The Goat’s Surf Forecast
Surf forecast issued Thursday 22 February 2024: Seven day outlook for Sydney
Crash..murmurmur, crash..murmurmur.. in the still night air~
TG mumbled ‘The Sea is strirring’ as he went off to dreamland last night.. So I sent him out when he got up later in the day, to have a look.
Not as big as I thought, he said on return. It was low tide, and the water didn’t look too clean, and they were Dumpers on the shore (now there’s a word I’ll bet you haven’t heard in a while).
Reminded me of a restless night on Maui many years ago, with the waves booming outside the motel all night. I thought it would be huge in the morning. Turned out they were little wavelets banging against a rock wall in a protected harbour next to where we pulled up in the night. The night air can magnify sounds of the ocean…
The latest readings he gave me this evening were 1.513 metre swell, at 8.9 seconds, from 114 degrees of the compass.
In Common Sense that would be: in the 1-2 metre range short period, from Eastish.
The Surf Outlook is
Friday: say 1- 1+ metres Eastish
Saturday: starting to come up from the south with wind, say 1-2, 2 ish metres at dead South spots
Sunday: easing back a bit, say around 1-1+ metres South East
Monday: dittoish, East
Tuesday: down a bit say around 1ish metres South East
Wednesday: up a bit, 1-1+ metres Eastish
Thursday: similar North East.
Get wet if you can and Have Fun!
TG
Up in the Air
http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/4day_col.shtml
Winds
https://www.windy.com/-33.850/151.220?-34.373,151.221,8
Down in the Sea
Water temp is approximately 24.55 degrees
Tides
https://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-06/nsw_tides_2023%E2%80%932024.pdf
Weather from the Bureau
Forecast for the rest of Thursday
- Summary
- Clear.
- Chance of any rain: 10%
Sydney area
Clear. Light winds.
Sun protection recommended from 9:20 am to 4:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High]
Friday 23 February
- Summary
- Min 22
- Max 35
- Showers. Storm developing.
- Possible rainfall: 0 to 7 mm
- Chance of any rain: 80%
Sydney area
Mostly sunny morning. High chance of showers in the late afternoon and evening. A thunderstorm likely in the afternoon and evening, possibly severe with damaging winds and large hail. Possible heavy falls in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming southerly 30 to 45 km/h in the evening.
Fire Danger – Moderate
Sun protection recommended from 9:10 am to 4:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]
Saturday 24 February
- Summary
- Min 19
- Max 24
- Showers easing.
- Possible rainfall: 0 to 7 mm
- Chance of any rain: 80%
Sydney area
Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and early afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning. Winds southerly 25 to 40 km/h decreasing to 20 to 30 km/h before dawn then becoming south to southwesterly and light in the late evening.
Sun protection recommended from 9:20 am to 4:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High]
Sunday 25 February
- Summary
- Min 17
- Max 27
- Mostly sunny.
- Chance of any rain: 10%
Sydney area
Mostly sunny. Light winds.
Sun protection recommended from 9:20 am to 4:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High]
Monday 26 February
- Summary
- Min 18
- Max 28
- Mostly sunny.
- Chance of any rain: 5%
Sydney area
Mostly sunny. The chance of morning fog in the west. Light winds.
Tuesday 27 February
- Summary
- Min 21
- Max 28
- Partly cloudy.
- Chance of any rain: 10%
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day.
Wednesday 28 February
- Summary
- Min 20
- Max 30
- Sunny.
- Chance of any rain: 5%
Sydney area
Sunny. Winds northerly 15 to 25 km/h tending northeast to southeasterly during the day.
Thursday 29 February
- Summary
- Min 21
- Max 29
- Partly cloudy.
- Chance of any rain: 10%
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h.
