Hello Friends,
Grabbed a couple of snaps on the Manly to Dee Why run this am. Lotsa people at the Queensie end at Manly, not so many down the beach and no one chasing tinies at the Bower. Very inconsistent too.
Curly was uninteresting looking and at Dee Why it was only slightly more plausible along the beach. The point had been abandoned since I filed my first report. Again, very inconsistent and struggling to make waist high on the sets.
(Earlier at 0730)
Light NW breeze at 0700 when I checked the ocean for the first time today. There were a few people on SUPs poking around at the point and occasionally gliding into knee high sliders along the rocks. Tide was just about low (0730) and the MHL buoy was showing a metre of 9-sec east swell at 0500.
Outlook is for the swell energy levels to mumble along at around the current intensity for another day or two, but we should shift into a generally southerly mode by tomorrow afternoon. The south to SE pattern is forecast to persist through Wednesday-Thursday. The Bureau’s modelling shows Friday being NW, but they say the southerly will be smashing it again on Saturday morning.
Have yourself a terrific day one and all!
Weather Situation
A slow-moving high pressure system over the eastern Tasman Sea extends a ridge to the northern New South Wales coast, directing east to northeasterly winds across New South Wales waters. A southerly change is expected to extend along the southern and central coast today. A south to southeast airstream will become established along the whole coast on Tuesday and Wednesday, directed by a high over the southern Tasman Sea.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
Winds
Variable about 10 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Northeasterly 1.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Tuesday 15 March
Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming southerly 10 to 15 knots early in the morning then tending southeasterly 15 to 25 knots early in the afternoon.
Seas
Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres around midday.
Swell
Northeasterly 1.5 metres, tending easterly 1.5 metres during the morning.
Weather
Cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore.
Wednesday 16 March
Winds
South to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore during the morning.
1st Swell
South to southeasterly 1 to 2 metres.
2nd Swell
Easterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers.
