Hello Friends,
Beautiful morning out there and we have a bit of swell sticking around too. It’s not huge or really consistent, but coming off low tide there are a few into the chest high range thanks to the 9 sec period NE swell. We’re due to have a strongish SW change through the place shortly, so it’ll be southern stretches thereafter.
The Goat’s call is for us to bumble along in this fashion for a few more days before we drift into the doldrums for a time. Ah well… We can always go against experience and hope he’s got it wrong about next week.
Tides: H-0732, L-1330
Synoptic Situation
A cold front and associated S/SW change, near Batemans Bay at 4am, will reach the Sydney Coast during the morning, then be near Coffs Harbour later this afternoon/early evening. A high pressure ridge will build over eastern NSW tonight, before a couple of weak troughs cross the southern half of the state late Saturday and weak front affects the South Coast late Saturday and late Sunday. Wind over the northern half of the state is expected to remain light and variable over most the weekend. In the south winds may be moderate to fresh at times on Saturday ahead of and behind the first trough.Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Friday until midnight: Wind: W/NW 13/18 knots, turning S/SW 20/25 knots during the morning, then S/SE during the afternoon and possibly reaching 25/30 knots at times offshore, before easing to 10/15 knots at night. Sea: 2 to 3 metres, abating to about 1 metre during the evening. Swell: NE about 2 metres, with developing S 1.5 to 2 metres later.
Saturday: Wind: W/SW 5/10 knots, turning N/NE 13/18 knots in the afternoon ahead of a late W/NW change 10/15 knots.Sea: less than 1 metre, rising to 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: S/SE about 2 metres.
Sunday: Wind: Early S change 10/15 knots, turning SE during day, NW at night.
