Hello Friends,
As expected, swell has perked up again this morning. The offshore buoy was showing 1.67 metres of 10-11 sec ENE (70°) energy. Surface conditions at Dee Why looked kind of sloppy and lumpy with sets in the waist to chest plus range. Checking some of the cams, it looks like, as usual, the waves are a bit better at the more optimally aligned exposures north and south. Wind should be light all day, so the current surface conditions will likely stay roughly as the pictures show. Tide was low at 0545 and it’ll be high at 1215. Unsurprisingly, given the lowering skies, there’s a possibility of the odd shower as we head to a high of 21C.
There’s a strong wind warning for tomorrow, along with more showery weather. The models show the NE’r picking up in the early morning hours, so the exposed locations are likely to be junky from the get-go. On the positive side, the NE component of the swell is predicted to increase slightly, so your summer go-to spots will be the plan.
Have a top old Wednesday and stay safe.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea is maintaining a ridge towards the northern New South Wales coast while a slow-moving trough and cold front lie across southeastern Australia. This trough is expected to deepen and shift east over coming days, with northerly winds strengthening along coastal waters ahead of a west to southwesterly change with the trough later Thursday or early Friday.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- 1st Swell
- Easterly 1.5 to 2 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 50% chance of rain.
Thursday 8 October
Strong Wind Warning for Thursday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Northeasterly 15 to 25 knots reaching up to 30 knots before shifting west to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2 metres increasing to 2 to 3 metres around midday.
- 1st Swell
- Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 2 metres by early evening.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a gusty thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.
Friday 9 October
- Winds
- West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots turning west to southwesterly during the morning then tending southeast to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- 2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Northea
