Hello Friends,
We seem to have a little swell this morning. It’s not big enough to kick the point into action, but despite the incoming tide (there’s a 1.57 m high at 1030), waves looked to be into the waist high range at No Mans. Wind was WNW at 10 kts when I grabbed the snaps, but like the tide, it’s going to come up soon. into the 15-20 kt range.
The MHL buoy was detecting 1.3 m of 10-sec SSE swell as of 0500. Water temp should be around the 16° mark.
From the look of the models, the current energy levels should last through the day as we head to a high of 22° under sunny skies. I’m definitely going to be out and about, so possibly more pictures and words later…
Speaking to the models, I’m liking the look of Monday’s prospects. Predictions range from 2-3 metres with periods in the 10-12 sec range from the south. Wind call is for westerlies and sunny conditions. The more pessimistic projections say it’ll tail away over the rest of the week, but the hopeful ones say it could be fun for a few days. Here’s hoping the latter prove closest to the mark,
Have a great Tuesday one and all, and check back later in case I update!
Weather Situation
Vigorous west to southwesterly winds are expected to slowly ease this evening and early tomorrow as a high pressure system slowly moves across the state. On Wednesday, fresh northwesterly winds are forecast to develop ahead of a cold front that will slip across the south, bringing a west to southwesterly change to southern parts of the coast on Wednesday and central parts during Thursday.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon then tending northerly 15 to 20 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Wednesday 15 August
Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northwesterly 15 to 25 knots increasing to 25 to 30 knots in the early afternoon then decreasing to 15 to 25 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Thursday 16 August
- Winds
- Northwesterly 15 to 20 knots turning west to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Sunny.
