Hello Friends,
Sunday morning in Dee Why was smoky, hazy, lightly offshore and very small on a rapidly incoming tide. Lots of hazard reduction burning going on around the Sydney basin this weekend and it seems the weather conditions have conspired to trap it more effectively than usual. Not the greatest for some of the folks doing the pub to pub run I wouldn’t have thought. Still, at least the surfers amongst them won’t be gnashing their teeth as they run past a succession of missed opportunities.
Waves at Dee Why were struggling to get to waist high on sets at 0800. With a pretty big high tide only three hours or so away (@1110), the conditions were already looking pretty fat and full.
As if that weren’t bad enough, the swell energy is set to decline to flatness over the coming 24 hours. Monday is looking pretty damn sad I’d have to say. What’s worse, the outlook through to Wednesday midday is equally bleak. Bah! I’m really starting to hang out for a proper wave now.
Ah well, make of it what you will and keep on smilin’
Forecast issued at 5:20 am EST on Sunday 25 August 2013.
Weather Situation
A cold front is crossing the southern Tasman Sea and a high pressure north the Bight is moving east strengthening a ridge across the northern Tasman Sea. This high will move over the western Tasman Sea on Monday and then it will move slowly east maintaining the ridge to New South Wales north coast.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
Winds
West to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the middle of the day then becoming south to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the late evening.
Seas
Up to 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre around midday.
Monday 26 August
Winds
Southwesterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots before dawn then becoming variable about 10 knots in the middle of the day.
Seas
Up to 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly below 1 metre.
Tuesday 27 August
Winds
Variable about 10 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly below 1 metre.
