Hello Friends,
The Bureau is expecting a metre of easterly swell, but the MHL buoy this morning is reporting straight south wind swell of a couple metres and an average period inching toward the 8 second mark. It was glassy early on and Dee Why point was picking up the odd set into the chest high range. There were nice long lulls to be waited out though. But it’s great to see a little something rolling in on a warm summer morning.
The wind is set to come up from the SE according to the forecast and then back off this afternoon before swinging to the NE.
According to the swell models we should have more or less the current levels of energy over the next few days. They are showing a gradual upward trend to the weekend too. Nothing astounding looking at this stage, but January might end with some fun head high waves on Sunday morning at places that like east swell. With luck it’ll stick around to Monday.
Go well with your day!
TIDES: L @0715, H @1320
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the eastern Tasman Sea extends a ridge to the New South Wales north coast, while another ridge lies across Victoria and southern New South Wales. The trough which brought a southerly change to southern and central parts of the coast on Monday has stagnated and is now weakening. Another trough and associated southerly change will move along the southern half of the coast during Wednesday, although a more vigorous cold front is expected to affect the entire coast at the end of the week, assisted by a strengthening high south of the Bight.Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
Winds: Southerly 10 to 20 knots tending southeasterly around 10 knots during the afternoon, then east to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres decreasing to below 1 metre during the afternoon. Swell: Easterly 1 metre.Forecast for Wednesday
Winds: North to northeasterly 10 to 20 knots tending northeast ahead of a south to southeasterly change 15 to 20 knots in the early afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday. Swell: Easterly 1 metre. The chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening.Forecast for Thursday
Winds: Northeast to southeasterly 5 to 15 knots, reaching 20 knots at times, decreasing below 15 knots during the morning then decreasing below 10 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Up to 1.5 metres decreasing to below 1 metre during the evening. Swell: Northeasterly 1 metre.
