Hello Friends,
Gloomy, drizzly grey skies, mild temps and not much wind as Saturday got started. There are some waves around the place, but only a few spots are picking up the waist to chest plus sets coming from the south. The MHL buoy was seeing 2 metres of SSE swell at 10 seconds as of 0500. The early wind was 10-14 kts from the south but as you can see from the pics, the surface conditions weren’t too scrappy (yet). Tide was low at 0645 and is currently running into the high at 1325. Ocean is still on 18C.
The outlook is for the swell energy to gradually fade across the day, so it looks as though the plan is to hit it asap before those sets get pretty rare by this afternoon. Tomorrow is shaping to be small thanks to the swell period dropping back into the 7-8 second range. It should be dead south as well. Wind could be okay early but there’s a strong wind warning for the NEr to hit 30 kts in the afternoon. Weather should be a bit nicer though.
Have a good one everybody!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the northern Tasman Sea is expected to weaken as a cold front moves along the remainder of the north coast. Another high is expected to move into the southern Tasman Sea in its wake with winds gradually returning to the northeast ahead of the next change set to arrive during Tuesday.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- Southerly 10 to 15 knots turning east to southeasterly below 10 knots in the afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres around midday.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 80% chance of showers this morning.
Sunday 6 October
Strong Wind Warning for Sunday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 30 knots in the evening. Winds turning northerly 20 to 25 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then increasing to 2 to 2.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre by early evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Monday 7 October
- Winds
- Northerly 20 to 30 knots shifting south to southeasterly below 10 knots during the morning then tending east to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- 2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Easterly below 1 metre, tending northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
