Hello Friends,
Checking the weather radar at first light, it appeared that most of the shower activity along the coast was heading inland and fading away. Skies were uniformly cloudy though and the wind was coming from the SE at 12-19 kts. The MHL buoy was showing 2.3 metres at 7 seconds from the SE and tide was dropping to the low at 1125. Yesterday Beachwatch had warned of algal blooms and poor water quality at all Sydney beaches. So, it was a good morning to roll over and get a few more Z’s.
The Goat’s call Thursday evening is thus far proving to be right on the money – sadly. And reviewing the swell models this morning shows no real bright spots for the coming week. It’s looking like more marginal to near flat gutlessness.
Ah well, at least we’re another day closer to the next fun surf day…
Have a good Saturday everyone.
Weather Situation
A coastal trough is combining with a high pressure system to the south of the continent to bring northeast to southeasterly winds to the New South Wales coastal waters. An embedded low pressure system may develop over the northern waters within this coastal trough and slowly move further south during the weekend and on Monday. As this occurs, southerly winds are forecast to increase, particularly for the southern half of the coast on Monday.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Sunday 17 March
- Winds
- Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots tending southerly in the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 1st Swell
- East to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 95% chance of showers. Thunderstorms. Showers and storms heavy at times.
Monday 18 March
- Winds
- West to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending southeast to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon then becoming variable about 10 knots during the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the afternoon.
- 1st Swell
- Southeasterly 1.5 metres, tending easterly 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.