Hello Friends,
Just about done with 2013 and it looks as though we might be able to wave g’bye from the water – if we’re open minded enough. Dee Why was showing lumpy and messy wind swelly SE stuff at 0630. Sets were pushing into the chest high range on the biggest ones, but of course it was mostly smaller than that. Pretty flabby looking considering the spectral data from offshore at 0300 was still showing a couple metres of 11 second SE swell. Ordinarily if I saw numbers like that I’d be whooping. But the ocean is so messy and lumpy that I’m only raising a grunt of approval at best.
Happily the southerly faded out last night and this morning sees light and variable breezes ahead of a standard summer issue NE 15-20 this afternoon.
Outlook for the week ahead is lacklustre but not as dire as last week, or the week before that, or before that… there should be a little junky something to mess around with most mornings.
Have a look around, don’t set the expectometer too high and you’ll be fine.
Go forth and enjoy!
Tides H @0600, L @1240
Weather Situation
Southerly winds are expected to ease this morning as a high extends a ridge along the coast. A weak onshore airstream is expected to develop under the high pressure ridge early this week. Northerly winds are expected to strengthen on Wednesday ahead of the next southerly change, expected to move along the New South Wales coast during Thursday and Friday.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the late afternoon.
Seas
Around 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres around midday.
Tuesday 31 December
Winds
North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the morning then becoming easterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning, then increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.
Swell
Southerly 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
Wednesday 1 January
Winds
Northeasterly 15 to 25 knots tending northerly 20 to 25 knots during the evening.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the afternoon.
Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
