Hello Friends,
Mostly clear skies as Wednesday fired up along the beaches. Happily it looks as though we have a little more wave energy than yesterday – which isn’t saying much, because it was basically flat. A few bods scattered among the beach break peaklets as of 0700. From what I saw, I’d say it’s in the ankle to knee high range with the odd plus.
Wind was light westerly early. It should swing more to the east but not kick up too hard later. The MHL buoy was showing a metre of 7-sec wind bump from the ESE as of 0500. First tide of the day was a deepish 1.8m high at 0620. There’s a slight chance of a passing shower during the day. We’re heading to a high of 25C and ocean temp is sitting on 20C.
Outlook is for wave energy to increase just a tiny bit over the next couple of days and for there to be the prospect of something in the waist plus range by the weekend.
As noted yesterday, I’m off on a road trip to Vicco over the coming week, so stay tuned for remote status updates on local conditions along with the odd postcard.
Have a great Wednesday everyone!
Weather Situation
A strong high pressure system near New Zealand is maintaining a ridge towards New South Wales today, resulting in southeast to northeasterly winds in coastal areas. A cold front, currently south of the Bight, will skim across southeast Australia on Thursday, with an associated trough bringing a southerly change to waters south of about Newcastle. Behind this, a new high is expected to move over the Tasman Sea at the end of the week, and should remain dominant through the weekend. Another trough and southerly change are likely early in the new week.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- East to northeasterly about 10 knots.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Thursday 18 April
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming east to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon then shifting southerly 15 to 20 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny day.
Friday 19 April
- Winds
- Southerly 10 to 15 knots becoming southeasterly about 10 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon.
