Hello Friends,
Grey and mild along the beaches this morning with a light NNE breeze. Out at sea the swell was 1.7 metres from the SE at 7 seconds apart. As you can see from the picture, where Dee Why’s concerned that was translating into wind-affected weak, crumbly knee to maybe waist high wave faces. So not flat, but not great either.
The swell models show the energy trickling along at more or less the current intensity through Thursday. It looks as though sometime around late afternoon Friday we could see a new south pulse starting to fill in. Wind looks like being south to maybe SSW on Saturday and then more SW for the morning sessions as we head into the new week. The current long range forecast shows the swell sticking around the 2+ metre range into mid next week.
Have a great Tuesday everyone!
Weather Situation
Fresh to strong northerly winds will turn west to southwesterly winds about southern and central parts of the coast this afternoon and evening before shifting south to southeasterly through the coast on Wednesday as a low pressure trough moves through the north coast on Wednesday.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore during the morning. Winds turning westerly in the evening.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing below 1.5 metres by early evening.
- Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers during this afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Wednesday 31 August
- Winds
- West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, shifting southeast to southwesterly in the morning, then becoming southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.
Thursday 1 September
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon then tending northerly during the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.
