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,

Missed filing for a couple days due to internet access issues. Sorry!

Looks like a typical spring day in Sydney to me. High in the low 20′s and a NE wind pushing along at 15-20 kts by around lunchtime. There’s a little SSE windswell showing on the MHL buoy, so you might jag something in the waist high range at more exposed spots. However, from the shape of the models, it looks as though it’s going to go just about as quiet in Sydney as here in Santa Barbara over the next week or so. Just not much showing on the charts. With luck it won’t get quite flat…

Have yourself a good one!

(see below for a bit about surf in santa barbara yesterday…)

Tides: Low about 0700, H @1350

Weather Situation from the BoM

A high pressure system over New South Wales extends a ridge over the eastern Tasman Sea. The high is expected to move offshore early Friday and then to move slowly towards New Zealand.
Forecast for Friday until midnight

Winds: East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots by early evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening. Swell: Southerly about 1.5 metres.
Forecast for Saturday

Winds: East to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: Southerly about 1 metre. The chance of thunderstorms offshore from midday, extending throughout during the evening.
Forecast for Sunday

Winds: Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: Easterly about 1.5 metres. The chance of thunderstorms.

In Santa Barbara

Went for a little wave at a place called Deveraux (Coal Oil Point) which is located at the western end of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s bedroom suburb, Isla Vista.

It’s a pretty soft wave but you can go a long way with a mal (which my mate had). Not super crowded and the water wasn’t too chilly (around the 16-17 mark I’d guess). Lot of kelp in the line up, so you’d get these little fin hangs that could be enough to stall you out of the fairly feeble little NW swell. Still, managed to get a few, so that’s all to the good…

Hello Friends,

Not exactly booming along the beaches of Sydney this morning. Swell is out of the SSE at about a metre with an average period of around 8 seconds. At Dee Why that means mostly micro, with the very occasional little teaser line. Outlook is for the energy levels to slip down a notch as the day goes along and to therefore be around this size through tomorrow morning.

But then it looks as though Huey might have a fresh new south pulse to sling our way. It could be back into the shoulder to head high range as soon as Friday afternoon, but according to the latest run of the wave forecast models, what’s more likely is that it will fill in overnight on Friday and that the fresh juice will be ready for weekend warriors from first light on Saturday.

Have yourself a great Friday and may it all go according to plan for you.

TIDES: L @0900, H @1550
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Thursday until midnight: Wind: Westerly 10 to 15 knots.Sea: Below 1 metre increasing up to 1.5 metres during the morning.Swell: Southerly 1 metre.
Friday: Wind: West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending south to southwesterly 20 to 25 knots during the morning then tending southerly 15 to 20 knots by early evening.Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 2 metres around dawn.Swell: Southerly about 1.5 metres.
Saturday: Wind: South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending southerly 10 to 15 knots during the morning then tending south to southeasterly up to 10 knots during the afternoon.

0730: okay, he

Hello Friends,

You know, I could’ve sworn I saw something resembling a wave at Dee Why just now. A guy on a kayak was paddling out as it arrived. He flicked around, gave it a couple strokes and sort of went over with the white water. Okay, nothing amazing, but it was better than anything I’ve seen along that particular stretch for quite some time. Naturally, I was keen to see if it was a fluke or if the MHL buoy was showing anything.

Sure enough, the main direction has moved more to the SSE and while it’s still around the metre mark, for the first time in days, the average period is around 9 seconds. On that basis alone, I’d think there might be some waist high sets (like the one I snapped at Dee Why) at spots with good exposure to the SE.

The wind outlook is good for this morning too. The Bureau’s calling for NW 5-10kts, swinging to the NE and getting up to 13-18 kts later.

And judging from the rest of the data on the MHL page, the Sydney region has the best average periods in NSW. I’ve been staring at computer screens too much lately (working on my mag and some fun RealSurf tweaks), so I think I’ll have a bit of a wander along the beach later. Maybe even get you a few pictures while I’m about it.

Have yourself a top old day!

0845: under the brow of Curl Curl headland, a crew strokes southward.

Hello Friends,

Much joy along the Northern Beaches last night following the record-breaking result in the footy. Pretty quiet this morning though. Lots of sore heads maybe? If you’re looking at this through bleary eyes (whatever the cause), I’m here to tell you that there’s no reason to feel bad about getting up late where Dee Why’s concerned. The period may have bumped up to nearly 9 seconds, and the direction has gone more to the SSE overnight, but the average height at sea is not quite a metre according to the latest data from the Sydney MHL buoy.

Although the wind is light as I write this, a strong southerly change is coming our way. Here’s the Bureau’s call for our region:

Wind: NW/SW increasing to 15/20 knots, ahead of a S/SW change 20/30 knots in the evening.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres rising to 2 to 3 metres after the change.Swell: NE about 1 metre. Chance morning thunderstorm and near the change.

Obviously a bit of a difference there on the swell direction call vs what the buoy is showing.

No obvious sign of swell on the buoy data from the south of us. In fact, no real sign of the change on the latest set of weather observations. If anything, it’s mainly westerly along the south coast.

I’d say the chances of a reasonable wave are fairly minimal.

A tardy welcome home call out to Leo our Cronulla stalwart and Matt from the Central Coast. Sounds like the trek went pretty well Matt!

Tuesday might see a shortish period south pulse develop, but the Bureau is also expecting the Sydney region to get onshores from the SE-NE at 8-13 knots. Wednesday looks like being smaller again, but Thursday morning still looks pretty promising, with many of the models showing quite long period south swell (12-16 sec) through the daylight hours for the Sydney region. Sounds like it might be a nice day too. The Bureau says fine and 22 with E-NE 10-20 kts.

Go well with your day!