"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

Rainy, grey skies and very small Saturday


Hello Friends,

Good morning to roll over and get a bit more sleep. At first light, the skies were grey and it was raining lightly. Not much wind to speak of, but the morning forecast is calling a southerly to come through the joint.

Swell out at the MHL buoy off Sydney was registering about a metre from the SE at maybe 6 seconds apart. That’s not good for much of anything. Once the southerly settles in, it should come up but of course there’ll be only a few places with anything resembling a surfable lump.

The southerly is expected to carry on through tomorrow and then on Monday it’s supposed to go SE. Oh joy.

Right now it’s looking like a weekend that will require all your reserves of keeness to get you in the water.

Longer range, the swell predictions are pointing at a potentially interesting east pulse around Wed-Thr., so at least we have something to look forward to!

Go well with your Saturday.

TIDES: L @1150 H @1755

Weather Situation
Sydney area
Cloudy. Areas of rain in the morning, easing around midday. Possible showers during the afternoon. The chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Winds south to southwesterly averaging up to 25 km/h becoming southerly up to 30 km/h around midday.
Marine:
A cold front moving across the southern Tasman Sea will bring a gusty southerly change to the Illawarra and Sydney coast this morning, and the Macquarie coast in the afternoon on Saturday. Fresh north to northeasterly winds are expected over most waters ahead of this change.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Winds
Southerly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 20 to 25 knots in the morning.
Seas
Up to 3 metres decreasing to 2 metres around midday.
Swell
Easterly 1.5 metres.
Weather
Isolated thunderstorms this morning and afternoon.
Sunday 18 March
Winds
Southerly 20 to 25 knots turning southeasterly in the evening.
Seas
2 metres.
Swell
Easterly 1.5 metres.
Monday 19 March
Winds
Southeasterly 15 to 25 knots turning easterly 10 to 15 knots during the evening.
Seas
1 to 2 metres.
Swell
Easterly about 2 metres.