Weak and tiny start to September

Hello Friends,

Sunny, warm and glassy as the day kicks off in Sydney. But waves… you want waves? Well, I guess if you’re really keen you could grab the bodyboard or go for a body bash. Waves are struggling to make the knee high mark because there’s less than a metre of 8-sec SE wind swell lapping the shore. Looks like a good day for beach combing though – particularly given the forecast of rain from tonight through Saturday.

The Goat should be along with his usual weekend and beyond outlook later today, so I’ll just say I’m hoping he’ll have something good to say about Sunday’s prospects…

Have a top old Thursday one and all!

Weather Situation
A cold front has brought a brief west to southwesterly wind change to coastal New South Wales, with winds generally becoming fairly light by this afternoon as a weak pressure pattern returns. A new low pressure trough is expected to develop over southwest Queensland during Thursday, deepening into a low pressure system as it shifts into New South Wales on Friday, accompanied by increasing northerly winds over much of the coast. The system is expected to move away to the east fairly rapidly on Saturday, with winds shifting west to southwesterly in its wake as a ridge extends across from the west.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Winds
Westerly 10 to 15 knots shifting east to northeasterly in the afternoon.
Seas
Around 1 metre.
1st Swell
East to northeasterly below 1 metre.
2nd Swell
Southerly below 1 metre.
Weather
Mostly sunny day. 50% chance of showers later tonight.
Friday 2 September
Winds
North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending northwest to southwesterly in the morning then tending north to northeasterly in the evening.
Seas
Around 1 metre.
1st Swell
Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
2nd Swell
East to northeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Cloudy. 95% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm from the late morning.
Saturday 3 September
Winds
North to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots shifting westerly 20 to 30 knots during the day.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the morning.
1st Swell
Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
2nd Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
Weather
Cloudy. 80% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning.
Please be aware
Wind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here, and maximum waves may be up to twice the height.
Nearby Coastal Waters

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Tide Predictions
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:05 pm EST Thursday.
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