Hello Friends,
As expected, it’s micro again this morning. Out at sea it’s a metre from the ENE at 7 seconds. And that pretty much says it all. Don’t think it’s just Sydney either. According to the latest data from the MHL buoys off the NSW coast, everywhere else is facing more or less the same conditions.
As I write this around 0800, the wind is out of the NW at around 20 kts. It should pick up a bit more ahead of a late SW-SE change of similar strength late today. The Bureau reckons the primary direction of the windswell should move around to the south.
Last week the models were showing the potential for a spike around Mon-Tuesday. There still seems to be a possibility, but the predicted period of 6-8 seconds means that it won’t likely amount to much of anything, particularly as it’s going to be coming from the south (not the greatest direction for Sydney). The best shot at a wave looks like being early Tuesday.
Of considerably more interest is the very long period pulse forecast to arrive around Wednesday afternoon from the south. As I said on the radio yesterday morning, the models are showing a very brief pulse of exceptionally long period south swell. One of the models reckons we could see period readings of up to 18 seconds! The height of the swell is around 1.5 metres they say, but that huge period means that wave faces could easily be double overhead at spots taking the full brunt of the south swell. The Bureau’s wind call is for N-NE’lys getting up to 20-25 kts. The only annoyance is that Sydney might see the peak power in the middle of the night. However, if you’re up the coast from here on Thursday… could be good… could be very good…
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Go well with your day, wherever it may take you!
