"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

Still quiet but…

Hello Friends,
This morning sees even less swell than yesterday. At 0500 the MHL buoy was detecting just 0.6 m of 13 sec SE swell. And that means we’re seeing ankle to maybe knee high ripples along our beaches. So, I guess the good news is that it can only go up from here.
For the last week the swell models have shown a south pulse arriving mid week and this morning’s call from the Bureau confirms it’s still very much in prospect. Although it’ll likely still be near flat tomorrow morning with strong westerlies but by lunchtime as the wind intensifies and swings SW, a 2-3 metre south pulse should start to fill in. And it looks like gradually building to a peak around Friday when south magnets could be seeing double overhead sets… and the wind is expected to be W-SW too.
With luck the energy will stick around through the weekend.
So, on that cheerful note, may I wish you a happy and productive day!

Flat at Dee Why on a sunny Tuesday morning

Lorikeets flash past the RealSurf crows nest

Weather Situation
A low pressure system southwest of Tasmania is slowly moving and associated troughs/fronts are crossing southeastern Australia. West to northwesterly winds along the New South Wales coast will turn vigorous southwesterly during Wednesday as the low moves over the southern Tasman Sea. South to southwesterly airstream will persist along NSW coast in a wake of the low on Thursday and Friday.
Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Tuesday for Sydney Coast
Winds
Northwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending westerly in the evening. Winds reaching up to 30 knots offshore in the late evening.
Seas
1.5 to 2.5 metres.
Swell
Northeasterly below 1 metre.
Weather
Sunny.
Wednesday 19 July
Strong Wind Warning for Wednesday for Sydney Coast
Winds
Westerly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 20 to 25 knots early in the morning then tending southwesterly 25 to 30 knots in the early afternoon.
Seas
2 to 3 metres.
Swell
Below 1 metres at first, tending southerly 2 to 3 metres during the morning.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers offshore, near zero chance elsewhere.
Thursday 20 July
Winds
West to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots.
Seas
1 to 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres offshore.
Swell
Southerly 2 to 3 metres, increasing to 2 to 4 metres offshore.
Weather
Mostly sunny.