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

Energy on tap

Hello Friends,

Waves for intermediate on up skill levels this morning at Dee Why (and most everywhere else that likes 2 metres of 16-sec SSE swell). Tide was high for the early and will get to low at 1230. Wind is going to be light and variable for the early session before gradually coming around to the N-NW 15-20 kts.

Swell looked setty when I checked the situation out a little before 0700. You sit around and then, bang, there’s a well overhead set. The in between size waves were occasionally makeable along the beach and a bit flabby (as you’d expect given the tide) at the point. Bombs were shutting the beach down, so it’ll be a good morning to exercise the paddling muscles.

The models show swell all day, but with a gradual fade toward late afternoon. Should be numerous options around.

Tomorrow doesn’t look like being flat or anything, but the models show it being smallish. Should be offshore most of the day though before we go into a southerly regime that will carry on through Monday.

That said, the models are all showing the south swell energy ramping up on Monday and basically continuing right through the week. The big issue will be the wind. It’s forecast to be both mainly southerly and pretty unrelenting.

Should be sunny all day, so get out there if you have the skill levels and score your share!

dee why beach break
0650, tide high
dee why beach breaker
0650 & clean looking
High tide offering at Dee Why
High tide offering at Dee Why
dee why point wave
Mad scrambler scrambles in

Weather Situation

A high pressure system over southern NSW will move east into the Tasman Sea today. A cold front will cross southern parts of the coast on Sunday and extend to the north coast on Monday, with a south to southeasterly airstream to follow for the next few days.

Forecast for Saturday until midnight

Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming north to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots in the morning then turning west to southwesterly in the late evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore around midday.
Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Caution
Deceptively powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.

Sunday 10 August

Strong Wind Warning for Sunday for Sydney Coast

Winds
Westerly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 30 knots in the late evening. Winds turning southerly 20 to 25 knots in the late evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres by early evening.
Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.

Monday 11 August

Winds
Southerly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots during the evening.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Swell
East to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, tending southerly 1 to 2 metres during the afternoon.