"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

Fading but not gone

Hello Friends,

Clean surface conditions this morning as yesterday’s south pulse backs off along Sydney’s beaches. If your favourite stretch of sand doesn’t like straight south, there’s no need to bother. If it does, you’re looking at mostly waist high with the odd sneaker into the chest high range. The trendlines are pointing downward, so I think we can expect the lulls to get longer and the sets to get smaller through the day.  With luck though it shouldn’t die away to nothing at the exposed spots.

The wind is supposed to be light this morning and only in the 10-15kt range from NE later.

Next tide is a moderate high at about 1330, with the low hitting just before dark at 1940.

I got out and about with a camera yesterday, so I’ll have a few snaps to share later…

Finally, Tim Bonython has made another couple pairs of tix available to his Australian Surf Movie Festival shows at the Harbord Diggers on Friday and at Palmy RSL on Saturday. If you’d like a chance to get a pair to either show, just use the feedback link top right on the home page and send me the name of you and your friend along with a mobile number for me to confirm back.

Go well with your day!

Weather Situation

A strong high pressure system to the east of Tasmania maintains a ridge northwards along the New South Wales coast. The high is forecast to move over New Zealand by Friday. The next cold front is expected to approach from the southwest, and is expected to bring the next southerly change to southern and central parts of the coast during Saturday.

Forecast for Thursday until midnight

Winds: East to northeasterly 5 to 10 knots becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon then increasing to 15 to 20 knots later in the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres later in the evening. Swell: Southerly about 1.5 metres.

Forecast for Friday

Winds: North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 25 knots by early evening. Seas: 1.5 to 2 metres. Swell: Southerly 1 metre tending easterly about 1 metre during the evening.

Forecast for Saturday

Winds: Northerly 10 to 20 knots, reaching 25 knots at times, tending south to southwesterly 10 to 20 knots during the morning then tending south to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the evening. Seas: Up to 2 metres. Swell: Easterly about 1.5 metres. The chance of thunderstorms from midday.