Hello Friends,
If you’re an experienced rider or a solid intermediate, there should be a wave for you if you look around. At 0900 conditions were clean and very good along the Manly stretch. Curly wasn’t producing the quality but around at Dee Why there was the odd intense bomb set at the point and a very consistent left out in front of the SLSC.
As of 1000 the wind was WSW at 12-19 kts, swell at sea was 3 metres and coming from the south around to the east at 10-12 sec. Tide was coming off the 0730 high and will be back to the 0.6 m low at 1300. Wind and swell should maintain roughly the same intensity across the day.
Tomorrow is looking to be offshore for the early and only a touch smaller but more southerly where the swell’s concerned than today. Same for Friday and Saturday
(below) Manly
(below) Dee Why
Weather Situation
A low pressure system offshore is deepening, with its associated trough brushing the southern and central coast today. These systems, together with a strong high pressure system over South Australia, is bringing strong to gale southwesterly winds and hazardous surf conditions across much of the coastal waters. Winds and surf conditions are expected to weaken during Thursday as the low moves away to the east, but then increase again and tend more southerly on Friday as another front moves north along the coast.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Southwesterly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 15 to 20 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres later in the evening.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 2 to 3 metres inshore, increasing to 2.5 to 4 metres offshore.
- 2nd Swell
- Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre around midday, then increasing to 1.5 metres later in the evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
- Caution
- Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Thursday 28 July
- Winds
- West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots becoming south to southwesterly about 10 knots in the early afternoon then tending west to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre around midday.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres during the morning, then increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres around midday.
- 2nd Swell
- Southeasterly 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then tending easterly below 1 metre by early evening.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny. 50% chance of showers.
Friday 29 July
- Winds
- Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, increasing to 20 to 30 knots in the morning.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 2 to 2.5 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southerly 2 to 2.5 metres, increasing to 2.5 to 4 metres during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
