Hello Friends,
Late yesterday afternoon I spent half an hour shooting waves at Northy until the sun got too low. Sets were into the head high range and the crowd of 20 plus were having to deal with fierce offshore wind. But if you could get through the fire hose in the face take offs, there were some nice looking waves to be had. I wondered if it’d stick around overnight and as the pictures show, it most definitely has.
We have a mix of NE and SSE swell for Friday morning. The main energy is coming from the south. Offshore at 0500 it was 2 metres at 9 seconds. Wind at report writing time was WSW 9-12 kts. It should slack off a little as the day goes along. Next tide is a high at 1145.
As for the outlook, well, the Goat has done his thing just in time for the weekend.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system will continue to strengthen over the north of the state, bringing light east to southeasterly winds in the northern parts and freshening northerly winds about the south. The next cold front will move through on Saturday, bringing another southerly change to the southern coast.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- Southwesterly 15 to 20 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the middle of the day then becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the early afternoon.
- Seas
- 2 to 3 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning, then increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Saturday 19 October
Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- North to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the middle of the day then becoming southwesterly 15 to 25 knots in the evening. Winds reaching up to 30 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 1 metre around midday.
- Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Sunny day. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and evening.
Sunday 20 October
- Winds
- Southwesterly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 15 to 20 knots during the morning then turning south to southeasterly below 10 knots during the day.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the afternoon.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeast to southeasterly around 1 metre.
- Weather
- Mostly sunny.
