Hello Friends,
At first light the wind was coming faintly from the north under a mostly cloudy sky. Swell was around the 1.4 metre mark and coming from the SSE and NE at about 8-9 seconds apart. First tide of the daylight hours is a 1.6m high at 0950. We’re heading for a warm 27C today with an ocean at 21C.
Outlook for the week ahead remains in line with the Goat’s forecast, ie a couple more days of the current conditions, then pretty small Monday and Tuesday before a little southerly bump arrives with a midweek south change. Thereafter it looks like fading out again, although at least some models are saying Thursday morning could offer a few options in the chest high range at south spots.
Weather Situation
A strong high pressure system will drift across the southern Tasman Sea during the next day or two, maintaining a ridge towards the northern New South Wales coast. A cold front is skimming across southeastern Australia today. Associated southerly change will reach the South Coast later today and the central parts of NSW coast tomorrow. A second, more significant, cold front is expected early in the new week.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending northwest to northeasterly in the morning then tending northeasterly in the late evening. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the late evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore this evening.
Sunday 7 April
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots tending west to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots early in the morning then tending north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the middle of the day.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning, then increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres later in the evening.
- Swell
- Southeasterly 1.5 metres, tending easterly 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Monday 8 April
- Winds
- Northwesterly 15 to 20 knots becoming variable about 10 knots during the day then becoming north to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- Swell
- Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the evening.
- Weather
- Sunny.
