Hello Friends,
A beautiful morning along the beaches but the waves are very tiny at Dee Why. I reckon it was around the knee high range at 0625. Tide was coming into a 1.68 m high at 0700. It’ll be back to low at 1330. We’re going to a high of 30 and there’s a 70% chance of a shower later. Plus, the wind will come up from the NE and get into the 15-20 kt range.
Out at sea the MHL buoy was detecting 1.3 metres of 10-sec SSE swell. It was coming from165° – which is a bit too south to really show at the Dee Why end. There might be a bit more activity up at Longy (and other north ends), however given the tide, I wouldn’t be too hopeful.
Outlook is for the conditions to bumble along at the current low levels for the next week – at least. There is some disparity between the ECM and GFS models about the prospect of a south pulse (but with lots of south wind) this weekend though, so who knows… maybe…
Have a top old Thursday everyone!
Weather Situation
A high over the northern Tasman Sea extends a ridge towards the northern coast, while a second high lies to the south of Tasmania. A weak trough between these two systems lies about the Macquarie coast, directing a predominantly east to northeasterly winds along the New South Wales coast. A second trough near Adelaide is moving east, and is forecast to bring a southerly change to southern waters of New South Wales late this evening and to central and northern waters on Friday.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
- Winds
- North to northeasterly about 10 knots becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the middle of the day then shifting south to southeasterly in the evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the afternoon.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 60% chance of showers. A thunderstorm likely.
Friday 21 December
- Winds
- Southerly 15 to 20 knots turning east to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Cloudy.
Saturday 22 December
- Winds
- East to southeasterly about 10 knots tending southerly 15 to 25 knots during the morning.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon.
