The Goat’s Surf Forecast
Surf forecast issued Thursday 29 January 2021: Seven day outlook for Sydney:
It’s wet. Been drizzling fine steady rain all day. And it looks like showers will continue on and off over the weekend and into the week.
Cheer yourself up with some good news: It’ll be warmer than today… and TG’s cousins in the bush tell him they’ve had good rain and it’s continuing, harvests have been great, the grass is high, animals are good, and rivers are running.
Back at the coast, the surf In Sydney didn’t have a lot of takers today, but there were the usual keen ones determined to get some exercise in mostly ordinary conditions, though there wasn’t much wind at times.
The weekend outlook is for N/NE wind Sat, and SE Sun, which will mean adjusting your options to the changing conditons. But hey we’re all getting pretty good at being flexible and adjusting to changing open and shut conditions on the Covid front almost daily, so you’ll have no trouble adapting to changing surf conditions on a day to day basis I’m sure.
The outlook through the week depends on what a Low does, expected to develop around Tuesday off Bass Strait. But East Coast Lows movements are notoriously dificult to predict, so the surf will depend on where it is and when and the direction of the wind…
At this stage the surf outlook is:
Saturday: around the upper end of the 1-2 metre range, maybe 2ish metres Eastish, with N/NE wind
Sunday: easing back a little in the 1-2 metre range Eastish, with strong S/SE wind chopping it up at places open to the South
Monday: down to around 1-1+ metres East
Tuesday: somewhere in the 1-2 metre range Eastish; possibly starting to come up late in the day depending on the Low… but TG thinks most likely not
Wednesday: If the Low does what’s expected now, starting to come up in the 2, 2-3 metre range at places open to dead South
Thursday: ditto “if”… easing back to somehwere in the 1-2 metre rnage Eastish
Friday: 1-2 metres, maybe 2+ metres East North East
Lots of variety and unknowns for you. But we all like surprises don’t we…
Be agile and jump around a lot. Keep your wits about you hey 🙂
Have a good one.
TG.
Up in the Air
Cloud across SE Oz…
http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/4day_col.shtml
Winds
https://www.windy.com/-33.764/150.924?-34.283,150.924,8,m:cISakmH
Down in the Sea
Water temp is around 22.
Tides
https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/maritime/usingwaterways/tides-weather/tide-tables-2020-2021.pdf
Weather from the Bureau
Forecast for the rest of Friday
- Summary
- Max 23
- Showers.
- Chance of any rain:Â 90%Â
Sydney area
Cloudy. Very high (90%) chance of showers. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending east to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h during the afternoon and evening.
Fire Danger – Low-Moderate
Sun protection recommended from 8:50 am to 5:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]
7 day Town Forecasts
Precis Icon | Location | Min | Max |
---|---|---|---|
Sydney | – | 23 | |
Penrith | – | 23 | |
Liverpool | – | 23 | |
Terrey Hills | – | 22 | |
Richmond | – | 22 | |
Parramatta | – | 23 | |
Campbelltown | – | 23 | |
Bondi | – | 21 |
Saturday 30 January
- Summary
- Min 20
- Max 29
- Shower or two.
- Possible rainfall:Â 0 to 3 mm
- Chance of any rain:Â 50%Â
Sydney area
Cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the middle of the day then becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the early afternoon.
Sun protection recommended from 9:00 am to 5:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]
Sunday 31 January
- Summary
- Min 21
- Max 27
- Shower or two.
- Possible rainfall:Â 1 to 3 mm
- Chance of any rain:Â 60%Â
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Medium (60%) chance of showers. Winds southerly 15 to 25 km/h turning southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h during the afternoon then decreasing to 15 to 20 km/h during the evening.
Sun protection recommended from 9:00 am to 5:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]
Monday 1 February
- Summary
- Min 21
- Max 28
- Possible shower.
- Possible rainfall:Â 0 to 1 mm
- Chance of any rain:Â 40%Â
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers. Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon.
Sun protection recommended from 9:00 am to 5:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]
Tuesday 2 February
- Summary
- Min 20
- Max 30
- Shower or two.
- Possible rainfall:Â 3 to 10 mm
- Chance of any rain:Â 60%Â
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Medium (60%) chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h turning northerly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning.
Wednesday 3 February
- Summary
- Min 19
- Max 28
- Shower or two.
- Possible rainfall:Â 0 to 2 mm
- Chance of any rain:Â 50%Â
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of showers. Winds northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northeasterly during the morning.
Thursday 4 February
- Summary
- Min 20
- Max 27
- Possible shower.
- Possible rainfall:Â 0 to 2 mm
- Chance of any rain:Â 40%Â
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers, most likely later in the day. The chance of a thunderstorm later in the day. Light winds becoming south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day.