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

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Friday 5 January 2024: Seven day outlook for Sydney

More onshores and sideshores, some showers forecast warm enough to want to get wet but only small ones on the horizon. Get in when the wind is light

Surf outlook

Saturday: around 1 metre or so South East

Sunday: ditto East

Monday: ditto North East

Tuesday: ditto maybe up joost a little North East

Wednesday: ditto North East

Thursday: ditto North East/East

Friday: ditto East

Enjoy.

TG

Up in the Air

MSLP Analysis for Fri Jan  5 06:00:00 2024 AUTC

http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/4day_col.shtml

Latest Colour Mean Sea-Level Pressure Analysis and Infrared Greyscale Satellite

Cloud/surface composite, Australia satellite image of Australia at Fri Jan  5 08:30:00 2024

Winds

https://www.windy.com/-33.850/151.220?-34.373,151.221,8

Down in the Sea

Water temp is around 23

image

Tides

https://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-06/nsw_tides_2023%E2%80%932024.pdf

Weather from the Bureau

Forecast issued at 4:20 pm EDT on Friday 5 January 2024.

Forecast for the rest of Friday

Summary
Partly cloudy.
Chance of any rain: 10% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. Winds southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the late evening.

Sun protection recommended from 8:40 am to 5:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]

Saturday 6 January

Summary
Min 18
Max 26
Cloudy.
Chance of any rain: 20% 

Sydney area

Cloudy. Slight chance of a brief shower in the morning. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the evening.

Fire Danger – Moderate

Sun protection recommended from 8:40 am to 5:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]

Sunday 7 January

Summary
Min 19
Max 28
Partly cloudy.
Chance of any rain: 5% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h in the middle of the day.

Sun protection recommended from 8:40 am to 5:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]

Monday 8 January

Summary
Min 21
Max 29
Shower or two.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 4 mm
Chance of any rain: 60% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Winds north to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h.

Sun protection recommended from 8:50 am to 5:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]

Tuesday 9 January

Summary
Min 22
Max 32
Shower or two.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 4 mm
Chance of any rain: 70% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northerly 15 to 20 km/h tending northeasterly during the afternoon then becoming light during the evening.

Wednesday 10 January

Summary
Min 21
Max 28
Possible shower.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm
Chance of any rain: 40% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely later in the day. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day.

Thursday 11 January

Summary
Min 21
Max 28
Shower or two.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 4 mm
Chance of any rain: 70% 

Sydney area

Cloudy. High chance of showers. Light winds becoming south to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day.

Friday 12 January

Summary
Min 21
Max 27
Shower or two.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 4 mm
Chance of any rain: 70% 

Sydney area

Cloudy. High chance of showers. Winds southerly 15 to 20 km/h turning southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning