Hello Friends,
Definitely waves around this morning. And pretty clean too. As the pictures indicate, faces on the bigger ones were solidly shoulder to head high. They had a slowish look, but I don’t think there’ll be many complaints on that score. Consistency seemed on the long-waitish side. Wind early was a light westerly and out at sea the waverider buoy was seeing SSE swell at 2 metres at 10-11 seconds. Tide was coming in to the 1.38m high at 1120.
Should be waves all day with favorable wind direction too. Lot of cloud about, so the prediction of more showers is definitely plausible.
Weather Situation
A trough lying near the coast, extending from a low over inland New South Wales, is forecast to deepen and form a low pressure system near the southern coast later this afternoon or evening. This low looks likely to linger throughout the weekend, bringing increased winds and waves to southern waters. These conditions look set to extend to central and northern parts of the coast on Monday, as the low centre moves north along the coast.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming west to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
Seas
Around 1 metre.
1st Swell
Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
2nd Swell
Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 metres later in the evening.
Weather
Cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Sunday 9 August
Winds
Westerly 15 to 20 knots turning southwesterly 15 to 25 knots in the late afternoon.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres by early evening.
1st Swell
Southerly 1.5 metres, tending southeasterly 2 to 3 metres during the morning.
2nd Swell
Easterly 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
Weather
Partly cloudy. Near 100% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore in the early morning.
Monday 10 August
Winds
Westerly 15 to 25 knots shifting south to southeasterly 25 to 35 knots during the morning.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres, increasing to 2.5 to 4 metres during the afternoon.
Swell
Southeasterly 2 to 3 metres, increasing to 3 to 5 metres during the morning.
Weather
Cloudy. 95% 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.
