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

Marginal Thursday

So-so

Point trying

Hello Friends,

At 0615 wind was lightly out of the NE to ENE along the Sydney region’s beaches. Skies were overcast with a distinct chance of the odd shower and tide was dropping toward the low at 1010.

Climbing aloft to the RealSurf crows nest, I knew not to expect to see much down at Dee Why because the MHL spectra from 0200 was showing only a metre or so of straight south swell with an average period of nearly 10 seconds.

Wind is set to stick around at more or less the current intensity all day. So, I reckon you’ll be wanting to check the north corners for the best combo of the fading swell and the generally onshore conditions.

The Goat usually files his prognostications on a Thursday, so I’ll be looking forward to his words of wisdom in the hope he’ll see something in the prospects for the week ahead that I can’t.

Have yourself a pleasant Thursday one and all!

The old Sydney gleaming.
The old Sydney gleaming.

Weather Situation
A high pressure system centred near Tasmania extends a ridge along the New South Wales coast, while a low pressure trough deepens over the state’s west. The high will move slowly eastwards during the next few days, weakening on the weekend as it drifts across the Tasman Sea. This will allow the next trough and cold front from the Southern Ocean to pass across southeastern Australia.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Winds
Easterly 10 to 15 knots turning northeasterly in the late evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre by early evening.
Friday 10 January
Winds
Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.
Swell
South to southeasterly around 1 metre.
Saturday 11 January
Winds
North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Northeasterly around 1 metre.