Hello Friends,
Swell’s faded dramatically overnight and this morning at 0730 set waves were struggling to make the waist high mark at Dee Why beach. It’s now too small to surf the point. Wind was a light NNW’ly and tide was dropping from the 1.66 m high at 0640. It’ll be back to low at 1240. The MHL buoy was showing 1.3 metres of 13s east swell as of 0600.
Outlook is for the the wind to be N to NW going SW in the late morning and picking up to 15-20kts. Swell according to the models is heading down another few notches over the next 24 hours. And thereafter it could be that we’re in for an extended period of marginal to near flat conditions for the next week – if the swell models have it right…
So get in if you have the chance and go well with your day!
Weather Situation
A low pressure trough is bringing a west to southwesterly change to southern and central parts of the New South Wales coast this morning, and will extend to the northern coast tonight. Behind the change, a high pressure system will drift across from the west to become the dominant feature in the region during Thursday and Friday, promoting a return to fairly light winds. The next trough and cold front are expected later on the weekend.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
Winds
North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots, shifting west to southwesterly in the late morning, reaching 25 knots offshore.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres around midday.
1st Swell
Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
2nd Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning.
Thursday 25 May
Winds
South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
1 to 2 metres.
1st Swell
Southerly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
2nd Swell
Northeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 20% chance of a shower offshore.
Friday 26 May
Winds
Westerly 10 to 15 knots turning south to southwesterly below 10 knots during the morning then becoming east to southeasterly during the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
1st Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
2nd Swell
Easterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Mostly sunny.
