Hello Friends,
Steady 8-15 kts of NNE wind under heavily overcast skies as Wednesday gets into gear. As the pictures show, conditions are not overly interesting at the Dee Why end of the beach. Might be a bit more interesting up at Longy where it’s more protected from the wind. At 0400 the MHL buoy was showing most energy coming from the east. It was about 2.5 metres at around 9 seconds. As with yesterday, we have a mix of south around to NNE swells.
The NE’r is expected to get up to 20-25 kts and the swell should continue to push along at about the current intensity. We can expect a shower or two across the day. Tide is low at 0845 and the high will be along at 1520. According to Beachwatch, ocean temp is sitting on 18C.
Outlook is for the wind to stay N-NE at about the current intensity through Friday. Saturday looks like being showery and NE as well, but there might be a window of opportunity for the early session. However, the models show the swell decreasing slightly but staying in the surfable range. Sunday should see more rainfall, but we’re expected to have SW wind early, so again, there may be another shot at something passable on Sunday morning – question is, will there be much swell energy left?
Have a top old Wednesday and get up to some good where you can!
Weather Situation
A strong high pressure system over the Tasman Sea near New Zealand will remain almost stationary for the coming days, generating southeast to northeasterly winds. Strong northeast winds are expected along the southern coast today with a low pressure trough over central New South Wales.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
- Winds
- Northeasterly 20 to 25 knots.
- Seas
- 2 to 2.5 metres.
- Swell
- Northeasterly 2 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.
Thursday 18 October
- Winds
- Northeasterly 20 to 25 knots.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- Swell
- Northeasterly 1.5 to 2 metres.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.
Friday 19 October
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Swell
- Northeasterly 1 to 2 metres.
- Weather
- The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning. Mostly sunny afternoon.
