Hello Friends,
Still and smoky start to Sunday in Sydney. There were a few SUP riders looking for something, anything, up the beach from Dee Why proper when I checked for the first time at 0700. Size looked to be in the ankle to knee range in that area, but smaller still at the Dee Why end.
As of 0600 the MHL buoy off Sydney was detecting a little under a metre of 9-second east wind swell. That being the case, there may be some slightly bigger sets at magnets. Of course there is the tide. It’s coming into the high at 1030, so along with being really tiny, it’s going to be fat.
Should be a sunny day and summery warm too with light SW breezes.
Outlook continues to be for very small conditions again tomorrow and then for it to be a touch bigger but southerly on Tuesday. Most of the models are showing it dropping back a little on Wednesday, but there are also a couple of outliers (?) showing it being a bit better overall for hump day. Bottom line though, is there doesn’t seem to be anything notable in the long range outlook.
Ah well, keep on smilin’ the waves will return!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea is directing mostly light winds along the New South Wales coast. During Monday morning a cold front will bring a southerly change to the south coast, extending to Sydney Waters in the afternoon before weakening on the north coast Tuesday morning. Winds are expected to turn southeast to northeasterly during Thursday as another high moves over the Tasman Sea extending a ridge along the coast.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
Winds
Southwesterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the morning then becoming variable about 10 knots in the early afternoon.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
Weather
Cloud clearing.
Monday 11 April
Winds
Westerly 15 to 20 knots shifting south to southeasterly in the afternoon.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers in the evening.
Tuesday 12 April
Winds
Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 40% chance of showers.
