Hello Friends,
The smoke from controlled burning across the Sydney basin was so thick along the beaches, that I couldn’t really see Dee Why from RealSurf’s crows nest. The wind was coming from the west at a steady 10 kts, so until that swings to the NE later, the smoke is probably going to be bad. The official advice is for sensitive people to “AVOID outdoor physical activity if you develop symptoms such as cough or shortness of breath.”
And everyone else to “REDUCE outdoor physical activity if you develop symptoms such as cough or shortness of breath.”
I’ll try to post a picture or two later, so for now all I can tell you is that there’s a 1.6 metre, 13+ second SE swell out at sea and the tide will be dropping after 0755 as it heads to the low a 1335. Assuming you don’t mind the smoke, there should definitely be waves around today and into the weekend.
Weather Situation
A strong high pressure system centred over eastern New South Wales and the Tasman Sea is slowly drifting east, to be followed by a broad ridge of high pressure for the rest of the week and over the weekend. A low pressure trough is forecast to slip south of the state Friday into Saturday.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
- Winds
- North to northwesterly about 10 knots tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the late evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre by early evening.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Friday 15 September
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 25 knots. Winds tending north to northeasterly for a period in the afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres by early evening.
- Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Saturday 16 September
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
