Hello Friends,
What can you say? The forecasts were right. The last little traces of swell disappeared from Sydney overnight. The MHL data shows less than a metre of 7 sec south chop. You won’t be doing much surfing around here today.
I thought about what I’d do today, and I think I’m sleeping in. I have a brand new black friday mattress that I have to break in. Well, breaking in is a bit of an excuse, it’s like sleeping on a cloud actually. Oh well, it’s good to get some extra sleep every once in a while to rest up. It’s good for the body!
Sunday morning’s sunny skies and benign aspect are set to give way overnight as a couple very windy days take the stage. The models predict a fair amount of south swell arriving by Tuesday. However, although it’s expected to be close to the 4 metre mark, the wind is expected to be howling along at 30-40kts from the SW, swing S later. According to the latest run of the WAMs, the energy levels should see swell in the head high plus range from Wednesday through to next weekend. At this stage it looks like the wind will be pretty strong throughout the period, but we might get lucky in the mornings.
Anyway, it’s good to see something to look forward to in the forecasts!
Have yourself a fantastic Sunday.
Synoptic Situation
A strong cold front moving over western New South Wales will reach the south coast later today, then continue to the north coast overnight. A low is expected to deepen over the western Tasman Sea during Monday, while a high lies further west. A vigorous southwesterly airstream is expected to develop between these two systems, likely bringing gale force winds to coastal waters.Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning
Sunday until midnight: Wind: West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots increasing to 25 to 30 knots during the afternoon.Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres around midday then increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the afternoon.Swell: Northeasterly 0.5 metres.
Monday: Wind: Westerly 25 to 30 knots tending west to southwesterly 30 to 40 knots around midday.Sea: 2 to 3 metres increasing to 3 to 4 metres around midday then increasing to 5 metres by early evening.Swell: Easterly about 1 metre tending southerly about 1.5 metres in the afternoon and evening.
Tuesday: Wind: South to southwesterly 30 to 40 knots tending southerly 25 to 30 knots during the afternoon then tending south to southwesterly 15 to 25 knots during the evening.
