Hello Friends,
Very quiet at Dee Why. Conditions were perfect with clear skies and offshores brushing the ocean smooth. Sadly the swell energy has faded away for now. The MHL buoys for Sydney, Port Kembla and Batemans Bay are all offline, so I don’t have an objective number for you, but I’d guess we’re looking at less than a metre of ESE wind swell with an average period under 10 seconds.
Wind is due to swing south later this morning, so we might see a little uptick, but I’d be surprised if anywhere protected from the south wind would be any more surfable than it was when I checked at 0730. Might even be some light precipitation with the change.
Outlook remains fairly ordinary across the next week or so. There might be a small uptick into the barely surfable range this weekend at east spots. But right now it looks like being only short period wind swell.
There’s no lack of energy in the deep southern ocean, but the weather patterns are keeping it from coming our way. Western Vicco and Tassie will be pumping (between bouts of blasting onshores).
Another excellent day for work or school I’d say, so keep on smilin’ and have yourself a good one.
Weather Situation
A front over the Tasman Sea extends to the far north coast and is moving away to the east. Another front and trough lie near Bass Strait, with winds over NSW coastal waters shifting southwesterly and then southerly as this system moves along the coast during Thursday. A high will move into the southern Tasman Sea late Thursday and Friday, then move only slowly east, with winds tending southeasterly over the coast Friday, then east to northeasterly on Saturday.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Winds
Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning southerly 15 to 20 knots in the morning.
Seas
1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning, then increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
Swell
Northeast to southeasterly around 1 metre.
Friday 30 May
Winds
South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending east to southeasterly during the day.
Seas
Around 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre before dawn.
Saturday 31 May
Winds
East to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots decreasing to about 10 knots during the morning then becoming north to northeasterly during the afternoon.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
