Hello Friends,
Grey and drizzly along the coast this morning following the arrival of a south change overnight. Wind’s not blowing too hard, but it is out of the SSE to SE at 10-15kts, so surface conditions aren’t great.
The MHL Sydney buoy is showing an increase over the near flatness of yesterday, but although it’s out of the south at a couple metres, the period is only 7 seconds. There is a little hope for improvement though because down at Eden the average period is closer to the 10 second mark. What we can’t tell is if we’ll see the same thing up here. If we do, I reckon the forerunners should start showing mid to late afternoon. However, for now, it’s looking really small and weak.
Not a great set of prospects for the week ahead. In fact, it looks pretty much like we’re going to have a repeat of the last few weeks strictly sub-par junk. I think the best we can hope for is something just into the surfable range at south swell spots this afternoon which then lasts through to tomorrow morning before it gets swallowed up by the huge high tide. By Tuesday morning it looks as though we’ll be back to minor to flat conditions most places in Sydney.
Tides: H @1053, L @1735
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Sunday until midnight: Wind: S 20/25 knots easing to S/SE 15/20 during the morningSea: 2 to 3 metres, abating to 1 to 1.5 metres.Swell: S increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres.
Monday: Wind: SE 8/13 knots turning NE 10/15 knots in the afternoon.Sea: about 1 metre. Swell: S about 1.5 metres decreasing to S/SE about 2 metres..
Tuesday: Wind: N/NE 10/20 knots increasing to 15/25 knots.
