"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

Gloomy, choppy and small for Sunday morning

Hello Friends,

Looks like a great day to do something other than try to surf at Dee Why (and elsewhere along the beaches no doubt). The pictures really tell the story, but for the record out at sea the bumps are into the 1.5 metre range, they’re coming from the SSE but the period’s a febrile 5 seconds. So, just chop really. Just to round out the picture, the wind is a steady 10kt SSE’r. Blergh. Oh and there’s a possibility of very welcome showers.
Tomorrow looks like being hot and smoky again. Surfwise we’re probably not going to see anything much until maybe Wednesday morning when a little south pulse could turn up with light wind.

We had a brilliant turn out for yesterday’s paddle out at Manly. I put a few pictures on Surfrider’s Facebook page from the Fight For The Bight paddle-out .  To see some of the 50 or so other paddleouts around the country, check out the Great Australian Bight Alliance FB page This should give Equinor a very clear message: no fossil fuel drilling in Australia.

Go well everyone!

 

No Mans bumps 0830
Small crew in the water at Kiddies, but waves look paltry.

Weather Situation
A high pressure system lies over the northern Tasman Sea while a weakening trough lies about the lower Mid North Coast. South to southeasterly winds lie to the south of the trough and north to northeasterly winds to the north. This trough trough is expected to have weaken during today, such that by Monday the high will be promoting northerly winds along the coast till the next front brings a vigorous southerly change to southern and central parts on Tuesday.

Forecast for Sunday until midnight
Winds
Southerly 15 to 20 knots, decreasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon and then becoming variable about 10 knots in the late evening.
Seas
1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre around midday.
1st Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
2nd Swell
Northeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Cloudy. 50% chance of showers.
Monday 25 November
Winds
Northerly about 10 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the early morning.
Seas
Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
Swell
Northeasterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
Weather
Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.
Tuesday 26 November
Winds
Northerly 15 to 25 knots ahead of a gusty south to southwesterly change 25 to 30 knots during the evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
1st Swell
Northeasterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
2nd Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
Weather
Becoming cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.