My usual leisurely start to Sunday and this morning looks to have been a good one for the early. Swell is around about the same size as yesterday, but there seem to be a great many more participants. Yesterday there were people up and down the Collaroy-Narrabeen stretch, but today the numbers seem to be massing up at the north end where there are a number of weak waist to chest high lumps and bumps dribbling in. You’d want to be very patient out there today.
According to the MHL Sydney buoy, this morning’s waves are mainly coming from the NE at about 7 seconds apart. The average height at sea is around the 1.5-2 metre mark.
Around at Dee Why, the numbers are equally abundant, but spread out more from Longy all the way down to the corner. It’s smaller than Northy, but you could get a few fun ones with your most floaty craft.
Next tide is a high around 1415.
Weather Situation
A slow-moving high pressure system near New Zealand extends a ridge to Queensland coast while a trough is approaching from the west. The trough will appear as a slowly moving southerly change in the far south early on Monday reaching central parts on Tuesday with a possible weak low developing just off the Central Coast.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
Winds: Northerly 20 to 30 knots tending north to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots during the morning then increasing to 20 to 30 knots by early evening. Seas: Up to 3 metres decreasing to 2 metres around midday then increasing to 2 to 3 metres by early evening. Swell: Northeasterly 1.5 metres. Isolated thunderstorms inshore this afternoon and evening.
Forecast for Monday
Winds: Northerly 10 to 20 knots, reaching 30 knots at times, tending north to northwesterly up to 15 knots around dawn then tending northwest to southwesterly later in the evening. Seas: Up to 3 metres decreasing to below 1 metre around dawn. Swell: Northeasterly about 1.5 metres. Isolated thunderstorms inshore from the late morning, extending throughout from midday.
Forecast for Tuesday
Winds: South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Northeasterly about 1.5 metres. Isolated thunderstorms offshore early in the morning.
