Hello Friends
Surprisingly clean this morning, and sizable too. The wind was supposed to be south for the early, but instead turned out to be west. The swell’s showing around the 3 metre mark from the ESE with an average period of close to 10 seconds. People were towing in at south Narrabeen, but around at Dee Why the swell was still pretty disorganised and the beach in particular looked like a fair amount of work for the early.
Outlook is for the swell to drop as the day goes along, but it isn’t likely to be tiny. In fact, I reckon the biggest spots are 1.5-2x overhead on bombs this morning and that they’ll still be at least head high by close of play. Water looks kinda ordinary thanks to all the run-off, and the swell has that raw look of stuff that was really just a stormy mess 12 hours ago. This morning’s cold grey and showery skies are set to give way to sunniness later.
Not a day for the beginner really, but confident surfers should be able to find something in their size range with a bit of looking around – particularly later as the swell settles back.
Outlook is for the winds to be favourable again tomorrow and for the waves to continue. At this point it looks as though Monday could see us back to southerlies.
Have yourself a top old Saturday!
Tides: H @0710 L @1300
Weather Situation
A complex low pressure system over the northwestern Tasman Sea is moving east-southeast and weakening as a strong high pressure system moves towards the Bass Strait extending a ridge across the southern Tasman Sea and winds along New South Wales north and central coasts will ease gradually from the south during Saturday. The high is expected to move very slowly east over the next few days strengthening the ridge across the Tasman Sea.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Winds
Southerly 15 to 25 knots turning southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
Seas
1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing below 1.5 metres around midday, then decreasing below 1 metre by early evening.
Swell
Southeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
Sunday 26 May
Winds
West to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots early in the morning then tending southerly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon.
Seas
Up to 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres before dawn.
Monday 27 May
Winds
Southerly 15 to 20 knots tending southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the evening.
Seas
Up to 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
Swell
Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
