Hello Friends,

Grey skies, 10 kts of SE wind and a couple metres of short period SE wind swell do not the prettiest of pictures make. Unless you are super, ultra, extra keen, I’d say attending to various holiday chores and associated hilarity would be the plan for today. Yes, if you really want to, you can find the odd grovel pretty much anywhere. As the pics show, it is extremely messy, weak and disorganised along the Northy to Collaroy stretch and just as ordinary from Longy to Dee Why.

Outlook for the rest of the day is for a steady supply of SE junkiness.

At least tomorrow the weather should be a bit nicer and the winds will be around to the north and NE. So, while the swell won’t exactly be pumping, at least it should be less junky and horrid looking for Christmas. It’s set to be pretty small though, so don’t get the hopes up too much.

Boxing Day should start out okay, but then get stormy and showery later as winds go around from NW to SW. With luck, we’ll have a little easterly wind swell to go with it.

Tide is high at 1000 today and low at 1645. Tomorrow it’ll be 1100 for the high and around 1730 for the high.

Have a top old day!

Weather Situation

A high pressure system will move east of Tasmania during today extending a ridge to New South Wales north coast. The high will rapidly move towards New Zealand during Saturday and a cold front is expected to bring a southerly change along the coast on Sunday.

Forecast for Friday until midnight

Winds: South to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots tending east to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres. Swell: Southerly 1.5 metres.

Forecast for Saturday

Winds: East to northeasterly 5 to 10 knots tending north to northeasterly during the morning then increasing to up to 15 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Southerly 1.5 metres.

Forecast for Sunday

Winds: Northerly 10 to 20 knots, reaching 25 knots at times, tending north to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning then tending northerly up to 25 knots during the afternoon. Winds tending south to southwesterly up to 30 knots during the evening. Seas: Up to 2 metres decreasing to below 1 metre during the afternoon. Swell: Southeasterly 1.5 metres tending easterly 1 metre from the morning. Isolated thunderstorms from midday.

Super dedicated types going for a dig.

Hello Friends,

Looks like another good day for the office or school. There are some messy little waves trying to get into Dee Why. I’m still waiting for the light to improve a bit before grabbing a snap, but I can tell you there were a few folks in the water having a go in the very marginal conditions.

The biggest ones looked to be in the chest high range (briefly) but the 10-15 kts of SE wind that’s occasionally delivering those sets is also really working over the surface conditions. I’m filled with admiration for the obvious stoke levels that got this morning’s participants into the water. Inspiring stuff!

According to the Bureau, the wind will swing around to the NE this afternoon, so just maybe the situation will improve in the north corners a bit. Fingers crossed for that one.

Outlook for the remainder of the week is, sadly, not terribly good for the east coast. The overall trend on the models is toward flatness and onshores. There may possibly a little pulse of low, long period south swell at directly south facing stretches around about Thursday. I wouldn’t be marking it in my diary though. A real long shot for Sydney from the look of the data.

Have yourself a great day!

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Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Tuesday until midnight: Wind: E/SE 15/20 knots at first, becoming E/NE 10/15 knots in the afternoon.Sea: 1.5 to 2.5 metres, abating to 1 to 1.5 metres later in the day. Swell: SE 1 to 2 metres.
Wednesday: Wind: NE/NW 5/10 knots at first, tending NE 10/15 knots during the afternoon and increasing to 15/20 knots later.Sea: to 1 metre, rising to 1 to 2 metres later. Swell: E/SE 1 to 1.5 metres.
Thursday: Wind: NW/NE 10/15 knots, strengthening to NE 20/30 knots.