Hello Friends,
Another almost still and sunny morning for the old Sydney. But, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, from tomorrow it’s all change as we move into another stretch of cool, cloudy and showery weather. There was only a tiny trickle of NE windswell showing on the MHL buoy as Friday got started. The BoM doesn’t foresee any significant improvement to energy levels today, but by this afternoon it might possibly be a touch bigger if the period improves from around 7 seconds to something closer to 9 or 10.
The Goat hasn’t rolled out his usual end of the week prognostication as of this writing, so I’ll just opine that the Bureau and the wave models are showing only a slight improvement to surf prospects over the next couple days, but, if they have it right, we could see a nice solid pulse on Monday morning as a the swell swings south and ramps up into the 2-3 metre range. If we’re lucky there might be something Sunday afternoon and right now it looks as though the wind should be out of the westerly quarters. From Tuesday onward though the Bureau says we’re in for a run of briskly southerly conditions.
Have yourself a great Friday!
TIDES: L @0610, H @1230
Weather Situation
A slow-moving high pressure system over the Tasman Sea will maintain a ridge towards northeastern New South Wales until Saturday. A broad low pressure trough is expected to gradually move along the coast during the weekend with a low developing off the South Coast on Sunday which is expected to deepen and drift north early next week.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
Winds
North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Northeasterly 1 metre.
Saturday 6 August
Winds
Northwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending west to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon then increasing to 10 to 20 knots by early evening.
Seas
Up to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Easterly about 1 metre.
Weather
The chance of thunderstorms offshore from midday.
Sunday 7 August
Winds
West to northwesterly 5 to 15 knots becoming westerly 10 to 20 knots during the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Easterly 1 metre tending southerly 2 metres from the morning.
Please be aware
Wind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here, and maximum waves may be up to twice the height.
Nearby Coastal Waters
