Hello Friends,
Dee Why wasn’t the spot for a wave at 0630. With only the faintest hint of 8-sec south wind swell showing on the MHL buoy at 0500, the point was showing nothing remotely surfable and the beach only the tiniest bit more than that. From the RealSurf crow’s nest I couldn’t see anyone in the water.
Surface conditions were glassy and the tide was okay too (it was low at 0450 and’ll be back to high at 1115), so you should be able to find something in the knee high range at better exposed spots (eg up toward Longy, Curly, etc). I’d be taking the mal or your nearest equivalent though because it’s so marginal.
The Bureau tells us the murky skies should clear up this afternoon and that we can expect a light NE’r. But no improvement to the waves, sadly.
The models are uniformly dour about our prospects for the next couple of days. Basically they’re all showing flatness through to around Tuesday afternoon when there might possibly be a small (waist to maybe even chest plus) surfable south pulse which could still be around for Wednesday morning. Stumbling into spring…
Have yourself a fun Saturday one and all and keep on smilin’!
Forecast issued at 4:11 am EST on Saturday 13 September 2014.
Weather Situation
A ridge of high pressure is currently centred over the southeast of Australia, and is expected to slowly move eastwards and weaken during Saturday and Sunday. A trough and weak southerly change will extend along southern and central parts of the coast on Sunday, associated with a low pressure centre moving well to the south of Tasmania. Another low will then develop over western Victoria and track steadily eastwards, crossing the central New South Wales coast late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Sunday 14 September
- Winds
- Northerly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the middle of the day then becoming southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the early afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- South to southeasterly below 1 metre.
Monday 15 September
- Winds
- South to southeasterly about 10 knots tending easterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre.
