Hello Friends,
Looks like a good morning to go for a surf at a south magnet. Not huge, but it was clean and wave faces were into the shoulder high range on sets at North Steyne, Curly and the point at Dee Why. Tide was low at 0530 and is currently on its way to the 1.5 m high at 1145. Wind was lightly offshore early and the Bureau says it should be mellow this morning before gradually picking up and swing NW later. Should be sunny all day too. Swell was straight south at 2 metres and about 10 seconds apart. Ocean is 18C according to Beachwatch.
Outlook is for surfable conditions to persist through to midweek. Both the ECM and Wavewatch models are predicting small to marginal conditons for a coupld of days and then, at the weekend they show it coming back up. There’s a fair divergence between the two about how much it’ll ramp, ECM is currently showing similar to today for the weekend, but Wavewatch’s projecting 3-4 metres. Either way it looks interesting.
Have a great day one and all!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the western Tasman Sea is slowly drifting east, with winds over New South Wales waters generally tending northerly during the course of the day. A weak trough is expected to bring a south to southwesterly wind shift along the south coast this evening. The next significant cold front is due on Thursday.
Forecast for Monday until midnight
- Winds
- Variable about 10 knots becoming north to northwesterly 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the late evening.
- Seas
- Below 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.
Tuesday 6 August
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots turning west to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots before dawn then tending west to northwesterly in the middle of the day.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.
- Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2 metres.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Wednesday 7 August
- Winds
- Westerly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Sunny.
