The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 15 November 2018: Seven day outlook for Sydney:

Well that doesn’t look very nice does it.. water’s got a tad cooler, air’s got a tad cooler, waves are blhh at most places, and that looks like what it’ll be like for the weekend and into early next week.  Hard to get excited about that, and there’s water falling from the sky as I write.. which is of course good but not if you want to do things outside. Tsk it’s so hard to please everyone.. anyone?? Oh well…

Friday: in the 1-2 metre range South East without quality or power, and accompanied by a S wind to chop it up

Saturday: in the 1-2 metre range East South East and ditto S/SE wind

Sunday: ditto, maybe up a little on sets, and onshore

Monday: dittoish, and mostly onshore, with NE wind later

Tuesday: ditto down a little, NE Wind

Wednesday: ditto up a little East South East/East North East

Thursday: ditto at dead South places only, might be small Ok if forecast offshore comes good.

Keep smiling

TG

Up in the Sky

Wind

https://www.windy.com/-33.855/151.216?-34.889,151.216,7,i:pressure

Down in the Sea

Water temp is just under 20… gone backwards a little as warmer water is staying out offshore

Tide

Weather from the Bureau

Forecast issued at 4:20 pm EDT on Thursday 15 November 2018.

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon	Location	Min	Max
	Sydney	16	22
	Penrith	15	24
	Liverpool	14	22
	Terrey Hills	15	21
	Richmond	14	24
	Parramatta	14	23
	Campbelltown	13	23
	Bondi	17	20

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 8 November 2018: Seven day outlook for Sydney:

What is that cold wind all about!!? It brought up some very windy surf at places open the dead South but the wind and the surf are expected to ease off tomorrow.

The surf outlook is for continued easing off through to Tuesday and Wednesday when there should be some Nor East windswell to play with.

Friday: down from today into the 1-2 metre range at dead South places with occasional moderate sets

Saturday: down to around the 1 metre mark East South East

Sunday: smaller 1 or less than 1 metre South East

Monday: around 1 metre or so East North East

Tuesday: into the 1-2 metre range East North East

Wednesday maybe a bit bigger at the sourthern ends of beaches in the 1-2 metre range North East

Thursday: 1-2 metre range East South East then starting to come up later from the South.

Remember the Diggers on the Western Front on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1, Sunday.

TG

Up in the Sky

Winds

https://www.windy.com/?-34.054,150.696,5,i:pressure

Down in the Sea

Water temp is currently around 20… but there’s warmer water creeping southwards down from the North Coast

Tides

https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/maritime/usingwaterways/tides-weather/tide-tables-2018-2019.pdf

Weather from the Bureau:

Forecast for the rest of Thursday

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon	Location	Min	Max
	Sydney	13	22
	Penrith	9	25
	Liverpool	10	24
	Terrey Hills	11	21
	Richmond	9	25
	Parramatta	10	23
	Campbelltown	9	25
	Bondi	13	20

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 1 November 2018: Seven day outlook for Sydney:

It’s gunna be hot…it’s gunna be hot..

So best to be where it’s not… where it’s not!

And where might that be?

In the water of course.  With a 37 degree max forecast – all of a sudden – for tomorrow, who cares if  the ocean surface is not going to be moving around much..

Ok Ok you might get lucky at the right tide,  the right banks, with the right equipment and bag a little wave as a bonus.

Friday: about 1 metre or so North East

Saturday: a little more say 1 -1 + metre North East, until an early afternoon SE change, as expected by the BoM

Sunday: maybe around 1 metre at places that get dead South swell

Monday: ditto

Tuesday: smaller East North East

Wednesday: about 1 metre North East

Thursday: coming up at dead South spots.. 1-2 , 2-3 metres

Have a good one.  Stay cool.

TG

Up in the Air

Wind

https://www.windy.com/-33.855/151.216?-34.889,151.216,7,i:pressure

Down in the Sea

Water temp is around 19-21… with warmer and cooler patches.

Tide

https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/maritime/usingwaterways/tides-weather/tide-tables-2018-2019.pdf

Weather from the Bureau

http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/forecasts/sydney.shtml

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 18 October 2018:

Seven day outlook for Sydney:

How about this great weather???  Great if you’re a farmer, a keen gardener, or just want your dam levels to keep filling up so you can have a drink of water and a wash, and your food ( whether you’re vegetarian, or carnivourous, or omnivourous) to keep coming to wherever you get it.  And you’re gonna get wet anyway going for a surf so what’s a few more drops on you before you get to the water’s edge…

Saw a few nice looking waves today before dark and there should be waves all week, suitable for Nor East spots.  But be prepared to have a few more pre-surf showers if you want to have a surf in the coming week…  Air temp should be warmer and who knows with the water temp…

Surf outlook:

Friday: up a little from today in the 1-2 metre range East North East

Saturday: down a little in the 1-2 metre rnage East North east

Sunday: dittoish but southerly wind affected, but not enough to completely stop the East North East swell

Monday: down a little in the 1-2 metre range East North East

Tuesday: similar

Wednesday: ditto

Thursday: starting to come up at dead South places in the 1-2 metre range.

Have a good one.

TG

Up in the Sky

Winds

https://www.windy.com/?-33.913,151.103,5

Down in the Sea

Water temp is around 18-19

Warmer water is a little offshore for the moment

Tides

http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/maritime/usingwaterways/tides-weather/tide-tables-2018-2019.pdf

Weather from the Bureau

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon	Location	Min	Max
	Sydney	–	24
	Penrith	–	27
	Liverpool	–	25
	Terrey Hills	–	23
	Richmond	–	27
	Parramatta	–	25
	Campbelltown	–	26
	Bondi	–	22

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Thursday 23 August 2018: Seven day outlook for Sydney:

Forecasts may be intermittent for a little while… depends whether there’s access to wifi wherever I am and whether I’ve got the time to do a forecast or send a postcard while I’m having fun!  Will obviously check in from time to time to see who our Prime Minister is this week.

In the meantime… the swell is still hanging in there at pretty much dead South 2-3 metres offshore, mostly going straight past but with enough of a period for it to be getting into the places that like that kind of thing….though is starting to turn a little more South East, so more will start to come in.

And it looks like there might be a few drops of water falling from the skies over the coming days… but not enough for the farmers unless there’s more to come later.

The waves~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Friday: up from today – around 2 metres or so South East, easing back a little later

Saturday: then up again to around 2 ish metres East South East

Sunday: then down again in the 1-2 metre range East

Monday: down more to around 1 metre or so East South East

Tuesday: dead South swell starting to come up from a Low expected to develop off the far South Coast… say in the 1-2 metre range at dead South friendly spots, with most going straight past  (don’t jump in the car, Don)… bigger outside…not enough period to get in, then…

Wednesday: easing back in the 1-2 metre range dead South, most still going past

Thursday: in the 1-2 metre range East South East, but more coming ashore.

Sad news about Bob, a regular at Little Av, which is never a wave for the faint hearted.

Goodness it’s hard to know where to go to get warm … Earthquake rumblings in Indo.. Hurricanes off Hawaii…

Talk when I can… Miss you already 🙂

TG

Up in the Sky

Winds

https://www.windy.com/?-34.889,151.216,7

Down in the Sea

Water temp

Woo…it’s gone down from 17 off Sydney at the weekend to 15.7  — which is decidedly chilly on my scale.  With some Noreasters forecast over the weekend it could get even chillier.

Just look at that East Coast Current and how its complex whirrings affect your water temp>>>

Tides

http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/maritime/usingwaterways/tides-weather/tide-tables-2018-2019.pdf

Weather from the Bureau:

Sydney Forecast

No warnings for New South Wales

Forecast issued at 4:20 pm EST on Thursday 23 August 2018.

Forecast for the rest of Thursday

Summary

Partly cloudy.

Chance of any rain: 20% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower along the coastal fringe late this evening. Light winds.

Sun protection recommended from 10:10 am to 1:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 4 [Moderate]

Friday 24 August

Summary

Min 10

Max 19

A few showers.

Possible rainfall: 2 to 4 mm

Chance of any rain: 70% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. High (70%) chance of showers along the coastal fringe, medium (50%) chance otherwise. Showers becoming less likely in the evening. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the early afternoon.

Fire Danger – Low-Moderate

Sun protection recommended from 10:20 am to 1:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 3 [Moderate]

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon	Location	Min	Max
	Sydney	10	19
	Penrith	5	20
	Liverpool	7	19
	Terrey Hills	9	17
	Richmond	4	20
	Parramatta	7	19
	Campbelltown	4	19
	Bondi	11	17

Saturday 25 August

Summary

Min 12

Max 19

Shower or two.

Possible rainfall: 1 to 6 mm

Chance of any rain: 60% 

Sydney area

Cloudy. Medium (60%) chance of showers. Winds northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h.

Sun protection recommended from 10:30 am to 1:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 3 [Moderate]

Sunday 26 August

Summary

Min 12

Max 19

Shower or two.

Possible rainfall: 2 to 10 mm

Chance of any rain: 60% 

Sydney area

Cloudy. Medium (60%) chance of showers. Winds northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light during the morning.

Sun protection recommended from 9:50 am to 1:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 4 [Moderate]

Monday 27 August

Summary

Min 10

Max 21

Possible shower.

Possible rainfall: 0 to 4 mm

Chance of any rain: 40% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a shower, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Winds south to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h.

Tuesday 28 August

Summary

Min 7

Max 17

Partly cloudy.

Possible rainfall: 0 to 0.4 mm

Chance of any rain: 30% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower, most likely during the morning. Winds southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h.

Wednesday 29 August

Summary

Min 7

Max 18

Mostly sunny.

Chance of any rain: 10% 

Sydney area

Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning.

Thursday 30 August

Summary

Min 7

Max 18

Mostly sunny.

Chance of any rain: 20% 

Sydney area

Mostly sunny. Slight (20%) chance of a shower. Light winds.

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf Forecast issued Thursday 16 August 2018: Seven day outlook for Sydney:

Couple of interesting features this week..

1 looks like there might be some waves on the horizon for next week… outta control at first, naturally, but it should settle down a bit after that, and

2 check out the Bureau’s cool new sea temp and current graphics below… so you can tell all the kids you saw it here first 🙂

Friday: not much happening, if anything at all

Saturday: ditto

Sunday: SSW wind to start ruffling up the surface and blow up some white water

Monday: in the 2ish – 3ish range at dead South spots, with SW wind to chop it up at first, then light

Tuesday:  a bit more consistent… down a little in the 2-3 metre range South East and with offshore wind

Wednesday: down into the 1-2 metre rnage dead South places

Thursday: around 1 metre or so dead South.

Have fun… Stay cool.. Stay warm.. Stay safe.

TG

Up in the Sky

A little wisp of a cloud over Oz, trailing off to the Land of the Long White Cloud…

Winds

Westerlies, westlerlies and …hmmm some more westerlies

https://www.windy.com/

Down in the Sea

Water temp is a chilly 16-17…

TG is always on the lookout for new ways to keep you entertained… and looky here.. cool new graphics from the Bureau, showing temperature and currents.  Now you can see how the East Coast Current behaves 🙂

Up on the web, pretty much as of todayish …So you can say you saw it here first (as you always have 🙂 (apart from on the BoM website of course if you looked there.)

“From mid-August 2018, the Bureau will be making improvements to the ocean forecast map viewer (Sea temperatures and Currents pages) that will greatly improve readability and provide detailed forecasts using higher resolution regional tiles.”

Tides

http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/maritime/usingwaterways/tides-weather/tide-tables-2018-2019.pdf

Weather from the Bureau:

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon	Location	Min	Max
	Sydney	8	20
	Penrith	3	20
	Liverpool	2	20
	Terrey Hills	7	18
	Richmond	1	21
	Parramatta	4	20
	Campbelltown	1	19
	Bondi	9	18

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Friday 10 August 2018: Seven day outlook for Sydney:

Hi folks

Surf outlook continues to be mostly smallish, but there should be the occasional nice little wave at some places at right tides etc..

Saturday: in the 1-2 metre range North East

Sunday: down in the 1-2 metre range Eastish

Monday: down more 1-1+metres only at places open to dead South

Tuesday: ditto

Wednesday: down again, small to flat

Thursday: ditto

Friday: there might be a small increase at South facing beaches.

I was at a celebration of life yesterday for surfboat legend and fellow Life Member of ABSLSC Rick Millar who passed away last weekend.  He had  battled problems with the Big C for some years – not that you would have known it, as he not only continued sweeping boats in several Aussie Titles after treatment, but won a Gold Medal at the last one in April in WA!  That is determination.

He used to joke that the P in his name was silent, but again you wouldn’t know that from hearing the positive comments from the many younger club members who said he had changed their lives for the better – an outstanding achievement in anyone’s life.  I will miss him. He can now give Midget an exclusive earbashing about the surf and boats, more than he used to. Midget will love that.. haha. RIP both of them.

TG

The Big Dry continues… 100% of the State is in drought.  Help out if you can, and watch how much water we use in the city

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-08/nsw-government-says-entire-state-is-now-in-drought/10088628

… where the rain don’t fall…

Up in the Sky

Barely a cloud to be seen…

Winds

https://www.windy.com/-33.855/151.216?-34.889,151.216,7

Down in the Sea

Water temp is a coolish 17

Tides

http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/maritime/usingwaterways/tides-weather/tide-tables-2018-2019.pdf

Weather from the Bureau:

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon	Location	Min	Max
	Sydney	–	23
	Penrith	–	24
	Liverpool	–	23
	Terrey Hills	–	21
	Richmond	–	24
	Parramatta	–	23
	Campbelltown	–	23
	Bondi	–	21

The Goat’s Surf Forecast

Surf forecast issued Friday 3 August 2018: Seven day outlook for Sydney:

Very small NE windswell today, that was not breaking at high tide…

Nice day, except for the howling Northerly, and horrible air quality from necessary bushfire control burnoffs on the Central Coast.

If you thought it was small today, wait till you see tomorrow, and the next day, and the next>>>>>>>>>>>

Saturday: less than 1 metre NE.. and not breaking at high tide

Sunday: similar

Monday: ditto

Tuesday: smaller or Flat

Wednesday: ditto

Thursday: about the same.

Friday: might be little wave around 1 metre or so at places open to dead South

Keep smiling 🙂

TG

Up in the Air

Winds

Down in the Sea

Water temp is a fresh 17… watch that ticker… and wear a wetty

Tides

http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/maritime/usingwaterways/tides-weather/tide-tables-2018-2019.pdf
SAT
0036 1.43
0704 0.49
1330 1.43
1933 0.66

Weather from the Bureau:

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon	Location	Min	Max
	Sydney	–	23
	Penrith	–	24
	Liverpool	–	24
	Terrey Hills	–	21
	Richmond	–	24
	Parramatta	–	23
	Campbelltown	–	23
	Bondi	–	21

TG’s Surf Forecast

Sunday update

This morning the Pacific is pacific, to be specific. While it’s normally terrific, right now it’s Flat!.

Lovely day ..24 max.. N/NNW wind might make some tiny NE windswell later if you’re lucky.

Have a good one.

Saturday update

Yep..beautiful morning …teensy tiny waves..you wouldn’t say surf …at places open to the South.. Only for sitting chatting on longboards SUPs etc etc if you’re keen for some paddling exercise.

Have fun.

Surf forecast issued Friday 27 July 2018: Seven day outlook for Sydney:

Beautiful weather Ordinary waves… to continue this week. Don’t shoot the messenger! OK

Saturday: pretty much flat

Sunday: might be a tiny Nor East windswell, but don’t expect much to be happening at high tide

Monday: flattish

Tuesday: might be a little something around say 1 metre or so briefly but only at South facing beaches

Wednesday: down again to not much

Thursday – Friday: maybe around 1 metre or so at places that get dead South swell.

Meanwhile, while waiting for the surf to come again, stay healthy!

TG

Up in the Sky:

Winds

https://www.windy.com/?-33.633,151.333,5

Down in the Sea:

Water temp is around 17, 18

Tides

http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/maritime/usingwaterways/tides-weather/tide-tables-2018-2019.pdf

Weather from the Bureau:

7 day Town Forecasts

Precis Icon	Location	Min	Max
	Sydney	–	22
	Penrith	–	23
	Liverpool	–	22
	Terrey Hills	–	19
	Richmond	–	23
	Parramatta	–	22
	Campbelltown	–	22
	Bondi	–	20