Hello Friends,
Well, we had a break in the weather along with offshores for the early risers. Set wave faces at 0830 were in the chest plus range along the beach and at the point. Crowds were not too bad either. As of 0600, the MHL buoy was showing 2 metres at 8 seconds from the S-SSE. Tide’s coming up to high at 0845, so it did look a bit fat and full. Plus, the short period was making them appear to be on the weak side.
After all that rain, water quality is pretty ordinary. Beachwatch isn’t showing a single spot on the northern beaches as “pollution unlikely”. They’re saying it’s likely at Newport, Warriewood, Northy, Collaroy, Curly, Freshy and the Manly stretch.
Wind was W-WSW at 10 odd knots as the day got going. It’s supposed to come around to the S-SW soon though, so north corners are going to get less interesting. Swell energy is expected to fade steadily through the day, but with luck it should be surfable all day.
Outlook for the remainder of the week seems to be a bit better than it looked even yesterday. Tomorrow and Tuesday mornings should be maybe a touch smaller, but still in the surfable range at magnet spots. The models are still showing a ramp up in energy levels from the south from about Wednesday afternoon through Thursday with swell heights predicted to be around the 2-2.5 metre range with average periods around 10 seconds. Wind call is for around 10 kts from the south to SSW with sunny conditions, going more SSE from Friday.
And, with any luck, it should stay surfable into Saturday.
So have yourself a happy old Sunday and a great holiday weekend!
Weather Situation
A low off the New South Wales coast is expected to deepen as it moves to the southeast today, pushing generally south to southwesterly winds along the coast in its wake. A weak pressure pattern should return on Monday as the next high approaches from the west, but will be short-lived as another deep low looks set to to form off the southern coast during Tuesday.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
Winds
South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the evening.
Seas
1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre by evening.
1st Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
2nd Swell
Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers.
Monday 6 April
Winds
Westerly 10 to 15 knots shifting east to northeasterly in the afternoon, reaching 20 knots inshore in the early evening.
Seas
Around 1 metre.
1st Swell
East to northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
2nd Swell
South to southeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 90% chance of showers in the late afternoon and evening. Possible late storm.
Tuesday 7 April
Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming northwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the morning then tending westerly 25 to 35 knots during the day.
Seas
Below 1 metre, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the morning.
Swell
Easterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers.
