Hello Friends,
On the long drive home from the far north coast and not looking like we’re getting in the water today. Lennox/Ballina was seeing only weak short-period little wind waves this morning. The wind was coming up from the north too. Glad we got that amazing little afternoon sesh at Boulder yesterday…
Tomorrow looks like being crazy windy in Sydney but that won’t stop me joining my Surfrider Foudation friends at Manly beach to be part of the Hands Across the Sand at 3 pm.
We want to raise awareness of plans for seismic testing off the coast of Sydney.
The scientists have been warning us for years that we have to wean ourselves off the fossil fuels the testing will look for.
The IPCC warns us we’re in a climate emergency, with maybe a decade to have a 50-50 chance of keeping atmospheric temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees – if we can dramatically reduce our carbon pollution. It may sound like a trivial number but it’s not. Our politicians can be left in no doubt about what needs to be done and Hands Across the Sand is one of the ways we let them know we’re serious about trying to head off the climate crisis and the extinction of a million species.
Hope to see you at Manly beach tomorrow afternoon!
Weather Situation
A cold front that is approaching from the state’s west will bring a vigorous west to northwesterly change to coastal areas today, then shifting more southerly on Saturday as a low develops over the Tasman Sea. The low is expected to move rapidly away to the east on Sunday, with winds easing as a strong high drifts across from the west.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots tending west to northwesterly 20 to 30 knots during the afternoon and evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.
Saturday 11 May
Gale Warning for Saturday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Westerly 25 to 30 knots turning southwesterly 20 to 30 knots during the morning, and reaching up to 40 knots during the day.
- Seas
- 2 to 4 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly below 0.5 metres, tending southwesterly 2 to 3 metres during the morning, then tending southerly 2.5 to 3 metres by early evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Sunday 12 May
- Winds
- Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots turning south to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the day.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
