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

Waves but wind coming up early

Hello Friends,

Wind out of the north for the early risers this morning. Swell was coming from the NE at around 10 seconds apart with an average height at sea of about 2 metres. Surface conditions were rapidly moving from textured to bumpy within an hour of sunrise. Bureau says 10-15 kts NE, so if they’re right it won’t get a lot windier. Unless you like choppy surface conditions, north corners are going to be the go.

Biggest wave faces I saw on a quick tour this morning were at south Narrabeen and Dee Why beach where the eastish to ne lines were focusing into wave faces around the shoulder to head plus mark. Elsewhere was waist to chestish.

Tide was low at 0545 and will be back to high at 1205. Bureau says we’ll see 29 on the coast today and 22 in the water. Queensie and Coogee have pollution possible warnings from Beachwatch.

Tomorrow looks like being stinkin’ hot but the wind might hold off a little deeper into the morning. Swell is expected to back off a touch, but with luck there’ll be more than enough to keep the weekend warriors stoked. Again, earlier’s better.

Monday is shaping to be a south change day, so probably gonna be pretty messy from the get-go. Rest of the week is shaping to have swell energy aplenty, but if the models are right, the wind’ll be onshore the whole time. Blah. Hope they’re wrong.

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

north narrabeen
Busy early
dy beach
Before the wind got into it
dy point
Not really doing it for the early
butterbox
Lines aplenty
long reef beacy
Shoulder high set wave faces

Weather Situation

A low pressure trough is situated off the northern New South Wales coast, while a high near New Zealand maintains a ridge towards central parts. Later on the weekend, a cold front and southerly change will move along the coast, reaching the far north by early Monday. Behind this a high pressure system will push a ridge along the coast.

Forecast for Saturday until midnight

Winds
Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Easterly 1.5 to 2 metres.
Weather
Mostly sunny.

Sunday 25 January

Winds
Northeast to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots, ahead of a southerly change 15 to 25 knots in the late afternoon or evening.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres in the evening.
Swell
Easterly 1.5 metres.
Weather
Mostly sunny morning. 50% chance of showers in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening.

Monday 26 January

Winds
Southerly 20 to 25 knots turning southeasterly during the morning.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Swell
Easterly 1.5 to 2 metres.
Weather
Cloudy. 50% chance of showers.