Hello Friends,
We have little waves this morning at Dee Why. Unfortunately the combo of no banks and low tide means lots of long, lined up waist to chest shutdowns. The point was trying, but you’d want something pretty floaty and it’d help not to expect much above waist high.
At 0200 the MHL Sydney buoy was showing swell broadly coming at us from the SSE. It was about a metre high out at sea on average and the period was registering at a healthy looking 13 seconds. Way down the coast at Eden it was the same swell direction but 2.5 metres with an average period of 8.5 seconds. Just before dawn the wind was out of the SW and according to the Bureau it should stay that way through the morning before going southerly around midday.
Tomorrow’s supposed to be southerly in the morning and SE in the afternoon, so although the swell is expected to push up a little more, the surf options aren’t too promising. From this morning’s swell models, it seems as though Tuesday and Wednesday are shaping to be the best of the coming week. Assuming the wind backs off and the swell predictions are accurate, we could be looking at solid head to overhead conditions at magnet spots for a SE swell. Morning will be best from both a wind and tide perspective.
Tide L @0830 H @1425
Weather Situation
A broad low pressure trough lies over the far western Tasman Sea with a small low embedded in it east of Tasmania. The trough will move to the east today and weaken during Sunday as a high pressure system moves over the southwestern Tasman Sea extending a ridge to the north.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Winds
Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending southerly in the middle of the day.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
Swell
Easterly 1.5 metres, tending southeasterly 1.5 metres during the morning.
Weather
Isolated thunderstorms offshore until later tonight.
Sunday 6 April
Winds
Southerly 15 to 20 knots turning southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then decreasing below 1 metre by early evening.
Swell
Southeasterly 1.5 metres.
Monday 7 April
Winds
Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots decreasing to about 10 knots during the evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
Swell
Southeasterly 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the morning.
