Not looking too big this morning.

Hello Friends,

If you don’t need to be out and about in the dust this morning, the recommendation is to stay inside until it clears up. There’s nothing much going on down at the beach anyway.

The swell really screeched to a halt yesterday afternoon as Huey dropped the power setting from 10-12 seconds to a paltry 7. So, even if you don’t mind the dust situation, you’re not likely to find anything above waist high.

Outlook is for the smallness to continue until around Monday as the low offshore starts spinning up. I’m hoping for some fun size SE swell off that one…

Go well folks and I should have a couple fresh slideshows up later today for you.

Tides: L@0652, H@1341
Synoptic Situation
A cold front with an associated low to the south is moving along the central coast expected to reach Wooli later in the morning and Point Danger in the afternoon. The low will deepen over the southwestern during Sunday before moving towards New Zealand on Monday.
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Gale warning.
Saturday until midnight: Wind: W/NW 25/33 knots reaching 34/30 knots at times chiefly offshore.Sea: 3 to 4 metres.Swell: SE about 2 metres.
Sunday: Wind: W 25/33 knots reaching 34/40 knots at times.Sea: 3 to 4 metres. Swell: S/SE 1.5 to 2 metres.
Monday: Wind: W/SW 25/33 knots.

Hello Friends,

Happened by Gardens late this arvo and what do I see? Little waves. Fun little waves actually and amazingly, for a holiday weekend, not overly crowded either. Grabbed a snap with the Sony a900 I’m currently testing.

Swell has gone around to the ENE during the day and is averaging about 1.5 metres out at sea on a pretty gutless 7 second period. But you know what? Those little peaks looked pretty tempting – even though I was out hunting for something to bbq this evening.

extra pic for you as well: Silva Lima the womens winner at Bells from Tim Bonython.

Hope you got in today!

Bells 3009 Womens winner is Silva Lima.

There were a few little peaks to be had up and down the Gardens to Narrabeen stretch.

Hello Friends,

From the look of the latest MHL Sydney buoy data, we’re roughly where we were when the sun set yesterday. Wind is out of the NE at around 10-15 kts at a little past 0700 and the call is for it to build through the day.

I’m going to head out for a closer look shortly, so check back soon for an update and a few pictures.

Here’s the word from the Bureau

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: N/NE 15/20 knots reaching 20/30 knots at times.Sea: 2 to 3 metres. Swell: E/NE about 1.5 metres.
Thursday: Wind: N/NE 15/20 knots reaching 20/25 knots at times. Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: E/NE about 1.5 metres.
Friday: Wind: S’ly 20/30 knots easing.