Hello Friends,
If you found waves yesterday, I’d start by looking there again today. The swell settings are virtually unchanged. According to the MHL data, the dominant swell direction is SE, it’s about a metre on average and the average period is holding at 10 seconds. Dee Why looks a touch smaller to me, but there’s not much in it over yesterday. People are doing a fair amount of waiting around and sets look to be waist high on the bigger ones.
Tide was low at around 0650 and will reach a high at 1250. However, the total tidal range today will only be about a metre.
Water was amazingly warm yesterday, so my guess is that we’ll have more of the same today.
Outlook is still for a substantial south pulse (up to 3 metres at sea) to hit on Monday and then to stay in the fun size range into midweek. And that ain’t a bad thing.
Go well with your Friday one and all!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system lies over the Tasman Sea off the north coast of New South Wales. A low pressure system is located to the southwest of Tasmania with an associated cold front extending to southern parts of Victoria. This cold front is expected to move into southern parts of New South Wales during the day today. Stronger west to southwesterly winds will develop over the far south coast of New South Wales today, and extend to rest of the southern and central New South Wales coast during Saturday and Sunday in the wake of this vigorous frontal system. A southwesterly change will extend northwards to the far northern New South Wales coastal waters on Sunday.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
Winds
Northwesterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to variable below 10 knots in the middle of the day then becoming southwesterly 15 to 20 knots later in the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Easterly about 1 metre.
Weather
The chance of thunderstorms offshore during the evening.
Saturday 12 May
Winds
Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots turning westerly 20 to 25 knots during the evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 2 metres during the morning.
Swell
Easterly about 1 metre.
Weather
The chance of thunderstorms early in the morning.
Sunday 13 May
Winds
Westerly 20 to 25 knots turning southwesterly 25 to 30 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
About 2 metres increasing to 2.5 to 3 metres during the afternoon.
Swell
Southeasterly about 1.5 metres tending southerly 3 metres during the evening.
