Hello Friends,
Warm start to the day with more sunny than not skies, a light westerly(!) breeze and 1.4 metres of 9.5-second E-ENE wind swell lighting up the magnets with chest to even shoulder high waves faces on the bigger sets. But it looks to be magnets-only though. There were at least 40 people in the (slightly tea-coloured) water at Northy, but from there south to north Collaroy, it was just too tiny to surf. A similar situation around at Dee Why-Long Reef where the only waves were roughly mid-stretch. Tide’s coming off the 0840 low and heading to a moderate 1.45m high at 1450.
Wind will gradually come around to easterly quarters by midday as we head to a high of 30.
Tomorrow morning might be fun again as more offshore breezes and sunny skies are predicted – but swell looks like fading into the marginal range…
Have a top old Thursday one and all!
Weather Situation
Northerly winds on the coast today ahead of a south to southwesterly change associated with a front moving up the coast. This front will bring a southerly change to southern waters later today before extending further up the coast by the end of the week. Winds will then tend east to northeasterly during the weekend as a high pressure system builds in the Tasman Sea.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
- Winds
- Northwest to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the morning. Winds tending northeast to southeasterly in the middle of the day then tending north to northwesterly in the late evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres, tending northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then tending easterly around 1 metre by early evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Friday 19 January
- Winds
- Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the morning. Winds shifting east to southeasterly in the afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 1 metre around midday.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Saturday 20 January
- Winds
- Easterly 15 to 20 knots turning northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the afternoon or evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
