Hello Friends,
Well, at least it’s sunny! Swell has definitely peaked, but it isn’t in to the surfable range at Dee Why just yet. With no people on them for scale, I’m guessing we’re talking 10-15 foot faces minimum. The surface is relatively smooth, but the powering winds of yesterday have left a fair amount of secondary swell which is making most of the semi-rideable ones not even semi-rideable due to the unpredictable sections and general lumpiness.
To put some numbers on the situation, the MHL buoy off Sydney is currently reporting 4-6 metres from the ESE at 10-11 sec. At the peak of the storm around noon yesterday, the sea + swell number briefly went past the 10 metre mark. Yikes!
The Bureau is calling for the wind to be in the 20-30 kt range from the S-SW this morning, but to ease back to 10-15 kt and swing S-SE in the afternoon. At the same time the general lumpy and confused sea state should subside a little, so just maybe those spots that can live with S-SE wind will be looking a bit more tempting for experienced riders later on.
Outlook for tomorrow is set to be S-SW 15-25kts with the swell about half the current size.
I’ll see if I can get out and about with a camera later…
Go well and Happy Father’s day fellow Dads!
