Hello Friends,
Southerly will limit the surf options this morning, but if you can find a protected corner, there should be enough east swell to provide something of interest.
Sets at Dee Why were making an effort to get to chest high, while around at the more protected Collaroy you needed every cm of length you could get. The average period was nudging up over the 8 second mark this morning, so it’s not quite as gutless as it’s been the last few days (weeks?). The good news is that it looks from the buoy data up north as though we can expect the average period to climb toward 10 seconds.
The problem is that the southerly is expected to build through today, so surf options are likely to be restricted to the protected corners. A couple days ago the forecasts were talking about westerlies for tomorrow, but the Bureau is now saying we’ll be lucky to see strong S-SW instead. I guess we have to hope for the swell to hang in there through to Weds am when the wind could be around into the good (W) quarters…
Have yourself a great day!
Weather Situation
A high near New Zealand extends a ridge to the New South Wales north coast. A trough of low pressure is bringing a gusty southerly change to the southern and central coasts this morning, and is expected to stall near Newcastle during the afternoon. A low will deepen off the southern coast later today, maintaining vigorous southerly winds along the southern and central coasts, extending to the north coast on Tuesday as the low moves away to the Tasman Sea.
Forecast for Monday until midnightInshore:
Winds: Southerly 10 to 20 knots, increasing to 20 to 30 knots during the morning. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the morning and 2 to 3 metres around midday. Swell: Easterly 1 to 2 metres.
Offshore:
Winds: Northwest to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres increasing up to 2 metres around midday. Swell: Easterly 1 to 2 metres. The chance of thunderstorms.
Forecast for TuesdayWinds: South to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots tending southerly up to 25 knots by early evening. Seas: Up to 3 metres decreasing to 1.5 metres later in the evening. Swell: Easterly about 2 metres.
Forecast for WednesdayWinds: West to northwesterly 5 to 15 knots then tending southeasterly up to 20 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the evening. Swell: Easterly 1.5 metres.
