Hello Friends,
Interesting looking skies this morning as Tuesday kicked into gear. Wind was coming lightly from the west at 5 kts as of 0750. The MHL buoy was showing a metre at 8 seconds from the SE and, as you can see from the pics, the 1.9 m high tide at 0740 is swamping out what little energy there is. There were people in the water having a go, but it looked like you’d be doing well to see a waist high face. Maybe as the tide drops…
There’s a 90% chance of showers today, but interestingly, Beachwatch is showing a fair number of spots with reasonable water quality (but not Long Reef, North Curly, Queensie-Bower). The wind will drift around and settle to the SE by the time we get to low tide at 1415.
Outlook for the next week is for conditions according to both the ECM and Wavewatch models (upon which all surf forecasts are based) are both showing a continuation of the current marginal size waves. About the only glimmer of hope is for early next week whe the ECM shows a possible little south pulse. But that’s a long way off in the world of modelling, so we will see…
Have a great Tuesday everyone!
Weather Situation
A broad trough of low pressure lies along the New South Wales coast, and is expected to linger in the western Tasman Sea. A low pressure centre embedded within the trough is located along central parts of the coast and is expected to move slowly east over the next day or so, and weaken.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming south to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon then tending east to southeasterly in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- South to southeasterly around 1 metre.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Wednesday 20 March
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming southerly 10 to 15 knots early in the morning. Winds reaching up to 20 knots inshore during the day.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Thursday 21 March
- Winds
- South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending south to southeasterly below 10 knots during the day.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers and the chance of a thunderstorm.
