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

Glassy early and a little line or two

Hello Friends,

Smooth surface conditions to start, with about 1.5 metres of 9 second period SE wind swell delivering a few modest opportunities for a small number of punters at Dee Why as Thursday kicked off. Set wave faces looked to be in the waist high range at both the beach and the point. It wasn’t exactly consistent, but at least it was clean.

Wind is set to start soon from the east to SE and then to swing to the NE at 10-15kts later.

The swell models are showing the energy levels bumping up later today as some longer period component comes into play. Intriguingly, the data from down south at Eden shows a slightly longer period SE swell than we’re seeing in the Sydney region, but up north, the Coffs buoy is seeing almost 2.5 metres of 11 sec energy. Curious.

Should be possible to find something to play on today and right now, tomorrow morning looks like it might be fun.

Have yourself a top old Thursday and keep on smilin’!

Tides: L @0825, H @1420

Some potential for a small and clean wave at 0730
Some potential for a small and clean wave at 0730

Picking up a little wave on a grey morning.
Picking up a little wave on a grey morning.

Weather Situation
A weakening high pressure system slowly moves across the southern Tasman Sea extending a ridge over northeast New South Wales into the weekend. Winds will progressively become east to northeasterly over the next few days freshening in the south as the next trough approaches from the west, followed by a southerly change later on Sunday and into Monday.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Winds
East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots turning northeasterly by evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southeasterly 2 metres.
Friday 7 February
Winds
East to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around dawn.
Saturday 8 February
Winds
North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the evening.
Swell
Southeasterly around 1 metre.