Hello Friends,
Huey didn’t get the memo obviously. It was supposed to be dropping, but instead from late yesterday both the period and size have ramped upward pretty sharply. At 0500, the MHL buoy showed swell was out of the SSE at 3 metres with a 13 second average period.
At 0740 when I checked for the first time, skies were heavily overcast, wind was out of the SW at 5-10 kts and tide was coming in from the 0610 low. Set wave faces looked to be 1.5x overhead, but then a 2x (?) bomb rolled in and pretty much smashed the big holiday Monday crowd. Although the wind wasn’t knocking it about, the swell looked raw and lumpy and bumpy.
None of the models picked this one, and their predictions haven’t been adjusted. The consensus is that we should be seeing around a metre of 10-11 sec east swell today and tomorrow. So, not much to do with this morning’s reality.
Definitely not a morning for beginners or anyone not quite at peak fitness and confidence.
Go well with your Monday!
Weather Situation
A broad low pressure trough lies across the western Tasman Sea directing east to northeasterly winds along New South Wales coast. Winds will turn east to northeasterly today as the trough deepen and move towards the coast with a low possibly developing within its southern parts on Tuesday.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming northerly 10 to 15 knots in the middle of the day. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the afternoon.
Swell
Southeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then tending southerly around 1 metre during the afternoon.
Weather
Cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Tuesday 29 March
Winds
Northerly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore early in the morning. Winds shifting south to southwesterly during the morning.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
1st Swell
East to southeasterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the morning.
2nd Swell
Easterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Wednesday 30 March
Winds
West to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots turning southerly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the evening.
Swell
Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon.
