Hello Friends,
If you’re keen, there were little knee to maybe waist high glassy bumps at the best exposure. Wind will kick in as the day heats up to a high of 35C along the coast. Ocean temp has dropped back to 19C. Tide is dropping to the low at 0950. There’s a Poor air quality forecast from the already evident smoke haze.
We swing to southerly tomorrow, so while the surf should push up a little, the biggest stuff will be at most exposed spots because the period will be too short to refract much into corners.
Beyond that, there’s a prospect of more south wind and a possibility of some light precipitation across the front half of the work week. Surfwise, it looks not too interesting. Basically more short period knee to waist high south wind bump and generally south wind…
Stay safe everyone, particularly those of you facing dangerous fire conditions.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system is strengthening over the Tasman sea and is directing north to northeasterly winds across the New South Wales coast. A trough associated with a cold front will bring a gusty southerly change to the southern half of the coast later today, which will stall about the north coast on Sunday.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots in the afternoon and evening.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres in the late afternoon.
- Swell
- Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Sunny morning. The chance of a thunderstorm with little or no rainfall inshore during this afternoon and early evening.
Sunday 5 January
Strong Wind Warning for Sunday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- Southerly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 15 to 25 knots early in the morning then tending southeasterly 20 to 25 knots in the late evening.
- Seas
- 2 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
Monday 6 January
- Winds
- Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots turning easterly during the morning.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.
- 2nd Swell
- Northeasterly below 1 metre, tending easterly 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 50% chance of showers.
