Hello Friends,
Good news on the wind front this morning. Contrary to the forecast, it’s W-WSW and that’s a good thing for the spots that had waves yesterday because we still have reasonable swell supplies for the early. As of 0730 this morning the swell was dead south at around 3.5 metres with an average period of 9 seconds. Tide is/was the main issue though. The high was at o800, so it could be late morning before things improve. For the early it was very full and fat. People were struggling to get into ’em both at the beach and the point at Dee Why. I daresay it’ll be much the same elsewhere.
Outlook is for the swell to fade steadily through the day, to be into the marginal range tomorrow by lunch time and then it looks like we’re in for tiny to flat conditions for the next week or so.
Have yourself a top old Monday!
Tides: H @0800, L @1400
Weather Situation
A strong high pressure system in the western Bight extends a ridge to the northern Tasman Sea and towards Tasmania. A cold front will move northwards along the NSW coast during today and is expected to reach the north coast by evening. The high will move over southeastern Australia behind the front. The high will then remain semi-stationary over northern NSW with a ridge extending to the west and east until at least Friday.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
- Winds
- Southerly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 10 to 20 knots around midday then tending south to southeasterly up to 10 knots by early evening. Winds tending easterly and light later in the evening. Inshore sea breezes.
- Seas
- Up to 4 metres decreasing to 2 metres during the morning then decreasing to below 1 metre during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Easterly 3 metres tending southerly 2 to 3 metres from midday.
Tuesday 13 September
- Winds
- West to northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending north to northwesterly during the afternoon then becoming west to northwesterly 10 to 20 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- Up to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 3 metres.
Wednesday 14 September
- Winds
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West to northwesterly 10 to 20 knots tending north to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon then tending westerly during the evening.
- Seas
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Up to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
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Southerly about 1 metre.
