Hello Friends,

Glassy little SE wind swell making its way into the beaches of Sydney this morning. Swell is about a metre with an average period of 8 seconds. Tide hit high at 0630, so it was pretty fat and full for the early risers. That said, surface conditions were glassy under the dull grey sky that is this summer’s signature look.

By the time we get to low tide at about 1315, the wind should have settled into a breezy 10-15 kt SE. So various places that were options early, probably won’t be then.

Tomorrow looks like being smaller but maybe turning around a bit sizewise toward evening as the E to SE wind ramps up into the 20-25kt range.

Monday looks like being onshore with a couple metres of east messiness.

Basically the forecasts are calling for another week of onshores and on again off again cloudy skies.

Oh well, what can ya do but stay happy, eh?

Hello Friends,

Not too fabulous looking this morning. There’s a short period little NE windswell flapping lightly as moth’s wing against the coast. The big ones are around waist high and you’re doing well if you can extract more than a couple turns before they fade away. Not much wind as the day got started, but the Bureau advises that it’ll be kicking up later and that it could be 20-25kts by evening. That being the case, we might get some fun ones at NE windswell spots toward dark.

From the shape of the swell models this morning, we’re probably going to have similar conditions again tomorrow, though if the wind goes hard enough, it should be a bit bigger.

Beyond that, the rune castings make for uninspiring reading. Basically it looks as though we’re in for little bumpy messy conditions until around Friday. As of this morning, the models are calling for a solid south swell to push in Friday night. The big question will be what Huey decides to do about the wind. At this stage it looks as though it could be walloped by strong onshores, so fingers crossed for a change to that particular setting…

Have yourself a great day!

TIDE: L @0740 and H @1420

Forecast for Monday until midnight

Winds

North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 25 knots by early evening.

Seas

1 to 2 metres.

Swell

Easterly 1 metre.

Tuesday 6 September

Winds

Northeast to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots, reaching 30 knots at times offshore.

Seas

Up to 3 metres decreasing to 2 metres during the morning.

Swell

Easterly 1.5 metres.

Hello Friends,

Was out late this afternoon, so I stole a look at the beaches from Warriewood to Collaroy… the SE swell is only a metre out at sea, so it was pretty flabby. A high tide just after dark wasn’t contributing in a positive fashion, but people at Warriewood were finding little things to noodle along on. Little and big Narrabeen both had catchable if fat peaks as well. Hardly anyone in the water either.

We’re set to have a brief SE wind thing happen tomorrow at daybreak but the swell should still be bumbling along at a similar level to this evening, so after the wind backs off… well, who knows… might be a little something of interest if you’re keen.

Catchya tomorrow!

Sunday 28 August

Winds

Northwest to southwesterly 5 to 15 knots tending southeasterly around dawn then tending northwesterly up to 10 knots later in the evening.

Seas

Below 1 metre increasing up to 1.5 metres around dawn then decreasing to below 1 metre around midday.

Swell

Easterly 1 metre.

Hello Friends,

Had an errand this morning that allowed me to check out a few extra beaches for you. Started at the Warriewood lookout and can tell you that there were a grand total of four people in the water from there to Mona Vale. Waves were in the knee to waist high range and quite inconsistent. However the surface was glassy and the lines were clean, so it wasn’t without its attractions.

Whizzed by little Narrabeen but didn’t stop as no one seemed to be in the water. Next surf check was a couple blocks south of North Narrabeen so that I could see from one end of the beach to the other. There were maybe half a dozen in the water at Northy chasing infrequent waist high sets and something approaching that number way down the beach toward Marquesas – where it seemed to be equally small.

According to the MHL Sydney buoy, swell height and energy levels were little changed from yesterday afternoon – ie out of the south at about 12 seconds apart with an average height at sea of about 1.5m.

The forecast calls for the swell to fade slowly through the day. Tide’s low at about 1010 and high at 1650 or so. The low tide’s not exceptionally low and that means we’re looking at a degree of fatness that will only worsen once the tide turns.

Outlook is for the winds to stay generally out of the westerly quarters over the next three days and the swell should kind of hang in there at just above too small to surf – assuming you’re looking at a south swell spot.

Have yourself a great Tuesday!

Weather Situation
A complex low pressure system over waters just southeast of the state is expected to move very slowly to the east/northeast and intensify on Wednesday and Thursday before moving away towards New Zealand on Friday. The exact position of the low remains uncertain though strong southwest to southerlies are likely to extend gradually northward along the coast from Wednesday.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
Winds
West to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots becoming southwesterly 10 to 20 knots later in the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres.
Weather
The chance of thunderstorms offshore.
Wednesday 10 August
Winds
West to southwesterly 10 to 20 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Southeasterly about 1.5 metres.
Thursday 11 August
Winds
Westerly 15 to 20 knots tending southwesterly up to 15 knots during the morning.
Seas
Up to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Southeasterly 2 to 3 metres.