Hello Friends,
It’s been raining steadily on my little bit of the northern beaches so I haven’t been outside to see what the waves look like. Judging from the WRL cam at Collaroy, the SSE wind isn’t too much of a factor, but the shortish period east swell isn’t much either. The MHL buoy is showing average heights are around the 3 metre mark and average period’s a little over 7 seconds.
A great afternoon to be warm and dry inside.
Tomorrow looks to be more of the same, ie SE wind and small windswelly waves in the protected corners with a morning shower or two.
The models are still saying Tuesday morning will be the best shot this week. It should be sunny again, wind out to be light for the early. Tuesday’s first high tide is big one at around 0730, so I reckon a gentleman’s hour start will work pretty nicely. Swell is expected to be mainly east at around the two metre mark, so there should be any number of reasonable options on offer.
Have yourself a good one!
Weather Situation
A low pressure trough lies off the northern New South Wales coast and a high pressure system south of the Bight is extending a ridge across the southern Tasman Sea. A low is forming within the trough increasing winds along north and central coasts. Winds are expected to gradually ease later on Monday and Tuesday as the low moves away from the coast and the high moves over the southwestern Tasman Sea extending the ridge to the far north coast.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
- Winds
- Southeasterly 20 to 30 knots
- Seas
- 2 to 3metres.
- Swell
- Southerly about 1 metre tending easterly about 2 metres during the evening.
Monday 26 September
- Winds
- Southeasterly 15 to 25 knots decreasing to 15 to 20 knots during the morning then tending east to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon. Winds becoming easterly up to 10 knots later in the evening.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2 metres decreasing to below 1 metre around midday.
- Swell
- Easterly 2 metres.
Tuesday 27 September
- Winds
-
North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 25 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
-
Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
-
Easterly 1.5 metres.
