"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 17 May 2018: Seven day outlook for Sydney:

What a week! Cold, windy and messy out of control surf for most of it. Not much use to anyone except the very few people that I saw in the water at a couple of rare times: young keen kids (they have to learn sometime), very experienced (good luck to them), or the odd lunatic. For the rest of us it was doing-something-else time.

Now that it looks like it’s finally starting to calm down, you may well find that your favourite sandbank has been dredged by the constant onslaught of rips from larger waves and wind.  Sigh.  Never mind, it’ll come back – sometime in the next 6 months!

In the meantime, to help bring back the banks more quickly, you can sing along while you read the rest of the forecast. You know you want to –

Ahh, they don’t make songs like that any more, do they? !?

Singalong Surf Forecasts…  What’ll they think of next!

The surf…

Friday: down from today in the lower end of the 1-2 metre range at places that are open to dead South swell

Saturday: up in the 1-2 metre range at dead South places, with some sets showing a little oomphyness at times

Sunday: easing back in the 1-2 metre range at dead South places

Monday: coming up again! 2 – 2+ metres, with sets, at dead South spots

Tuesday: down in the 1-2 metre range at dead South places

Wednesday: in the 1-2 metre range… yes dead South

Thursday: I could speculate, but let’s not scare the horses at this early stage.

Have fun if you can find somewhere with banks… and stay safe. Surf within your abilities at suitable places.

If you can’t find somewhere, then just sing along … At least it’ll be sunny.

TG

Up in the Sky

 

Cloud/surface composite, Australia satellite image of Australia at Thu May 17 07:30:00 2018

MSLP Analysis for Thu May 17 06:00:00 2018 AUTC

Wind

https://www.windy.com/-33.855/151.216?-34.889,151.216,7

Down in the Sea

Water temp is getting cooler at around 19.

Ahh that’s where the whales are… Look how nice and warm it is way out offshore.

If you were a whale wouldn’t you rather be swimming north in warmer water? If you were a people wouldn’t you too??

image

Tides

http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/maritime/usingwaterways/tides-weather/tide-tables-2017-2018.pdf

Weather from the Bureau

Forecast for the rest of Thursday

Summary
Clear.
Chance of any rain: 0% 

Sydney area

Clear. Light winds.

Sun protection recommended from 11:40 am to 12:00 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 3 [Moderate]

Friday 18 May

Summary
Min 9
Max 20
Sunny.
Chance of any rain: 0% 

Sydney area

Patchy fog in the early morning. Sunny day. Winds west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the morning.

Sun protection not recommended, UV Index predicted to reach 2 [Low]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon Location Min Max
Sunny. Sydney 9 20
Sunny. Penrith 6 22
Sunny. Liverpool 6 22
Sunny. Terrey Hills 8 19
Early fog then sunny. Richmond 3 22
Sunny. Parramatta 6 21
Sunny. Campbelltown 4 22
Sunny. Bondi 11 18

Saturday 19 May

Summary
Min 11
Max 20
Sunny.
Chance of any rain: 10% 

Sydney area

Sunny. Early fog patches in the west. Light winds.

Sun protection not recommended, UV Index predicted to reach 2 [Low]

Sunday 20 May

Summary
Min 9
Max 20
Sunny.
Chance of any rain: 5% 

Sydney area

Sunny. Early fog patches in the west. Light winds becoming westerly 15 to 20 km/h during the day.

Sun protection not recommended, UV Index predicted to reach 2 [Low]

Monday 21 May

Summary
Min 10
Max 22
Sunny.
Chance of any rain: 10% 

Sydney area

Sunny. Winds westerly 15 to 20 km/h becoming southwesterly during the evening.

Tuesday 22 May

Summary
Min 10
Max 20
Sunny.
Chance of any rain: 5% 

Sydney area

Sunny. Light winds.

Wednesday 23 May

Summary
Min 9
Max 22
Sunny.
Chance of any rain: 5% 

Sydney area

Sunny. Light winds becoming westerly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning.

Thursday 24 May

Summary
Min 11
Max 19
Partly cloudy.
Chance of any rain: 10% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. Winds southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h turning southerly 25 to 35 km/h during the morning then decreasing to 15 to 20 km/h during the day.