Hello Friends,
Back in Sydney for your correspondent and gee it’s chilly compared to the mid north coast. It’s also much smaller at Dee Why this morning than I’ve had expected given the forecast. The MHL buoy is showing 1.4 metres of 11-sec south swell as of 0600. But very little of that is getting into the Dee Why end of the beach. It looks about knee to waist to me, but there was no one in the water that I could see, so my scale may be off a little.
Wind is W to WNW around 10 kts and is forecast to bump up to 15-20 kts W-SW later. So pretty good conditions on that front.
I’ll be making a Manly run this morning, so expect a follow-up report on what I see sometime after 0900.
As for the outlook, I think the Goat’s call is persuasive, based at is on his impressive depth of experience in these matters.
Keep on smilin’
ps: I’ll try to pull together a few snaps from the great surf adventure up the coast and sling ’em onto the site for your viewing pleasure/annoyance.
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Weather Situation
A ridge of high pressure will persist across northern New South Wales and southern Queensland over the next week, whilst a series of cold fronts will move across Victoria and southern New South Wales. This pattern will maintain a westerly airstream over coastal waters. A cold front will cross the south coast on Sunday.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 2 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Saturday 9 May
- Winds
- Westerly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore in the evening.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre by early evening.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
Sunday 10 May
- Winds
- Westerly 20 to 25 knots increasing to 25 to 30 knots during the day.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Southerly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
