Hello Friends,
Brisk westerlies are taking a toll on a weakening east swell this morning. At 0700 I couldn’t see anyone in the water at Dee Why from the crows nest. It looked as though there might be the odd waist high bomb set, but mostly it was smaller than that, plus, with an incoming tide it was also looking pretty fat and flabby.
Yesterday afternoon, it was a very different story at spots that like east swell and though I shouldn’t have taken the time out of my schedule, I did a bit of shooting at Northy and South Narrabeen. I should have the galleries up late today, so stay tuned.
But that was then and this is now. And it doesn’t look like there’s much chance of an improvement for today. By all indications, we’re still on schedule to see the arrival of an extended period of southerly conditions from late today. It looks to me as though your best shot will be an east swell loving stretch as the tide drops. The wind is set to be westerly through the day, so there might be a little something as it weakens ahead of the switch to southerlies.
Spring. What can ya do with it, eh?
Have a top old day!
TIDES: H @1000 L @1625
Weather Situation
A low to the east of Tasmania is moving slowly towards New Zealand, while a ridge of high pressure extends across central Australia. A trough over South Australia will move to western New South Wales later today, before a low develops within the trough as the system moves to the state’s east early Saturday. This low is expected to deepen further as it reaches the coast later on the weekend, before moving rapidly away to the east. Behind this system, a high is expected to move towards Tasmania extending a ridge across southeast Australia.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- Westerly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 10 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Up to 3 metres decreasing below 2 metres by afternoon.
- Swell
- Northeasterly about 1.5 metres tending southerly 1 metre later.
Saturday 1 October
- Winds
- Northwesterly 5 to 15 knots tending south to southeasterly up to 10 knots during the afternoon then increasing to 10 to 15 knots by early evening. Winds becoming southerly 15 to 20 knots later in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres later in the evening.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 metre.
Sunday 2 October
- Winds
-
Southerly 20 to 30 knots.
- Seas
-
1.5 to 2 metres increasing up to 3 metres during the morning.
- Swell
-
Southeasterly 1 metre.
