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

Barely a bump

Hello Friends,
Heading to a toasty 30C this morning as the wind comes up from the NW ahead of an afternoon southerly change. First tide of the day is a high at 0755 so waves were fat and tiny when I grabbed the snaps. There were a couple of folks at the point chasing knee high dribblers produced by a combo tiny 13-second period south swell and a 6 second east bump. So, fat, weak, and tiny at the best exposures and flat everywhere else. Wind was out of the NW at 4 kts as of 0800, but it should be chopping things up soon as it heads to 15-20 kts. Water’s clean and 18C.
The Goat will be along later with his weekly dollop of surf wisdom, so be sure to check back.
Go well one and all!

Faint bump up the beach at 0720
Folks in the water at the point

Weather Situation
A high pressure system is slowly drifting across the Tasman Sea, maintaining a ridge towards northern New South Wales. A low pressure trough is forecast to bring a gusty southerly change to southern and central parts of the coast today, before stalling and weakening over the north. Following this, a new high should strengthen over the Tasman Sea during Friday, and remain in the region through the weekend.

Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Sydney Coast
Winds
Northerly 15 to 20 knots shifting southerly 20 to 30 knots in the late afternoon and early evening.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres in the evening.
Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre around midday.
Weather
Mostly sunny.
Friday 18 September
Winds
South to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots turning east to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon and evening.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Weather
Cloudy.
Saturday 19 September
Winds
Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 25 knots during the evening.
Seas
1 to 2 metres.
Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy.