Hello Friends,
Two metre east swell with a 9-10s period was combining this morning with light W to NW breezes to produce clean surface conditions and wave faces into the overhead range. The water looks revolting at Dee Why though. Torrents of stormwater have washed all the crap off the streets and into the wave zone. Plus a big rain event such as we’ve just had will be taxing the sewerage treatment plants to the max. Going for a wave today could definitely land you with something unpleasant.
There’s a 30% chance of more rain today, but the next three days are set to be – gasp – sunny! The UV will start working on all the nasties in the surface water, which is a good thing.
The swell is forecast to peak today, but the models show reasonable energy levels through tomorrow and maybe into Friday morning. After that it looks as though things will head toward marginal as we wait for Huey to spin up something new. The long range models are showing some pretty intense systems coming through the southern ocean, but the latest run shows the juicy stuff being shunted too far out into the Tasman to do us any good.
Go well with your day!
TIDES: H @1105 L @1705
Weather Situation
A low pressure system over southeastern New South Wales extends s a broad low pressure trough to the northwestern Tasman Sea. The low is moving southeast and will move near the Bass Strait by early Wednesday before moving rapidly to the southeast on Thursday as a high pressure system moves south of the Bight extending a ridge across the Bass Strait.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
Winds: Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending north to northwesterly up to 10 knots around midday then tending north to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Easterly 2 metres. Isolated thunderstorms offshore this morning.
Forecast for Wednesday
Winds: Northwesterly 5 to 15 knots tending southeasterly up to 10 knots during the afternoon then tending northeast to northwesterly later in the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: Easterly 2 to 3 metres.
Forecast for Thursday
Winds: Westerly 5 to 15 knots increasing to 10 to 20 knots during the evening. Seas: Below 1 metre increasing up to 1.5 metres during the evening. Swell: Easterly 2 metres.
