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

Clean and fun looking sets

Hello Friends,

Despite the sub-10C air temp at 0700, a hardy crew were in the water at the point and along the beach. Sets were in the chest plus range when I watched. Conditions were clean and skies clear. Checking the MHL data revealed that as of 0600 swell at sea was around 2.4 m at 9.5 seconds from the SSE (154-158°)

Wind was west 6-7 kts at report writing time, but it’s expected to go more SW as the day goes along. At the same time the Bureau tells us to expect the swell to build toward 4 metres by close of play. As you can see below, the official forecast is for south easterly swell through to Friday morning. Right now most of the forecast models show conditions settling back toward flatness for Saturday-Sunday, but then early in the new week, some of them are showing another uptick – albeit with southerly wind.

Have a great day and check back later because your correspondent will definitely be out and about with a camera later.

Up the beach, plenty of lines.

 

The odd possibility of a wave at Kiddies

 

Set lights up the point and crew gets to work at 0700

 

Weather Situation

A vigorous southerly flow over the southern waters will ease today as a high pressure system extends a ridge along the New South Wales coast and a low pressure system over the Tasman Sea slowly moves east. On Thursday, winds are forecast to turn northerly and then freshen on Friday ahead of an approaching front. This front is expected to bring a westerly change to all coastal waters later on Friday and early Saturday.

Forecast for Wednesday until midnight

Winds
Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots, reaching up to 25 knots offshore during the morning.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres offshore.
Swell
Southerly 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the morning, then increasing to 4 metres by early evening.
Weather
Sunny.
Caution
Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.

Thursday 30 August

Winds
Southwesterly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots offshore during the morning. Winds becoming variable about 10 knots in the early afternoon.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre around midday.
Swell
Southerly 2 to 3 metres inshore, increasing to 2.5 to 4 metres offshore.
Weather
Mostly sunny.
Caution
Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.

Friday 31 August

Winds
Northerly 15 to 25 knots tending northwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1 to 2 metres offshore during the morning.
1st Swell
South to southeasterly 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the evening.
2nd Swell
Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres developing during the afternoon and evening.
Weather
Cloudy. 50% chance of showers.