Hello Friends,
The expected ENE swell has arrived and there’s enough of it to get Dee Why into operation. Sets at the point and beach are pushing into the shoulder high range. It looks relatively clean under the dull grey skies.
But Dee Why is not usually the first spot one checks given the swell direction. I’d expect it to be a bit more interesting looking at places like Manly, Curly, Northy, Mona, Bungan, Av and Whaley. Should be a few options about!
According to the Bureau, the energy levels will be dropping steadily through the day. So the best tip is to get in early for the maximum size. However, it shouldn’t drop to flat or anything, so if you need to leave things until later in the day, there should still be energy around.
According to this morning’s MHL data off Sydney, the swell is ENE at an average height of around 2 metres with an average period of about 9 seconds.
By tomorrow morning the prospect is for it to be around the metre and a bit mark.
The wave forecast models have been bouncing around quite a bit over the last few days. Yesterday they were relatively ho-hum about the outlook for the next week. Now they’ve brightened a bit with an expectation that we’re going to get some solid south swell (think 3 metres) from Friday through Saturday in the Sydney region. And then they reckon we’ll be in a steady south swell regime into next week.
Looks like we should be surfin’ over the next few days kids!
Go well with your day and get amongst it if you can.
TIDES: H @0900, L @1445
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: West to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots, reaching 30 knots offshore later in the afternoon.Sea: 1 to 2 metres reaching 2.5 to 3 metres offshore.Swell: Northeasterly 2.5 to 3.5 metres decreasing to about 2.5 metres by the evening. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms possible.
Thursday: Wind: West to northwesterly 20 to 30 knots tending west to southwesterly around midday and reaching 35 knots offshore in the afternoon.Sea: 1 to 2 metres reaching 3 to 3.5 metres offshore.Swell: Northeast 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Friday: Wind: Southwesterly 25 to 35 knots decreasing to 15 to 25 knots by the evening.
