Another beautiful morning in Sydney. But it is summer – and we all know what that means. Yes, microness dominates the picture. The best I saw was a briefly knee high set wave at Dee Why. It must have lasted upwards of 2 seconds. But hey, the water’s warm, it’s a glorious morning, there’s last minute shopping to be made even more last minute… what more do you need?
Since the NE wind’s due to push up into the 20-25 kt range by late, you might be in with a chance at your favourite summer windswell spot in the last couple hours of the day.
The next couple days look good for, well, shopping. There might possibly be a little tiny something left over in the morning along the lines of what we saw today.
At least one riff on the forecast data for Christmas Day is showing a little NE windswell perking up in the afternoon. So, after Chrissy lunch, while the cricket is muttering away on TV and the little ones have descended into the glorious sport of annoying one another, you might be able to slip away for an appointment with Mr Huey…
For my part I shall be confined to enjoying the pleasures of the table and watching our flanneled fools making short work of Pakistan. Yes, ’tis the season for our tribe to spend a week in the Barossa with the rels. Of course I’ll be in touch anyway as I should have plenty of time to examine forecast data and speculate thereon for your very good self.
Have yourself a top old day!
Tides: L @0607, H @1231
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Tuesday until midnight: Wind: N/NE 15/20 knots, reaching 20/25 knots offshore in the afternoon.Sea: 1 to 2 metres, reaching 2.5 metres offshore in the afternoon. Swell: E/NE about 1 metre. Isolated afternoon/evening thunderstorms.
Wednesday: Wind: Early S/SW change 5/15 knots, tending N/NE 10/20 knots, increasing to 20/30 knots during the afternoon/evening. Sea: 1 to 2 metres rising to 2 to 3 metres later. Swell: E/NE 1 metre.
Thursday: Wind: N/NE 25/35 knots.
Very small this morning at stretches with east exposure and pretty much flat elsewhere.
We’re set to get increasing N-NE winds as the day unfolds, so your best hope for the late will be those semi-protected northern stretches which may possibly show a tiny and gutless little E-NE wind wave.
The Bureau tells us that the next three days will feature standard issue summer afternoon NE seabreezes. It doesn’t look as though it’ll build up anything significant in the way of windswell (probably because it’s not expected to go too hard), so I’d say we’re stuck with very small to nearly flat prospects over the next three days or so.
According to the models, we could have a south change through the place around Christmas eve. If that transpires there is at least the hope of a slight uptick in surf prospects. Looking at the numbers, I’d be hoping for something or other into the waist to chest high range at exposed spots.
It will all be academic for yours truly will be off to the Barossa for a family Christmas. I’ll stay in touch of course, but my pictures may be somewhat less than illuminating of surf conditions.
Have yourself a top old day!
Tides: H @1153 and L @1839
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Monday until midnight: Wind: N/NE 10/15 knots, increasing to 15/20 knots during the afternoon, 20/25 knots in the evening and possibly reaching 25/30 knots offshore. Sea: about 1 metre, rising to 2 to 3 metres during the afternoon/evening. Swell: SE less than 1 metre. Chance late thunderstorms.
Tuesday: Wind: N/NE 10/15 knots, reaching 15/20 knots at times.Sea: 1 to 2 metres. Swell: E/NE about 1 metre. Isolated afternoon/evening thunderstorms.
Wednesday: Wind: N/NE 10/20 knots, increasing to 20/30 knots during the afternoon/evening.
If you can find a wave in Sydney – or anywhere else on the east coast – then my hat’s off to you. Exactly as foretold in the forecasts, this morning finds about a metre of weak east windswell lapping our shores.
There were a couple bods in the water at Dee Why when I scoped it a little after 0700. The only person I saw propelled forward by a wave was a person splashing purposefully about in a kayak.
I’m thinking that it might be a day to break out the mask and flippers rather than the board.
Go well with whatever is on the agenda for you today, and stay happy!
Tides: L @1113 and H @1704
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Friday until midnight: Wind: SW 15/20 knots increasing to 20/25 knots during the morning then turning SE 20/25 knots during the afternoon before easing to 10/15 knots in the evening.Sea: 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning and abating to 1 to 1.5 metres in the evening.Swell: NE about 1 metre, turning S/SE 1.5 metres.
Saturday: Wind: NW/NE 5/10 knots gradually increasing to N/NE 20/25 knots by late afternoon.Sea: below 1 metre rising to 2 to 2.5 metres. Swell: S/SE about 1.5 metres.
Sunday: Wind: S/SE 10/20 knots.
Dull, hazy skies over Dee Why this morning. The furnace hasn’t started quite yet, but the carpark behind the Dee Why SLSC is starting to fill up in anticipation.
There were a few bods bobbing about in the beachy, but there’s no sign of waves as such. The reason for the microness is plain when you look at the current data from the MHL Sydney buoy; it’s showing only a metre of 7sec period windswell. I guess that’s good for the crowds of occasional beach visitors who’ll be flocking to the seaside as the temp ramps up.
Surf outlook for the next week is pretty marginal. Looks like the best hope will be for some junky onshore south windswell tomorrow morning. After that, it seems as if we’re in for a run of knee to waist high dribble.
Tides: H @1121, L @1817
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Sunday until midnight: Wind: Variable to 10 knots inshore and NW/NE 13/18 knots offshore early. Increasing to NW/NE 20/30 knots throughout by midday. Late S change 25/33 knots. Sea: 1 to 2 metres, rising to 2 to 3 metres by midday. Swell: NE 1.5 to 2 metres. Chance afternoon thunderstorms.
Monday: Wind: S/SE 20/25 knots. Sea: 2 to 2.5 metres. Swell: NE 1 to 2 metres tending SE.
Tuesday: Wind: E/SE 15/25 knots.
Your correspondent is off on a bit of an adventure this morning, so I’ll keep it brief for now. Situation is pretty much what you’d expect when the windswell is from the E-ENE at about a metre with a power setting of 7 seconds. Dire is the word. No one was in the water at Dee Why just before 0600.
My adventure? I’m heading to the wilds of Taylor Square on a jury summons. My first since becoming a citizen of this fair land a few years ago. I’ll have the netbook with me, so it may be possible for me to elaborate this report with some thoughts about the prospects later on today.
Hello Friends,
Sunny, mild and altogether beautiful spring weather in Sydney this morning. The only problem from a surf perspective is that there’s really not much of anything resembling a surfable wave at Dee Why this morning. Judging from PB’s snaps of the Narra stretch, it’s not appreciably better at stretches of beach with good exposure to the prevailing easterly windswell direction. The MHL buoy is showing a period of 7 seconds, so if you’re patient and keen, I bet you’d get the occasional catchable bigger one (by bigger, I mean waist high).
From the look of the models, we’re not in for much of anything over the next week along our stretch of the east coast. We’re facing a week-long run of small (1 metre or less), short period and generally east to NE windswell.
I’d say it’ll be good for a swim maybe, a wander along the beach possibly, or if you haven’t yet had a go, an opportunity to mess about with a SUP.
The southerly swell generating systems are being pushed well to the south of us by the slow moving high pressure areas that typically appear this time of year. As well, those lows are generally weaker and less extensive, so it can be a long time between drinks for south swell spots. It’s still too early for the tropics to get going either, so we’re stuck with these long stretches of weak, locally generated windswell.
There doesn’t seem to be anything particularly noteworthy on the long range forecasts, but there might possibly be a bit of weak southish energy early next week… guess we’ll see…
Tides: L @0707, H @1419
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Tuesday until midnight: Wind: N/NE 10/15 knots freshening to 15/20 knots in the afternoon.Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres.Swell: E/NE about 1 metre.
Wednesday: Wind: N/NW about 5 knots early, turning N/NE and increasing to 10/15 knots in the afternoon.Sea: to about 1 metre. Swell: East about 1 metre.
Thursday: Wind: NW/NE 10/20 knots ahead of a late S’ly change 10/20 knots.
A few sweeps of the paddle and you're gliding (slowly) to shore on knee high burbler at kiddies.
You can almost see the stunned expressions of the surfers staring at the flatness.
Hello Friends,
I was just about to hit the keyboard this morning, when the phone rang. It was RealSurf’s man in Coffs, Brian. “What’d you do to the swell??”, he asked. “Arrawarra’s flat as a tack. Yesterday it was pumping.” Having just looked at the Dee Why stretch, it was my doleful duty to report that Huey’s snapped the power switch to off overnight for us too.
I grabbed a couple low tide waves late yesterday afternoon at No Man’s that were solidly head high. What’s more, there were much bigger sets arriving regularly. According to the MHL data, the average size was around 1.5 metres, but the average period was close to a power packed 12 seconds from the east.
The moment the sun set, Huey started to wind it all down. The average size is around a metre but the period is now a gutless 7 seconds. Surprised everyone Huey, onya!
So, we have a mild temp, offshore breeze – and just about no waves. I had to wait quite awhile to get a snap from the crows nest of a person wobbling slowly along on a tiny lump at Dee Why. It faded away after a few seconds too.
But despair not, thanks to an intense low now over Tasmania, we could well see a strong south pulse start to fill in from around midday on Monday. It then looks as though it’ll keep pushing along through much of the coming week.
Oh dear. Swell has really faded away. I saw one person at Dee Why, but no real sign of a wave near them. Did get a snap of what looked like a brief little peak down near the SLSC.
The latest MHL data shows that the average period crashed from around 9 to 7 seconds overnight. To the extent it matters, the direction is still easterly and the average size is around the metre mark. But that short period means it will be extremely small everywhere. The high tide at around 10am will only ensure that surf options are next to nil.
Looking ahead, it appears from the models, that we may have to wait until tomorrow afternoon for any hint of an improvement. And then it’s likely to be a case of going from flat to just barely surfable on the bomb sets.
By Tuesday morning we could be getting a few into the waist to chest high range and on current form it looks as though it will then stay in that sort of range through next weekend.
Go well with your Easter Sunday!
Small, but nicely formed little wave rolls into an apparently empty beach.
Very weak and small conditions, but many having a go.
Midday:
Went by Curly and Dee Why and can report that it is extremely small and weak at both places. Not that it’s put folk off. There were many in the water at both places despite the very tiny waves. I guess you can put it down to the summery weather and lovely warm water…
Nothing doing at the point, little tiny ones along the beach.
Hello Friends,
As expected, we’re looking at another day of rather marginal conditions in Sydney. The data from our local waverider buoy (thank you MHL) is showing a metre of 7 sec east windswell. If you find yourself up near the border with Queensland, the size is still about the same and the period’s only a second longer. Just nothing much at all showing anywhere on the east coast.
The Bureau has posted a strong wind warning because it expects the current light NE winds to kick up into the 20-30 kt range this afternoon. So, if you scored something late last night, I’d be hitting the back key once we get toward the end of the day.
Outlook for the week ahead is not looking quite as hopeful as it seemed yesterday. At this stage it would appear that we’re in for more of the same. The Bureau is calling for a brief swing to the SE tomorrow, but it’s then set to go back to the NE. So, it’s the usual back and forth between NE and SE that we get this time of year.
Gonna head out later for a closer look at things, so check back for the updates.
