Hello Friends,
What a beautiful morning along the beaches. At 0800 skies were mostly clear and wind was coming lightly from the north. Unfortunately, in line with predictions, the swell is fading on us. It’s dropped from 1.6 m yesterday to 1.2 m this morning. The period’s gone from 13 seconds to 9 and the swell direction’s swung from SSE to just about east.
The change of direction might help some spots, but you’ll want to take the tiny wave option from your quiver because it looks to me as though the best spots will be knee to maybe waist on the bombs.
Have a great Friday one and all!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the southern Tasman Sea is moving slowly east and an associated ridge to the northwest is directing north to northwesterly winds along the New South Wales coast. A cold front approaching from the west will bring a southwesterly change to the south coast late tonight, extending through to the far north coast by Sunday. Winds will again turn northerly later on Sunday as a weak ridge develops over New South Wales, ahead of the next cold front expected on Monday and Tuesday.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
Winds
North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore in the late evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore.
Swell
Southeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Becoming cloudy. 40% chance of rain in the late afternoon and evening.
Saturday 15 July
Winds
West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots turning southwesterly in the middle of the day.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
Swell
Southeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 20% chance of a shower offshore, near zero chance elsewhere.
Sunday 16 July
Winds
Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending westerly 10 to 15 knots during the morning then becoming variable about 10 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
Weather
Mostly sunny.
