Hello Friends,

At the chaotic end of my trip, hence lack of peeps from me. Looks like a pretty ordinary sort of conditions in Sydey this morning with only short period wind swell from the south. With luck though it will be sort of doing something to lure the super keen… tomorrow afternoon looks a touch more promising though. Looks as though my arrival back in the new work week will be to somewhat less than special conditions. Go well one and all!

Weather Situation

A vigorous cold front has brought a west to southwesterly change to the New South Wales coast overnight, reaching gale force about southern and central parts. Winds will gradually ease late in the day as the front moves further away across the Tasman Sea. Conditions will ease further on Sunday as the next high pressure ridge moves across from the west, but may remain a little gusty near the Victorian border as a weak cold front passes to the south. This high will remain the dominant feature through most of the new week, maintaining generally favourable conditions.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight

Winds: Westerly 25 to 35 knots decreasing to 25 to 30 knots during the afternoon then tending west to southwesterly 20 to 25 knots by early evening. Seas: Up to 4 metres decreasing to 3 metres during the afternoon and 2 metres later in the evening. Swell: Northeasterly 1 to 2 metres.
Forecast for Sunday

Winds: West to southwesterly 20 to 25 knots becoming southwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the morning then decreasing below 15 knots around midday. Seas: Up to 2 metres decreasing to below 1 metre by early evening. Swell: Southerly about 2 metres.
Forecast for Monday

Winds: Northwesterly 5 to 15 knots tending west to southwesterly up to 20 knots during the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly about 1.5 metres.

Postcard from California: Big Sur

Very little swell energy as we drove north along the spectacular highway one through Big Sur. It was foggy much of the way, but just south of Big Sur proper, we broke out of the mist briefly and I managed to get a snapshot or two. Water is probably around the 14-15 mark and the swell looked to be about two metres. Didn’t see anyone surfing though!

Hello Friends,

Radar showing a few showers around as Sydney sets off on Monday. Swell has gone back to the south and is a couple metres at sea, but the period’s a marginal looking 8 seconds. Throw in 20 kts of NE’r already and it has the look of a day with restricted surf options. I’d be guessing there might be some marginal to mildly amusing possibilities in the odd north corner where the south windswell meets the NE wind. Tomorrow the swell’s supposed to line up more with the wind (swell gets more east, wind stays NE), but it’s not looking too exceptional in terms of the likely quality.

Oh well, it is spring!

Go well one and all.

Weather Situation

A slow- moving high pressure system over the southwestern Tasman Sea extends a ridge to Queensland coast. A trough lies along the northern half of the NSW coast.
Forecast for Monday until midnight

Winds: East to northeasterly 20 to 25 knots becoming northeasterly 20 to 30 knots by early evening. Seas: 1.5 to 2 metres increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Southerly 1 metre.

Forecast for Tuesday

Winds: Northeasterly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 20 to 25 knots before dawn then tending north to northeasterly 20 to 30 knots by early evening. Seas: 2 to 3 metres. Swell: Southerly about 1.5 metres tending easterly 2 to 3 metres late in the evening.

Forecast for Wednesday

Winds: North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 25 knots during the evening. Seas: 1 to 2 metres. Swell: Northeasterly 2 to 3 metres.

Postcard from California

Rincon looking very, very small. Well, flat actually. You can tell there’s absolutely nothing because this is midday on a Sunday on a holiday weekend, it clear and around 30 degrees and there is one person in the water. Not looking too good for a wave you’d have to say, but maybe tomorrow it will perk up enough to be on the verge of rideable…

Hello Friends

From the look of the pre-dawn indicators, Sydney surfers are set to wake up to, well, pretty average conditions. There wasn’t much wind about to start with, but the forecast has it coming up from the SE by the afternoon. Swell was a feeble looking 1 metre SE’r at about 8 sec apart. There is some 11 sec stuff in the mix though and looking at the buoy data from up north, I wonder if it might mean the odd interesting set turning up from the east to north east at exposed spots. Certainly there is more swell activity showing on the Byron and Crowdy buoys, so it’d have to at least be a slight possibility.

Outlook for Sydney remains somewhat uninspiring for another 24 hours and then it seems that a NE’ly will kick in pretty hard from tomorrow afternoon. With luck this will deliver something at spots that can handle both NE wind and some east to north east windswell. A place like Manly could have some size by Tuesday, but it’ll also likely be hammered by the onshores.

Have yourself a good one!

Weather Situation for Sydney’s coast from the Australian Bureau of Meterology

A slow- moving high pressure system over the Tasman Sea to the east of Tasmania extends a ridge to Queensland coast.

Forecast for Sunday until midnight

Winds: East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Easterly 1 metre.

Forecast for Monday

Winds: East to northeasterly 20 to 25 knots becoming northeasterly 20 to 30 knots later in the evening. Seas: 1.5 to 2 metres. Swell: Easterly 1 to 2 metres.

Forecast for Tuesday

Winds: North to northeasterly 20 to 25 knots. Seas: 1.5 to 2 metres. Swell: Easterly 2 to 3 metres.

Postcard from California

Almost perfectly flat at Campus Point (Goleta point) near the University of California at Santa Barbara. Campus can fire in a heavy NW winter swell, but for most of the year it is flat or nearly flat. On a really big day, you can catch a wave at the top of the point and ride for over a km. Mostly though the action tends to be at the top of the point where there are three or four distinct take-off zones.