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

Wind ripping it to shreds at Dee Why this morning


Hello Friends,
You can write off Dee Why this morning. Wind is out of the SSW at 20-30 kts. According to the Bureau, the wind’s supposed to weaken a little around midday and the 4 metre south swell is meant to go more SE (a good thing). I doubt that Dee Why will come into play though. You might find something in the very protected south corners, but there has to be a question mark over the quality settings. I’ll be keeping track of it in the usual way, but my hopes for water time are modest.

The prospects look maybe a touch better for tomorrow, particularly from around midday onward when the wind is supposed to be more out of the SW and lighter. The swell is set to drop away into the new week, but with luck, not go flat. The overall settings are pointing toward variable and mainly onshore winds, so we’re probably not looking at great quality surface conditions.

Have yourself a great Sunday!

TIDES: L @0935 H @1620

Weather Situation
A deep low pressure system lies over the central Tasman Sea, while a strong high pressure system located over the Bight moves slowly east. A vigorous south to southwesterly airstream is being generated between these systems, which will gradually ease on Sunday as the low moves away from the region. The high will then be the dominant feature in the region, until the next cold front arrives late next week.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
Winds
Southerly 25 to 30 knots decreasing to 20 to 25 knots in the middle of the day.
Seas
Up to 3 metres decreasing to 1.5 metres later in the evening.
Swell
Southerly 4 metres tending southeasterly 3 metres from the late morning.
Weather
Large swells breaking dangerously close inshore.
Monday 13 August
Winds
Southerly 15 to 20 knots tending southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day then decreasing to variable about 10 knots in the late afternoon.
Seas
Up to 2 metres decreasing to below 1 metre during the afternoon.
Swell
Southerly 2 to 3 metres.
Weather
Large swells breaking dangerously close inshore in the morning.
Tuesday 14 August
Winds
West to northwesterly about 10 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots during the day.
Seas
Below 1 metre increasing up to 1.5 metres during the evening.
Swell
Southeasterly about 2 metres.