Hello Friends,
Had a look at Curly and Dee Why this morning. Unfortunately the steady ESE wind (6-9 kts) was making the swell look pretty ordinary. There were no takers that I saw at Curly a little before 0800 and around at Dee Why numbers were way down on yesterday. The point was less consistent and noticeably smaller despite the MHL buoy showing only a slight change since yesterday. It was still 2.4 metres at close to 12 sec from the SSE, so I was mildly surprised to see wave faces in the waist to shoulder plus range as opposed to shoulder to a bit overhead range of yesterday. The Bureau also has a warning that surf conditions may be more powerful than they appear, so who knows, maybe I rocked up in the middle of a lull.
Next tide is a 1.6m high at 0950. It’ll be back to low at 1545.
Wind should go around to the NE in the afternoon, so maybe that’ll dial up prospects in the north corners that most definitely weren’t evident this morning.
Swell is predicted to fade to near flat by the weekend, but with any luck tomorrow and Friday morning should have the odd fun little bump in the waist-ish range at dead south spots. This morning’s long range models are suggesting near flat over the weekend but small (knee to waist) for the front half of next week, maybe improving slightly Thr-Fri. Maybe…
Have a great Wednesday one and all!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system near Tasmania is expected to move over the Tasman Sea today and extend a ridge along the New South Wales coast, turning winds east to northeasterly. This high will then remain in the region for the remainder of the week with a passing trough forecast to bring a brief southerly change to southern and central parts of the coast on Thursday and Friday.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming northeasterly in the afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 2 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
- Caution
- Surf conditions may be more powerful than they appear and are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Thursday 19 April
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres around midday.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.
- Caution
- Surf conditions may be more powerful than they appear and are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Friday 20 April
- Winds
- Northerly 10 to 15 knots tending south to southeast 10 to 15 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening