Hello Friends,
EVENING UPDATE: 1900, wind blowing steadily and pretty strongly from the SSE at around 20kts. Swell has gone from one to 2 metres on average, but the average period is still only a windswelly 7 sec. Some junky stuff in the corner at Dee Why, but you’d want to be keen. Outlook for tomorrow morning according to the Bureau is: Wind: S/SE 20/25 knots easing to 15/20 knots in the morning and 10/15 knots later.Sea: 1.5 to 2.5 metres abating 1 to 2 metres in the morning. Swell: S/SE 2 to 3 metres.
At 0540 the sun came into view from the sleepy sands at Dee Why. And what it revealed was not a scene to gladden any surfer’s heart. The ocean is barely disturbed. Only the tiniest ripple approaches from the horizon. Out at the Sydney MHL buoy, the swell – such as it is – is coming from the south. It’s about a metre on average and the period is just 7 seconds. We all know what that means, don’t we? Your only hope for anything barely resembling a wave will be at south facing spots. And although we’re in for lengthy sunny periods today, the SE wind is set to increase steadily and be 20-30 kts by this afternoon. That ought to give us a little push on the swell front. I say “ought” because looking at the combined swell data from MHL, I can’t see any obvious evidence of it yet.
The wind’s supposed to stick around at around the same velocity overnight and with luck it will get us something into the surfable range by tomorrow morning. SE’ly winds pretty much hammer everywhere along our stretch of coast, so I’m not getting too excited about the prospects. But despite my experience, I can’t help hoping…
Have yourself a top old day and go well with your fine endeavours!
Don talks surf for Friday with Wendy Harmer on 702 ABC radio.
