Hello Friends,
The story of the morning is that our lovely run of swell and weather is fading rapidly away. This morning the MHL buoy is showing that the primary swell direction is pretty close to dead south and the average height at sea is just a hair above a metre. The only setting that hasn’t changed much from yesterday is the all important period. It’s still very close to ten seconds and as a consequence there was a reason for the punters to be on it at Dee Why point as the sun came into view over the horizon. The sets are around the chest to head high mark, so it’s not looking too bad. I’d expect the other south spots to be showing as well, so get out there if you can…
Wind is light westerly right now, but the call is for it to swing SW and to start ramping up strongly. The weather is set to be sunny this morning, but by this evening we could be seeing a few showers as we head into what looks to be a pretty blustery weekend. The Bureau says we’re going to see a return to grey and showery weather for the next week.
Happily, I’ve shot us a nice record of the swell action, so we can look back and reflect upon Huey’s excellent work. As I write this a few hundred pictures from yesterday morning at Manly (I’d call it 8 out of 10) and Dee Why beach in the late afternoon are uploading to my galleries. It’ll be a few hours before they’re all up, but sometime this afternoon I should be able to switch them on…
In the meantime, I might try to find one more shooting sesh before the great conditions go away… say hi if you see me down there and go well with your day.
TIDES: L @0800, H @1400
Weather Situation
A complex low pressure system lies near Tasmania with an associated trough over the western Tasman Sea. During Friday the low will move slowly to the east and a high pressure system will move south of the Bight extending a ridge to New South Wales north coast. The high is expected to move slowly east over the next few days strengthening the ridge across the Tasman Sea.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
Winds: Southwesterly 10 to 20 knots tending south to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots by early evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres by early evening then increasing to 2 to 3 metres later in the evening. Swell: Southeasterly about 2 metres.
Forecast for Saturday
Winds: South to southwesterly 25 to 30 knots becoming southerly 20 to 25 knots by early evening then decreasing to 15 to 20 knots later in the evening. Seas: 2 to 3 metres. Swell: Southerly 2 to 3 metres.
Forecast for Sunday
Winds: South to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots becoming southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres. Swell: Southerly about 2 metres.
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