for the swell to stay at around the current level of a metre-ish, give or take 0.3 m for the next couple of days, as the Goat might say. Not a great outlook, but not utterly hopeless. The long range models are showing reasonable prospects for fun knee to chest high conditions at the start of next week and marginal, often onshore prospects between now and then.
Have a great Wednesday everyone!
Weather Situation
A trough near the central parts of the coast will linger and possibly move south before weakening today, as a high pressure system moves east from the Bight to the central Tasman Sea. Winds will turn east to northeasterly this evening with a southerly change expected along the southern half of the coast on Thursday and Friday.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning northeasterly in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Thursday 5 April
- Winds
- Northerly 10 to 15 knots becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Friday 6 April
- Winds
- South to southwesterly change 10 to 15 knots in the morning, then becoming north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots by the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- East to northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Sunny.
