Hello Friends,
Pretty much in line with expectations, this morning sees sunny skies and offshore winds. Sadly they’ve turned up to find maybe a metre of weak 7 second period north east wind swell waiting for them. (But there are brighter prospects for later in the week. )
No sign of anyone in the water at Dee Why, which I guess is hardly surprising. If you’re keen, the plan would be to check those places that extract the maximum from a NE swell.
On a much brighter note, this morning’s run of the swell forecast models is looking rather interesting. For the past few days they’ve been pointing toward solid swell for the weekend, but the wind call was for southerlies. Today the Bureau is advising that it expects the dominant wind direction to be SW to W from Friday through to Monday.
It looks as though the swell could kick into the three metre range from the south late on Friday and to build gradually through Saturday to a 4 metre peak on Sunday. It’s good to see the predictions also showing average period ramping up at the same time into the 10-12 second range. The longer range predictions show the juicy conditions sticking around into the new week. As of this morning it looks as though Sunday morning could be epic at places that like SW wind and can handle 4-5 metres of 10-12 sec south swell. Why we might even have better waves than that contest in NYC…
Are you smilin’ yet?
On another note, I’m bummed to see that apparently no one wants to bid for our top ad position. Your ad could be there 24/7 for the rest of September for a very modest sum. If you know anyone with a surf related business, tell them about it because compared to a single day’s small display ad in the local paper, this is a really, really good deal. My fingers are crossed!
TIDES: L @1000, H @1635
Weather Situation
A cold front has reached the Hunter coast and is expected to stall along the Mid North Coast. A low is expected to form east of the southern coast on Saturday, bringing strong to gale force winds along parts of the coast.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending southeasterly up to 15 knots during the morning and east to northeast during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Up to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- Northeasterly about 2 metres decreasing to 1 metre this afternoon and evening.
Thursday 8 September
- Winds
- East to southeasterly 5 to 10 knots tending east to northeasterly during the morning then tending northerly 10 to 15 knots later in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Easterly about 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Scattered thunderstorms offshore from the morning.
Friday 9 September
- Winds
-
Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending westerly 10 to 20 knots during the morning then tending southwesterly up to 35 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
-
Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning then increasing to 4 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
-
Easterly 1.5 metres.
