Oh Spring, c’mon

Hello Friends,

I’d hoped for something slightly more interesting this morning, but where Dee Why’s concerned, the weak little ENE wind swell is just not doing it. The fact that we have an incoming tide isn’t helping either. It’s about a metre out at sea with an average period of about 7 seconds, so even at exposed spots you’re going to be struggling to extract much energy from the ocean.

Wind is set to stay out of the westerly quarters, so the little wind swell won’t be getting any help this afternoon. If anything, it’s likely to put further downward pressure on the already paltry offerings from Huey.

With luck we might get a little something at NE spots tomorrow and then again on Friday. By little, I mean waist high on sets. Still no major systems of interest showing on the long range charts. Some of the model interpretations are projecting a slight upward trend over the weekend and into next week, but at best they’re calling for maybe chest high at the most exposed spots.

TIDES H @1000, L @1650

Weather Situation

A semi-stationary high pressure systems extends a ridge to New South Wales north coast while a series of a weak southerly changes are moving along the southern parts of the coast.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight

Winds: North to northwesterly 10 to 20 knots tending mainly northwest to southwesterly up to 15 knots during the morning then tending northeast to southeasterly during the afternoon. Winds tending north to northeasterly up to 20 knots by early evening. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres. Swell: Northeasterly 1.5 metres. Isolated thunderstorms from the late morning until evening.
Forecast for Wednesday

Winds: North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots tending northerly 15 to 25 knots later in the evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 2 metres around dawn. Swell: Northeasterly 1 metre. Isolated thunderstorms inshore, extending throughout from the late morning.
Forecast for Thursday

Winds: Northerly 15 to 20 knots tending northeasterly up to 15 knots during the morning. Seas: Up to 2 metres decreasing to below 1 metre during the afternoon. Swell: Northeasterly 1 metre.